The 2000 dollar stimulus check is in the works

Murrmurr said:
By "peanuts" I meant that $75 doesn't go very far.
Click to expand...
Here in Canada, in the province of British Columbia where we reside, a person or family would not be able to qualify for a mortgage making $75,000 a year, because the average price for a home here in BC, is now $770,000
 

hollydolly said:
so who are actually the recipients , Murrr..?.. are they only people who have lost their jobs or what ?...
Click to expand...
No. It's every American citizen except those in the uppermost socio economic strata who don't need it. There's an additional payment for children. This is money to help us live, buy food, gas, pay bills, pay mortgages loans or rent, keep up with repairs, medical expenses etc. You don't have to have lost a business or a job to qualify. Other countries are getting monthly stimulus payments. Aren't you getting them in the U.K. Holly?
 
chic said:
No. It's every American citizen except those in the uppermost socio economic strata who don't need it. There's an additional payment for children. This is money to help us live, buy food, gas, pay bills, pay mortgages loans or rent, keep up with repairs, medical expenses etc. You don't have to have lost a business or a job to qualify. Other countries are getting monthly stimulus payments. Aren't you getting them in the U.K. Holly?
Click to expand...
No Chic... we're not getting them here., or anything even remotely like it
 
Let's take "In God we Trust" off our money and replace it with "Money for nuthin', Chicks for free".

That is our new official United States motto.
 
Buckeye said:
Let's take "In God we Trust" off our money and replace it with "Money for nuthin', Chicks for free".

That is our new official United States motto.
Click to expand...
I actually think we should take “in God we trust” off our money. We are a very diverse nation and this platitude no longer applies. Thanks for the ideal 🤓
 
Murrmurr said:
Last figure I heard (via *word on the street*) Canadians get something like $2, 500/mo. At one point the figure was $4,000. Funnily enough, the amount was always in US dollars. :unsure::p
Click to expand...
I'm not referring to the amount, I 'm talking about the fact that in this country no-one is getting any money.. for free from the government..

Don't get me wrong I'm not envious ..I'm fortunate that I don't need that kind of 'free' money.... I'm happy that anyone who needs it in the USA and Canada can have it and have a Treasury who can afford to pay it out, but I feel sorry that all of your children and grandchildren's taxes will rocket very soon to pay it all back
 
hollydolly said:
I'm not referring to the amount, I 'm talking about the fact that in this country no-one is getting any money.. for free from the government..

Don't get me wrong I'm not envious ..I'm fortunate that I don't need that kind of 'free' money.... I'm happy that anyone who needs it in the USA and Canada can have it and have a Treasury who can afford to pay it out, but I feel sorry that all of your children and grandchildren's taxes will rocket very soon to pay it all back
Click to expand...
This (in part) is why some members of congress opposed the bill.
 
Buckeye said:
Nice try at deflection, but that is all irrelevant. Your first comment was that $75K income was peanuts, which means that you dismissed over half of American households who are earning those "peanuts". That is insulting to a lot of hardworking Americans.
Click to expand...
That sure is true!!! Not (overly 😂) complaining mind you. The two of us can live decently enough on less than that. We have a decent roof over our head, live in a nice neighborhood, and judging by the fit of my jeans, we have enough to eat. Do, however, feel for the young familis who are trying to live on it 💕
 
Buckeye said:
Nice try at deflection, but that is all irrelevant. Your first comment was that $75K income was peanuts, which means that you dismissed over half of American households who are earning those "peanuts". That is insulting to a lot of hardworking Americans.
Click to expand...
May I ask why you found it insulting? Unfortunate or sad maybe and certainly true in some cases, but I did not see @Murrmurr's post as insulting at all. Perhaps I understood his intent as mentioned above. BTW I read an article a year or so ago that claimed $75,000 was the amount most survey respondents gave when asked how much money would it take to make them happy. I thought it was interesting that the majority didn't say 6 figures.
 
Murrmurr said:
This (in part) is why some members of congress opposed the bill.
Click to expand...
The treasury @hollydolly does not have the money in the way you mean. The USA is deeply in debt. I wish I had more education so I could explain it better. It’s like you run up the full amount on a credit card. Then you get another credit card and get a cash advance on that credit.

With that cash advance, you make payments on the charged up credit card and you buy stuff on the credit. Once that credit card is full, and you are out of money, you get another credit card, get a cash advance, and make payment on both of the other credit cards, and charge more.

Rinse repeat repeat, but credit card money is not “real” money it is virtual money. Just like bit coins are not real money, they are virtual money. Of course, you have a real job, (taxes in the case of the USA).

But you overspend so then you use your credit (in the case of the USA you borrow money from other programs, and other nations) to meet your bills. Individuals have yard sales to get more money. The USA has sales also. Old military equipment, land we own in other countries such as no longer used military bases etc.

In the end, money is just paper. We have lots of trees, which make lots of paper, which makes lots of money. If people spend the money, then more businesses will pay taxes, then the treasury gets more money, etc. until the system overloads as it did in the Great Depression a d we all start over again.
 

You must log in or register to reply here.

Back
Top