Leave it to the Democrats to turn $17,000 into $1400.
9% of this bill specifically benefits US citizens with cash payments. The other 91% DOES NOT.
Liberals who supported this bill, can you please explain why this is a good bill? Be specific. Use numbers and facts and economic theory.
How is it good that we are spending $1.9 trillion to give $1400 to 280 million people?
SPECIFICALLY....HOW IS THIS A GOOD BILL ON THE WHOLE?
As the Senate takes up the COVID relief bill passed by the House last week, Senate Democrats have proposed to lower the income level at which the $1,400 cash payments would be phased out. New estimates from ITEP demonstrate that, for most people, the change would make no difference.
itep.org
$5700 a person not $17000.
There's help with Obama care in it, for newly laid off, tax exemption for those on unemployment, child tax credits, expanded EIC, day care center help, money for schools to add hepa filter ventilation and ppe, money for vaccines and vaccination, and testing for variants, $300 a week extra for those unemployed, plus unemployment extension,
For those most affected by the pandemic, there is a heck of a lot more than the $1400.