These one-time payments don’t allow anyone to relax even if they take some of the edge off. What don’t these people understand about $2k a month for as long as it lasts? Our govt is so miserly to the average American and so generous to the rich ones.
US House Democratic leaders are pushing for another round of stimulus payments of up to $1,200 per person in new coronavirus relief legislation that's headed for a vote on Friday. nbcnews.to/3brOV3w

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I still haven’t got the first check...
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George Carlin: "Forget the politicians. The politicians are put there to give you the idea you have freedom of choice. You don't. You have no choice. You have owners." It's a corporatist government bought out by corporations.
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Guaranteed universal basic income ($2,500/per adult plus $1,000/per dependent per month); emergency Medicare for All; suspension of all 'debt' payments (mortgages, rents, loans, even credit cards, with no accumulation of interest). Followed by insuring that the core supply
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Too busy giving PPP to lobyists and payday loan sharks.
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So miserly one of their state run hospitals demands $90,000 off of a mentally ill person. (Me!) #singlepayer #Medicare4All #CancelMedicalDebt #ProgressiveWave2020