I still don’t know how some people are going to make it without the $2k/mo checks coming in. The eerie, almost surreal silence around it now is the sound of people’s hope turned into despair turned into fury turned into hopelessness turned into resignation turned into tears.

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Didn't Biden promise these checks were coming? Nothing will fundamentally change. Dies everybody remember him saying this in the primary?
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turned into political revolution & profound change. (I hope) #OurRevolution
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The U.S. is an oligarchy where the rich get everything they want and don’t need, and the rest of us get nothing we want and need. Many large, profitable corps. not only pay no taxes, they get a rebate! publicintegrity.org/inequali…
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Slowly, I see people in my sphere, falling apart financially. One friend had his car repoed. He'd never missed a payment before the Pandemic. A family member is more than $6000 behind on rent. He does laser shows for big concert tours etc. Biden gives no shits about them.
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Thank you Democrats
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We could release all the lockdowns and let people work.
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Yes. That's exactly where we are. I have believed in, and volunteered for, written checks, etc, for my party for 40 years. Now they are tone deaf to what we're going through. Even my own Rep said the other day "there's still time" to work with Rs on stimulus bill. Time for WHOM?
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There are people in my circle that are usually solid as a rock, though stress of this last year is even making some of the strong crumble. I find myself lending support to those who historically had supported me. I’m glad I can repay the favor. This is truly hard on everyone.
We need to reopen the country so we can work and make our own money, not $2000 a month so we all make the same amount. I will not become dependent on an unreliable, incompetent corrupt government.