You AREN'T GETTING A FOURTH STIMULUS CHECK!

[orangecrush]

In my google news feed below the search box, every day there are clickbait stories that are no more than speculation on this.

You am not getting one.

Where do you think you are, Canada or one of the other developed countries that actually gives a fuck about their citizens?

[LonePirate]

1. If you have school age kids, you will be receiving $300/month each for the next six months.

That's nothing to sneeze at and is a nice stimulus on its own.

[Trueblue1968]

2. those of us on Social Security didn't get squat.

[LonePirate]

4. Those of us without school age kids also receive nothing but this is still a good policy.

[sprinkleeninow]

6. Yah, wherz the Golden Oldies' stimulation $$$?

[cstanleytech]

11. Its not just the older folks it was also the disabled that collect it that were left out.

[sprinkleeninow]

12. Yes, now that you mention it. SSI AND DSSI. There's talk/consideration.

[cstanleytech]

13. Considering how much the Republicans in the House and Senate would be thrilled if the disabled up

and died I would not count on anything being done.

[sprinkleeninow]

14. If Delta variant gets cranked up in a redux, another payment may be necessary.

They don't mind who or how many die as long as it's not a repuQ lawmaker.

[Nexus2]

16. It is a good arrangement. I think its even 300 per child [nt]

[obamanut2012]

26. I am childfree, and I'm not getting the $300 and couldn't care less

I'm hoping this helps defray childcare costs for women, so they can go back to work FT.

[helpisontheway]

28. No help for parents that have "kids" in college..nt

[LonePirate]

30. I don't think your kids in college need child care or prevent you from working.

All of this me, me, me talk makes this forum look like it's for Republicans and not Democrats.

[orangecrush]

33. Pretty funny

When you put that in context of the economic disparity in this country.

[LonePirate]

34. Well, it's a tax credit for dependent minors and not a tax credit for offspring regardless of age

If you want to make a case for other types of stimulus or government tax credits, have at it. This is a targeted tax credit with specific criteria. People need to look at this tax credit as being for the greater good even if they don’t qualify for it. Instead people seem to have sour grapes about being excluded almost to the point of nobody should receive this tax credit if they don’t receive it. I don’t qualify for this tax credit and I think this credit is great. In fact, we should be doing more to help parents with dependent minors.

[Jim G.]

3. I Don't Get That On My Google News Feed

There's a Covid-19 news link under the search box. Maybe try clearing your cookies/browser history. You may have looked at an article about a fourth stimulus once so now they're directing those kinds of articles to your feed.

[mathematic]

5. Where did you get the idea that Canada or anywhere had more stimulus than the US?

I don't think anywhere else gave out thousands of dollars of stimulus to, what, 85% of the country?

[Betty88]

8. Think again

[mathematic]

20. You could at least try to name a country that gave out a general stimulus like the US

Don't be mysterious. You told me to "think again" like you know of a country that gave out thousands of dollars of general stimulus to nearly the entire country. What country were you thinking of?

[Betty88]

23. I see others told you for me. Thanks everyone

I'm not going to google for you.

[mathematic]

24. I got one response that was wrong, "think again" indeed

I'm not asking you to google anything. I'm asking you to share the information about the countries that you alluded to when you responded to my original post.

Unless you didn't actually have any information about other countries providing more general stimulus to nearly their entire countries. But then why would you suggest I was wrong if you didn't have any information, without googling, to suggest otherwise? No, really, why would you do that?

[Betty88]

25. Why is this tying you in a knot?

[Nexus2]

17. Canada was giving out 2000 a month, weren't they? [nt]

[mathematic]

18. $2k Canadian to unemployed. We gave out $2.4k to unemployed

Whenever I see a comment about how other countries gave out more stimulus they're comparing other countries enhanced unemployment benefits to our general stimulus while also ignoring our enhanced unemployment benefits.

I haven't tried to figure out exactly how many people got enhanced unemployment benefits in any country but the brief peak of unemployment was around 15% here, so the enhanced unemployment benefits went to nowhere near the 85% of people I roughly estimated that got the general stimulus.

[sprinkleeninow]

7. We're still hurting. Paper towels $6-7 for 2 jumbo rolls. No rainchex issued for sale items out of

stock, et cetera, et cetera, and so on.

[bedazzled]

21. No rain checks sucks!

Should Be back by now.

[AZ8theist]

9. The illegal UNDOCUMENTED aliens down the street.......

...day laborer's...

Will getting getting $1200 per week from the US government.
PLUS free medical care..
PLUS free retirement benefits..
PLUS free phones..
PLUS free documentation...
PLUS free housing and transport...
PLUS PLUS PLUS PLUS The ability to vote MULTIPLE TIMES in every election.....

Just read this in the Arizona Craigslist "politics" section.....SO IT MUST BE TRUE.

[PCIntern]

10. I are not getting one, I guess.

[DemocraticPatriot]

15. Well, we can hope that it might be possible...

however unlikely.

Personally, I think Democrats should push through a bill for a small "basic income", perhaps only equal to an amount that would come from the Snap "foodstamps" program, for those under a certain income....

Perhaps an amount that might not even be considered 'basic' by most, but enough to feed you.... as a very small pushback against income inequality--- and raise corporate taxes a bit to pay for that. The vast majority of the American public, including a majority of rank-and-file Republicans, believe that corporations and the rich should be paying more, anyway...

[Nexus2]

22. If you aren't a multimillionare or a corporation raking in billions...

the government giving you assistance and breaks of any kind is SOCIALISM and we can't have that.

I am honestly surprised the GOP isn't squealing like injured pigs over the Child Tax Credit. Its their mission to make sure every fetus makes it out of the womb, but taking care of them once there here? SOCIALISM!

[DemocraticPatriot]

31. Mitt Romney has been pushing something similar.

I'll give him credit for that.

[Nexus2]

36. What exactly has he been pushing? [nt]

[DemocraticPatriot]

37. Some kind of expanded child tax credits. nt

[Nexus2]

39. I'd missed that, thank you.

Was the ACA, despite being dubbed Obamacare by the GOP, drawn at least in part from a idea of Romney?

[Nexus2]

40. I'd missed that, thank you.

Was the ACA, despite being dubbed Obamacare by the GOP, drawn at least in part from a idea of Romney?

[Hotler]

19. We care about our citizens, our rich citizens....nt

[orangecrush]

38. +1

[markpkessinger]

27. My last stimulus check was for a whopping $12.05 . . .

. . . despite the fact that I am unemployed. Why? Because the idiots who crafted the stimulus package based eligibility on 2019 income!

[helpisontheway]

29. :( nt

[dflprincess]

32. I'd be happy if I'd finally get my tax refund

I had to pay in because taxes weren't withheld from the $600/week that was paid last summer. I made the mistake of paying as soon as I did my taxes, then the Recovery Act passed and $10,200 in unemployment was made not taxable. IRS instructtions were to not file an amended return, they would take care of adjusting returns. Supposedly they started this in May starting with "simple" returns (and what is simpler than single/standard deduction?). It's impossible to get through to them to find out what's going on & without a refund amount the "where's my refund" function doesn't work.

[Happy Hoosier]

35. I NEVER GOT THE OTHER ONES. NT