OFFICIAL 2020 STIMULUS CHECK THREAD

[elpablo21]

In another episode of Groundhog Day

 

[Master Zik]

600 WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER STIMULUS.

I'm hoping if/when the democrats control everything we get a Biden stimulus bill passes quickly like before summer, maybe before spring.

 

[Fozz]

I'm not optimistic that they'll come to a deal. I feel like Mitch is just messing around.

 

[Upptempo]

The no retroactive is still wild to me. Even if you only offer a month or so of retro pay that helps a ton of people. Saying you won't assist at all for the 3 months you did absolutely nothing is wild to me

 

[rrlegend]

They’re stalling out

 

[DonRafa]

we ain’t getting ****

they enjoy playin games with peoples lives

 

[air spider 777]

Its a shame that people are literally starving in this country and these fools wont stop the nonsense and give the people the help they need.

The foodline I saw on 9th ave and 28th street at the church the other day broke my heart.

 

[kingkoopa]

we ain’t getting ****

they enjoy playin games with peoples lives

Someone gotta get hit.

 

[DonRafa]

Its a shame that people are literally starving in this country and these fools wont stop the nonsense and give the people the help they need.

The foodline I saw on 9th ave and 28th street at the church the other day broke my heart.

they been crazy here in SF too. there’s one at an elementary school not far from me and the line gets a few blocks long. it’s infuriating when you hear the politicians brag about “the richest country in the world”

 

[BaltimoreLove]

I think it’s coming soon with retroactive benefits...

 

[cedric ceballos]

The richest country in the world for them, not for us.

Are these GOP senators having any softball games anytime soon?

 

[mplsdunk]

richest country for 1% sure.

race to the bottom for everyone else.

 

[kingkoopa]

The richest country in the world for them, not for us.

Are these GOP senators having any softball games anytime soon?

And they keep fueling the fires between the people and sit back and laugh.

Disgusting.

 

[Raji Lowenthal]

Y’all buggin’ - give me the $600 - imma flip it. And wait for the reup.

Better than the original plan - nothing

I been flipping that 12 since I got it. On my 2nd set of PS5's, as the latest flip, really feel for anyone needing the govts help during the pandemic smh

 

[All_$tar1997]

Same **** different day.

We have been hearing the Same story since the summer. I will believe we are getting something when I see it in my account.

 

[cedric ceballos]

And they keep fueling the fires between the people and sit back and laugh.

Disgusting.

****s going to hit the fan one of these days. They keep it up some crazy person is going to end up going real life call of duty on a bunch of those conservative senators for playing games and bull****ting when people need help and they think it’s one big joke. They’re pretty much telling people screw you, you can’t pay your rent oh well, can’t pay that mortgage payment and you lose your house, welp my donors still line my pockets so thoughts and prayers. Go work for minimum wage at some factory where you have no rights and pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

if some crazy stuff ever happened I wouldn’t have a single ounce of sympathy, the same way they were indifferent after every single school shooting/mass shooting over the years.

 

[kingkoopa]

****s going to hit the fan one of these days. They keep it up some crazy person is going to end up going real life call of duty on a bunch of those conservative senators for playing games and bull****ting when people need help and they think it’s one big joke. They’re pretty much telling people screw you, you can’t pay your rent oh well, can’t pay that mortgage payment and you lose your house, welp my donors still line my pockets so thoughts and prayers. Go work for minimum wage at some factory where you have no rights and pull yourself up by your bootstraps.

if some crazy stuff ever happened I wouldn’t have a single ounce of sympathy, the same way they were indifferent after every single school shooting/mass shooting over the years.

Thing is, system is rigged for us to take it out on us.

Its a system they've perfected in the black community and its now becoming color blind.

Im seeing more and more white vs white beatings and protest.

Some of them bring a smile to my face but if you think about it, **** runs deep.

 

[cedric ceballos]

Thing is, system is rigged for us to take it out on us.

Its a system they've perfected in the black community and its now becoming color blind.

Im seeing more and more white vs white beatings and protest.

Some of them bring a smile to my face but if you think about it, **** runs deep.

You legit summed it up perfectly. Especially with the last part. Racist whites are going to racist white and Billy Bob will live with his table scraps if it means Jamal suffers.

But this stuff is waking up a lot of people who normally would be indifferent or not pay attention to things since they’re being directly impacted by it.

 

[mplsdunk]

Let’s be real, someone did that I’d put money on his bail.

 

[rrlegend]

That’s what America is built on . The perception your doing better than the next man or someone has to have it worse than you .

 

[rrlegend]

Let’s be real, someone did that I’d put money on his bail.

. If I wasn’t cashing out doing this heavy hauling thing I’d make the drive up there .

Oh yeah bruhs please get a cdl . I made 16800. In a day and half of driving .

 

[kingkoopa]

But this stuff is waking up a lot of people who normally would be indifferent or not pay attention to things since they’re being directly impacted by it.

It's not though.

We can't convince people to wear mask.

Like rrlegend stated, as long as person A has the new Honda Accord and his neighbor is in a 2000, person A think they winning.

 

[Upptempo]

That’s what America is built on . The perception your doing better than the next man or someone has to have it worse than you .

Count your blessings while they count their wealth

 

[mplsdunk]

**** that isn’t even heavy

I got a new set up coming to me this year. Pete 567 and I think maybe a trail king with a flip 4th axle since my pos lowboy is bent down and rusted out anyways.

you ever start at the railroad or you going all in on low boy driving?

heavy haul is where the money is at man. Even as a company driver I’m making a killing.

edit, the machine is 84k and 11ft wide not gross? What is it? A mill?

 

[RustyShackleford]

Congress was at risk of letting funding for the federal government expire Friday at midnight, triggering the beginning of a shutdown, as lawmakers scramble to complete a $900 billion economic relief package, according to multiple aides and lawmakers involved in deliberations.

Senior Congressional officials said Friday they will work to avert a government shutdown as they try to hammer out a final agreement on sweeping economic relief legislation that has been delayed for months.

Congress has until Friday at midnight to approve an extension of federal funding. Lawmakers had hoped pressure from the looming federal shutdown would force compromise on stimulus legislation, but appeared to acknowledge Friday afternoon that a deal on the relief package was unlikely to be struck before the end of the day.


House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) told reporters on Friday afternoon he would support a short-term extension in government funding to buy negotiators more time, adding: “I’m not for a shutdown in any shape or form.” Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) also said: “We’re going to keep the government open.”

McCarthy and Hoyer added clear opposition to an idea that was being talked about by lawmakers and congressional aides earlier in the day.

“I know people who are going to object to that, who want to keep pressure on the process until we get a deal,” said Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), the No. 2 ranking Senate Republican, when asked Thursday about the possibility of another short-term extension of government funding. “Government shutdowns are never good. If it’s for a short amount of time, on a weekend, hopefully it’s something that’s not going to be all that harmful.”

Lawmakers had hoped to introduce the relief legislation as early as Thursday but have been delayed by numerous contentious issues, particularly a push from Sen. Patrick J. Toomey (R-Pa.) to curb the emergency lending authority of the Federal Reserve.

Debate over Fed’s powers prove stumbling block to stimulus talks

Budget experts said the impact of a lapse would almost certainly be minimal if Congress can approve the government funding deal by the end of the weekend. The nation would face a much more significant disruption if the federal shutdown continued on Monday, when shutdown orders would go into effect.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Friday morning sounded upbeat about the status of negotiations and expressed optimism that a deal could get done. Lawmakers have also remained divided about whether to extend a federal eviction moratorium; eligibility criteria for small business relief; and the structure of unemployment benefits, among other provisions.


“The talks remain productive. In fact, I am even more optimistic now than I was last night that a bipartisan, bicameral framework for a major rescue package is very close at hand,” McConnell said. “The Senate will be right here until an agreement is passed, whenever that may be.”
Stimulus talks could spill into weekend as lawmakers scramble to complete deal

The stimulus package under discussion would include $600 stimulus checks for millions of Americans, 10 weeks of jobless aid, $330 billion in small-business assistance, money for vaccine distribution, and funding for a range of other programs. It leaves out aid to cities and states as well as a liability shield for businesses looking for protection from lawsuits that Republicans had insisted on.

The impact of a short-term shutdown on public-facing services would likely be blunted by the coronavirus pandemic, which has kept many Americans indoors and closed or restricted the operations of operations like national parks. Also, a lapse in operations in the dead of winter would be less likely to have a big impact on visitation to parks and other federally-run tourists sites, compared to other shutdowns that have happened in warmer weather.


One obstacle to a quick extension of a budget funding bill is Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), who told reporters Friday he will object to any stop-gap unless he received assurance that direct payments to taxpayers will be included in the bill. That would likely not be a difficult task, however, because party leaders have agreed for days that stimulus checks of some sort will be included in a final package.

The size of those checks, however, remains a point of dispute. Hawley on Friday went on the Senate floor to push legislation that would provide for $1,200 checks -- roughly double what is currently under consideration. Yet, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), argued that sending more direct aid to Americans would be a fiscally irresponsible “shotgun approach.”
“We will not have learned the lessons from our very hurried, very rushed, very massive earlier relief packages,” Johnson said on the Senate floor. “We’re just going to do more of the same.”


Hawley shot back that lawmakers need to get their priorities straight: “We’re getting ready to spend, apparently, another trillion dollars more and yet working people are told they may be last, if they get relief at all,” he said. “Working people are living in their cars, working people can’t go to the doctor, working people can’t pay their rent, working people can’t feed their children. They should be first ... not last.”

Despite broad bipartisan agreement on a range of provisions in the relief package, lawmakers were racing Friday to resolve the lingering disagreements.
The Federal Reserve’s lending powers have emerged as a key sticking point in the deal. Several of the central bank’s emergency lending programs are set to expire at the end of the year, with hundreds of billions of dollars in unspent funds being redirected toward a stimulus package.

Republicans are also pushing for legislation that prevents the expiring emergency lending programs, or anything remotely similar to them, from being created in the future. Toomey has said even under the language he is pushing the Fed’s emergency lending powers “remain on the books” and that the door would still be open for Congress to approve entirely different programs “if in the future, some dire emergency occurs.”

That argument was denounced by Democrats, who say the plan slashes the Fed’s broader authority, and undermines the ability of the central bank and incoming Biden administration to fight future crises. Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) on Twitter blasted the move as a last-minute intervention and “the reason we don’t have a deal.”

“These authorities should be maintained to allow for the Federal Reserve to act to prevent hardship to families across the country,” Sen. Michael F. Bennet (D-Colo.) said in a statement. “If ever there is a time to put politics aside and do the right thing, it should be in the middle of a pandemic and corresponding economic crisis.”

Lawmakers are also arguing over how to structure unemployment benefits in the final plan. Republican negotiators are also seeking to include language that would gradually phase out the benefits over time, according to three people granted anonymity to share details of internal negotiations. Democratic lawmakers believe the measure is designed to avert a cliff in which unemployment benefits suddenly expire for millions, which would put pressure on Congress to pass an extension in benefits.

So Pay Toomey, who is retiring next year, at the last second wants to include legislation to handicap the FED's power to bailout and stimulate the economy. Seemingly to **** with Biden.