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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNo means test for Covid relief!
I heard Jen Psaki at the press briefing going on right now imply that there will be an upper limit on income of $75,000 in order to get a Covid relief check. Id just like to point out that in the San Francisco Bay Area there are many, many people working two or three jobs in order to earn enough to live in the area. Lots of them make $75,000 and still struggle. $75,000. Might sound like a lot. In many places it simply isnt and House Democrats should understand that.
In addition, a means test requires a whole bureaucracy that itself costs money. A means test is unlikely to save enough to pay for it.
Its a bad idea all around.
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)2019 tax returns are going to be totally misleading for the people hit hardest financially by COVID.
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)dawg
(10,624 posts)I just think it would be a disaster to lower them. People whose situations have changed for the worse since 2019 should be able to get their checks based on their 2020 returns when they file them.