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GemDigger

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7. It would be but if we don't settle for something then those that are only

Reply to liskddksil (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 1, 2021, 10:32 PM

Mar 2021

making $20,000 a year would lose out as well. Those people don't have anything to sell.

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"Centrist" Democrats Still Trying to Screw Middle Income Earners out of their Promised Stimulus [View all] liskddksil Mar 2021 OP

the centrists tried BUT (from the article) Celerity Mar 2021 #1

That was the House. The Senate still has time to gum up the works nt liskddksil Mar 2021 #2

true, and I going to go out on a limb (not really) and hazard a guess the name Manchin may come up Celerity Mar 2021 #5

Under no circumstances can the thresholds be tightened, radius777 Mar 2021 #15

Agreed. nt liskddksil Mar 2021 #29

No way they should make the payments less than what was awarded under Trump... Wounded Bear Mar 2021 #3

they want the cut-off to start at 50K AGI and by 75K you get jack shit Celerity Mar 2021 #8

I'm telling my Senators that this is a line in the sand for my vote next time. I would liskddksil Mar 2021 #12

If some Dem Senators do insist on the cut-offs starting at 50K and 75K gets nothing, I am Celerity Mar 2021 #16

How out of touch does one have to be to think that those making $75,000 have it easy as costs of liskddksil Mar 2021 #20

it isn't even 75K, the cutoff slope is steep once you get over 50K Celerity Mar 2021 #25

yes my marginal tax rate for my income from 50k to 61k will wind up dsc Mar 2021 #28

Democrats need to KISS - keep it simple stupid nt liskddksil Mar 2021 #30

It's the republicans that need to hear us. GemDigger Mar 2021 #4

Sure, but these Democrats are also trying to screw many who are certainly not rich liskddksil Mar 2021 #6

It would be but if we don't settle for something then those that are only GemDigger Mar 2021 #7

It would be political malpractice to create a group of voters who got checks under Trump but denied tritsofme Mar 2021 #9

Yes, this needs to be iterated to Democratic Representatives and Senators nt liskddksil Mar 2021 #10

+1 leftstreet Mar 2021 #11

And Repubs would just swoop in and promise tax cuts radius777 Mar 2021 #19

Yep, sometimes we need to save our party from their own stupidity it seems nt liskddksil Mar 2021 #23

"Centrist" Democrats ? Budi Mar 2021 #13

because in this case, it was/is the moderates, the centrist wing that was/is pushing for it Celerity Mar 2021 #17

Most on that list would self-describe that way. Though I strongly question the political acumen of liskddksil Mar 2021 #21

2 cheques (they got the 1200 usd one too) so technically even more of an issue for some of them Celerity Mar 2021 #26

Your headline is not the headline of the tweet you refer to, btwJeff Stein did not say, Budi Mar 2021 #14

the OP was not saying it was a quote from the tweet, they were (as is allowed) editorialising Celerity Mar 2021 #18

You better believe, I have an agenda. 1: Make sure I and those like me get the money we were liskddksil Mar 2021 #22

Well, there are a few things ready to muck it all up right now & ... Budi Mar 2021 #24

I don't see any other Democrats trying to screw me out of my promised check other than the ones liskddksil Mar 2021 #27

The only one who will muck it up is not a Democrat. Budi Mar 2021 #31

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