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stillcool

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8. Maybe West Virginia should have the option of opting out

Reply to DemocratSinceBirth (Original post)

Wed Mar 3, 2021, 08:26 PM

Mar 2021

of the relief bill. His dicking around should get the attention it deserves.

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Joe Manchin said $100,000.00 a year in West Virginia is a lot of money [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2021 OP

Joe Manchin cares about Joe Manchin budkin Mar 2021 #1

It looks like Joe 'Susan Collins' Manchin for the WIN! TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #34

It's nothing in California. onecaliberal Mar 2021 #2

Also, it's extremely disingenuous framing, as a person making 100K never would have received Celerity Mar 2021 #35

Exactly - the $ amount should be determined by the cost of living FakeNoose Mar 2021 #3

Yes, but that would take a little bit of effort JohnSJ Mar 2021 #6

I am glad I saw your post. sheshe2 Mar 2021 #10

Yes I did sheshe, I should have given a heads up. Sorry JohnSJ Mar 2021 #11

No problem. sheshe2 Mar 2021 #14

Right back at you sheshe JohnSJ Mar 2021 #16

As noted, planning would have allowed a poverty level multiplier underpants Mar 2021 #12

Agreed. Shouldn't be too difficult for a country that put a dune buggy on Mars. Baked Potato Mar 2021 #15

I don't get why the big cities are always subject to comparison to small states and why the small onecaliberal Mar 2021 #40

I grew up there. It is. Drum Mar 2021 #4

This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2021 #7

It's a lot in Portland OR BlueLucy Mar 2021 #5

Maybe West Virginia should have the option of opting out stillcool Mar 2021 #8

100k a year is truly living like a King in WV WarGamer Mar 2021 #9

You cannot rent a decent apartment in the NYC area with that salary. Not alone at least. Yavin4 Mar 2021 #13

He is right. Blue_true Mar 2021 #17

Has He Met The Governor? WHITT Mar 2021 #18

The former Democrat, you mean? wellst0nev0ter Mar 2021 #33

Dunno WHITT Mar 2021 #39

Yeah Joe? choie Mar 2021 #19

of course it is qazplm135 Mar 2021 #20

Try that in Fairfield County, CT MANative Mar 2021 #21

Hint: not everyone lives in WV. senseandsensibility Mar 2021 #22

So? 2naSalit Mar 2021 #23

He doesn't want everybody to be poor. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #41

Buying a house would be difficult in LA but one can still live well JI7 Mar 2021 #24

Manchin is Right - $100K Is a Lot Of Money in WV - Stimulus Cap Should Be Determined Geographically Indykatie Mar 2021 #25

Or just give it to people quakerboy Mar 2021 #26

When are these timms139 Mar 2021 #27

Joe sleeps well at night. nt Hotler Mar 2021 #28

Most people don't live in NYC or SF Wanderlust988 Mar 2021 #29

no one making 100K would have gotten one anyway, Manchin wanted to START the cutoff at only 50K Celerity Mar 2021 #30

Many in the rural Midwest have been convinced they are the "real Americans". Progressive Jones Mar 2021 #31

yes, a white MAGAt from rural Wisconsin or Missouri, whose family came over in the 1920's Celerity Mar 2021 #32

Most Dems live in urban and suburban areas, radius777 Mar 2021 #37

This is why means-testing is such a bad idea. All it does is pit people against each other, liskddksil Mar 2021 #36

Doesn't he earn $170K a year as a Senator ? OnDoutside Mar 2021 #38