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In reply to the discussion: I'm a bit confused. My wife and I made slightly less than $150,000 last year. [View all]TexasBushwhacker
(20,043 posts)92. Look at it this way
It's not only to help you. It's to help the economy. If you don't need it to buy food, pay rent, make mortgage payments etc, great! In your case, you're going to give it to good causes, which is wonderful, but frankly, there's nothing wrong with indulging yourself by buying some take out from small family owned restaurants, or supporting small businesses in some other way. Putting that money back into the economy is a good thing too.
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I'm a bit confused. My wife and I made slightly less than $150,000 last year. [View all]
11 Bravo
Mar 2021
OP
Yes, I was responding to someone who asked about the case of a single taxpayer
karynnj
Mar 2021
#135
Last year at roughly $75,000 we received the full $2400, in January we received the FIRST payment...
George II
Mar 2021
#107
IF the same cut off rates were kept for the 1400 cheque as were applied to the 600 cheque
Celerity
Mar 2021
#115
trying to be the only responsible party appears to be a losing proposition.
SleeplessinSoCal
Mar 2021
#86
Good post. I think sometimes people can't see outside their own lives. It's great when you're doing
Pongo
Mar 2021
#8
I agreed with the previous post to mine, so I'm a bit lost at what you're 'my goodnessing' about?
Pongo
Mar 2021
#28
Thank you. I'm at a loss to the reaction to my agreement to your post, which I thought made sense.
Pongo
Mar 2021
#31
Ah I hear you. Best I opt out. I found the original post be be, oh well, never mind.
Pongo
Mar 2021
#52
yes, depends on how much debt and other financial responsibilities one has
Demovictory9
Mar 2021
#119
Because its better to give money to those who don't need it than to miss people
liskddksil
Mar 2021
#4
Wrong, it's for 2019 or 2020, whichever is the most recently filed tax return.
W_HAMILTON
Mar 2021
#49
This supposed Democrat's first foray into politics was as a volunteer for Bobby Kennedy.
11 Bravo
Mar 2021
#83
What was in the House bill $100.000 (singles). That was a reasonable compromise
liskddksil
Mar 2021
#40
You would spend it; you've just said so. That stimulates the economy and helps everyone.
Hermit-The-Prog
Mar 2021
#10
I'm comfortable with what I make and the stimulus check is just icing on the cake. So I give it
mitch96
Mar 2021
#19
It doesn't matter. No matter how much you make, you basically spend up to that total
MiniMe
Mar 2021
#48
I'm happy you don't need it. But a LOT of people who made that in 2019 didn't do squat
Liberal In Texas
Mar 2021
#66
Seems to me the stimulus should go to those with lower incomes -- maybe less than $50K --
Hoyt
Mar 2021
#69
You see it rationally. We're retired and make about $70,000 per year in one of the most expensive..
George II
Mar 2021
#72
I said "Very few people, if any, who received the first rounds of checks will be cut off at all."...
George II
Mar 2021
#80
Didn't say you, but many people are bashing Democrats, Biden in particular, claiming we "caved"....
George II
Mar 2021
#88
In San Francisco, a family of five making $150,000 per year is considered to be low income by the
deurbano
Mar 2021
#95
There are also a lot of people who got the $600/week extra unemployment who
dflprincess
Mar 2021
#104
I should be ok. I was taxed at a much higher rate January-April when my income ended
GulfCoast66
Mar 2021
#113
I would also say I can't find much logic in people getting upset about means testing.
pecosbob
Mar 2021
#120