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Huh? Where did this guy come from?
GOP Sen. Cotton calls for monthly cash payments to Americans during coronavirus pandemic
By Brooke Seipel - 03/16/20 09:13 PM EDT
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Monday he wants to give monthly checks to low-income and middle class Americans so they can afford necessities during the coronavirus outbreak.
Cotton, who knocked the House-passed coronavirus response bill as too complicated, suggested the money could come from tax rebates or through unemployment agencies.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/487939-gop-sen-cotton-calls-for-monthly-cash-payments-to-americans-during?fbclid=IwAR2l7YaMCEgFT7f4a3gqMEL4W08q85FODwyXZJqwBiQ67o95glBWU-BebbU
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)is there an income level?
Would it be combined with your spouse?
rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)Patterson
(1,530 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)msongs
(67,413 posts)FirstLight
(13,360 posts)I seem to recall that at some time there was an economic stimulus (wasnt it with W?) where everyone got a check in the mail?
How long does it take to cut those checks? why can't they do a blanket amount?
were the other checks based on IRS returns? I dont recall.
Waiting for Unemployment to do it is stupid cuz they are gonna be stuck at home too. not to mention, when has the EDD EVER done anything quickly?
ooohhhh man, we have a whole 'nother storm brewing...
Grasswire2
(13,571 posts)People who owed student loans didn't get those checks, I don't think. That was in the Bush administration.
FirstLight
(13,360 posts)probably less than a State tax return :/
NickB79
(19,253 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)give voice to their secret inner Democratic souls. See, if they can support these classic Democratic policies during a time of crisis, the same camaraderie should also work during regular order.
July
(4,750 posts)This sounds suspiciously like walking around money, from the people who are still planning to cripple Social Security with payroll tax cuts. A benefit with a short-term result for us and a huge long-term benefit to one party, if their BS works.
Jake Stern
(3,145 posts)and the government intercepts the checks?
Any economic stimulus package needs to include a provision barring the government from seizing the payments for student loans.
MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)Now unemployed. I definitely think it should go more to lower income, but Im at zero income currently.