Help Me Understand..Please!

[busterbrown]

My Wife and I, because we are seniors and on Medicare/S.S will not receive any stimulus assistance..??

My first thought is that come election time...It will be obvious that every Republican politician running for office in 2020 will lose a ton of votes..

Any thoughts will be appreciated!!

[dem4decades]

1. Trump is saying seniors are dispensable, why would they vote for him?

[wcmagumba]

2. That is what it is looking like to me...

I'm in the same position....

[Bev54]

3. Seniors in Canada are getting a boost

Not a lot but at least it is something.

[marybourg]

4. Do you need stimulus?

[busterbrown]

5. Absolutely..

[Frustratedlady]

11. I swear I read something where SS recipients and those on disability payments would get a payment.

However, the summary doesn't mention either. I wonder if it was included in other bills. Aren't there 3?

[Hoyt]

6. First, think you will get some stimulus. Second, seniors -- for some reason-- tend to

vote and vote for Republicans.

[brewens]

7. I'm 59 on disability and didn't really need any money. I just need the food and other stuff to keep

coming. I'm pretty lucky so far. If it's really for stimulus, I suppose almost everyone that only gets S.S. needs more money and should get a little taste of the deal at least. If they would like me to help stimulate, I would be delighted to help.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Great thing about a fixed income is it is fixed. At unemployment 30% you want some extra?

[Turin_C3PO]

10. Some people

on SSDI and SS barely have enough money to survive. A stimulus check wouldn’t hurt.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Yes, there are many who it would help, like with extra grocery delivery costs.

[busterbrown]

14. So your saying that Medicare and S.S. is a gift..

and that we should be silent and grateful? Screw That!!!! Big Time..

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Do NOT stuff words in mouths. That's disgusting. I did NOT say that. STOP!

A fixed income is fixed. I said nothing about "gift" or "silent" or "grateful".

STOP that shit!

A fixed income is fixed, whether it is earned (Medicare & Social Security) or otherwise. Fixed.

DON'T try that debating tactic on me.

The word is "fixed", meaning in this context "constant, unremitting, continuing, unreduced, steady".

[busterbrown]

19. Just reread your post..

Your last sentence.... The line which includes... "You want some extra"?
Explain what that means.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. You are getting what you have earned as an entitlement.

That is constant, fixed, steady, uninterrupted and secure.

Millions of people who WERE earning an income through their work have now lost that.

Their income is unsteady, interrupted, insecure and not fixed. They need something, which is not extra, something which will not even half replace what they have lost.

But you feel you should get extra over and above what you have earned? They have lost through no fault of their own. You have not lost because you have a fixed, constant, steady income.

[busterbrown]

21. I spent years of not having continuous employment...

I worked my ass off for every dollar I made..and it was tough difficult work and I had no union to cover me..

Yet I feel that those who have not been able to attain a solid fixed income should still be compensated to meet financial demands of their older age..
Instead of attacking a solid middle-class working guy....pick your enemies more carefully and imo you can start with the entire group of Republican-Ass shits!

[gibraltar72]

9. There plan is we'll be dead by election.

Therefore we can't vote blue. Easy Peasy.

[magicarpet]

12. Wait until they do this $1.5 trillion corporate give away,...

... then they come back and scream austerity needed because of over spending on social programs and take a machete to Social security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Bye bye New Deal.

[napi21]

15. So far I've only found one reply on a reliable site that confirmed the answer is yes. Here's a clip

of that reply:

I believe to get money out fast, they will use bank /deposit info from Tax returns and SS Admin. The report was it will be out quicker than previous stimulus checks, because all SS benefits are direct deposit to bank or debit cards. And more than 90% of Tax payers file electronically for direct deposit.

https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/blog/2020/03/checks-government?page=6

It's hard to find any info on this because no bill has passed Congress yet.

[Demonaut]

16. iIncrease of $200 per month, see below

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/23/senate-democrats-want-to-boost-social-security-by-200-per-month.html

It's not much but may be the begining

[brush]

17. I thought SS would be boosted by $200 a month durihg crisis.