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Biden said we should get $2,000, not $600 and if elected President he would push to give us $2,000 instead of $600.
That's $1,400. This is not a surprise to anyone. Sure I would love $2,000 more instead, but let's not make shit up.
the problem is that a lot of american voters are indeed uninformed. so even if this only causes backlash among uninformed people, that's still a lot of people
I honestly thought it would be 2k checks coming out, but then I realized the messaging was just poor. Ossof himself kept saying "we will be giving people $2000 checks"
The messaging made sense *at the time* because it was in the context of Trump demanding 2k checks instead of the 600 and this was all mostly before people even got the $600. Now that it's getting to be over a month later with a billion news cycles in between the original rationale has kind of faded, though I think the "outrage" over this is mostly bad faith from people who simply want more money and aren't truly confused about why it's just another $1400. In any case congress should just bite the bullet and up it to another full round of $2k
I was never under the impression they meant anything other than 1400 + 600, but it really was an own goal to not be more clear with their messaging.
Regardless, there should be recurring stimulus payments, the fact that it's been almost a year and this is only the second-and-a-half one is pretty fucking wild.
Regardless, there should be recurring stimulus payments, the fact that it's been almost a year and this is only the second-and-a-half one is pretty fucking wild.
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If you aren't as politically active as folks on here, it's perfectly understandable why they would think "$2000 checks" meant "$2000 in addition to the $600". The messaging was garbage and now Dems are paying the price.
How are they so bad at this though...? This is such an easy win. Avoid all of this from the start - Do what you promised... It's way more than what the republicans offered, but that's not the point. Keep your word!
Not sure why this is the sentiment, to me it was obvious since the very beginning. The math is simple.
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Are you trolling? They got backlash for months on end and lost the presidency and the senate because of it.
Sorry, the people you know are actually fake people, because no real people actually thought they were getting $2k checks, just bad faith Twitter bots.
The outrage on this is seriously performative and I have to say the check issue overall makes me give a massive side eye to a lot of online progressives. There seems to be a large contingent that does just simply want stuff and doesn't care about more progressive policy like what else is in this bill and CARES, etc.
AOC's own bill added $1400 to the $600 and did not provide a full extra $2000...
Personally I thought it was always pretty clear that the intent was $600 + $1400 = $2000. I don't know that anyone was really expecting $2600...
that's the part that gets me. my expectations were rock bottom and I was fully aware that 1400 was what we were going to get after they started trying to lower expectations after Georgia but I earnestly can't believe they actually used this language officially.
well they lost the election for one
Who cares? That was back when Trump was in charge and Mitch controlled the Senate. The situation has changed and she has changed her message accordingly. Why hasn't the party and the president?
Everyone i know including family in GA who went out have voted twice, thought it was 2k checks. I had to literally talk them off the ledge after i explained to them it was actually a $1400 check not $2000 since that's what was shown in ads and what dems were saying leading up the election.
Then why did Warnock post tweets with images of a check showing $2000?
I didn't see a check showing $600 and then a check showing $1400
why did AOC say "$2000 means $2000, not $1400"?
youre being willfully ignorant to what was promised.
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You're seriously calling the millions of people that are suffering and potentially facing eviction in the middle of a pandemic fucking stupid for wanting $2000? After they were explicitly promised they'd get it? You have that much vitriol for them? I don't even know what to say.
poor people needing money is performative, man you guys really outdo yourselves on the hot takes here.
Trust me, I know. I personally understood it that way, but I see how the promise has been twisted over time.
I posted those tweets because people were saying they hadn't heard of people saying that in real life, or the backlash is niche, etc.
So even if Biden meant $1400, we're well beyond that.
I honestly always understood it to mean $1400 but thought some of the messaging was bad from the get go. Like immediately after Trump demanded $2000, the House tried to pass a stand-alone bill and the messaging was weird. I was seeing headlines of "Pelosi to pass a bill just addressing the $2000 checks" and based on just the headlines it wasn't clear if the bill intended to
A.) send an additional $2000 check
B.) send an additional $1400 check to square the total to $2000
C.) somehow amend the previous bill's $600 so we'd just get one $2000 check
I always understood it to mean B myself, but it was less than crystal clear.
A.) send an additional $2000 check
B.) send an additional $1400 check to square the total to $2000
C.) somehow amend the previous bill's $600 so we'd just get one $2000 check
I always understood it to mean B myself, but it was less than crystal clear.
You should be asking for more. Perhaps you can settle for less, but many can't afford to.
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