[edit again, I have simply changed to a different news source, the original link source kept changing the link.]
Sanders criticizes Democrats willing to pare down eligibility for stimulus checks
By Celine Castronuovo - 02/06/21 09:10 PM EST
[thehill.com]
More idiocy from Bernie. Here he goes again.
The middle class has education, has options, most have homes and are not drowning. Give money to the poor. If the Democrats do not have an income limit, we will allow the Republicans to prove their claim that we are a "Tax and Spend" party. Why does he think that we have lot of money to give away.
I have heard his glorious plans to make America like Sweden and all I heard was rob Peter to pay Paul. Other than the far left wingers like Occupy Wall Streeters who are always angry with other people for their miseries, the majority of Americans do not agree with free give aways. That is why Bernie failed on his face flat two times in a row. I never take Bernie seriously. Bernie thinks America is like the Far Left extreme socialists, just a fringe element trying to ride on the back of the Democratic Party. Let them launch their own party and let us see how far they can go.
I think we have to be very careful about which fights we allow to turn into wars right now.
This stimulus should be approved within a month of Joe taking office but we're not going to make it.
Personally, I would have to see the research that established the $75,000 cap in the first place to make a decision. But I will say that if the cap is lowered, the amount of the checks should be increased. A one time $1400 check for a total of $3200 over a year is only $267/month.
Its problematic anyway because its based on 2019 and the problem is many lost their income in 2020.
It annoys me that these all have to be framed as economic stimulus packages instead of relief packages for people.
That's because most pols, esp. Repubs, believe in the concepts of the deserving poor and the undeserving poor. They also believe that most poor people and others who need financial help from the government deserve their fate, so they only believe in stimulating the economy is good and necessary, not helping people in need. The concepts of the deserving (of help) and undeserving poor go all the way back to Elizabethan times in England, centuries ago, but they have never really lost their popularity in American culture and politics. Time to join the new century.