Remember when Congress had the power of the purse? Good times.
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Totally not a bribe.
I'll take your $500, and then vote against every MAGA I can.
You have to be a real piece of trash for $500 to meaningfully sway your opinion.
No one's life problems are going to be solved with half a G
Every idiot who never pays attention to politics will absolutely be swayed by this dumb shit. It happened last time when he made them put his name on the checks.
I pointed out that at least one of those checks literally was sent by Biden and the ones Trump sent he was forced to send.
Their answer?: "nah"
You have to lower your expectations for these morons
My understanding is these 'rebates' go only to people who receive no ACA tax credit. Thanks to Trump's own ACA "reform," that's people making >4x ponverty level - about $64k for singles or $132k for a family of 4. Last year, those people had their insurance premiums capped at 8.5% of income.
So, a single, with typical silver premium of $12k/year, lost a $6500 tax credit to get this $500 rebate.
There are people for whom $500 is life changing and will keep them from losing their home.
Life problems? No. Immediate problems? Yeah. That's half rent for me, or groceries for a month, or a car payment and insurance, all my major bills, etc. For a lot of people, that's the most pressing thing in their life.
Dude, I don't like it all, but there are tons of people who can be swayed for even $100
Shouldn’t those payment refunds come from insurers? If in fact this is all true.
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