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The stimulus checks were months ago. If the status quo was so fragile that two $1000-ish checks to every working/middle class American was enough to shatter it,
by Uehreka 5y ago
The stimulus checks were months ago. If the status quo was so fragile that two $1000-ish checks to every working/middle class American was enough to shatter it, then it probably deserved to be broken.
- tpmx 5y agoFirst round: $1,200 per adult, $500 per child Second round: $600 per adult, $600 per child Third round: $1,400 per adult, $1,400 per child (https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/03/what-to-know-about-all-three-rounds-of-coronavirus-stimulus-checks https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2021/03/what-to-know-about-all-thr...) So, as an example, a family with two adults and three kids would have received $13,900 in total. Morals/politics etc aside, I think supperberg's argument makes sense.
- plorkyeran 5y agoYou think that a family of two adults and three kids can live for over a year on $13,900 and still have some money left over from that?
- tpmx 5y agoThat wasn't the "terms". It was savings + checks. Then you added "have some left". It obviously depends a lot on the location.
- aidenn0 5y agoI think that a family of two adults and 3 kids will keep one of the adults home in lieu of paying for (with COVID, rather unreliable) child care if they can instead collect $14k plus unemployment.
- supperburg 5y agoThey also weren’t paying any rent, so yes