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Americans angry they may no longer qualify for $1,400 stimulus checks, say it feels like a ‘targeted attack’ on middle class
CNBC ^ | Mon, Feb 8 20214:42 PM EST | Alicia Adamczyk

Posted on 02/09/2021 6:12:12 AM PST by Zhang Fei

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To: Zhang Fei

First question to Marie and Brian.....

Who did you vote for?

Second question for Brian.....

Did you know that Harris and Biden are going to flood the country with H1B visa holders and you’ll stand a good chance of losing your job? You should know because they said they were going to do it during their campaign.


21 posted on 02/09/2021 6:33:12 AM PST by qaz123
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To: Vermont Lt

Same here. In most rural communities where I live you are considered middle class if you make $40,000 a year. If you make $100,000 a year you are considered wealthy. You’d think people making six figures would be smart enough to save some of it for emergencies instead of living in a house they can’t afford and driving vehicles they can’t afford.


22 posted on 02/09/2021 6:33:45 AM PST by Tennessee Conservative
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To: maddog55

In the running for winning the internet today


23 posted on 02/09/2021 6:34:05 AM PST by qaz123
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To: Zhang Fei
I personally believe the stimulus checks should be targeted to unemployed people who were hit by the pandemic harder than most...but...one can't help but to see a typical lying politician...promise one thing deliver much less!!!
24 posted on 02/09/2021 6:39:31 AM PST by ontap
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To: Zhang Fei

anyone surprised?

democrats LOVE to reward failure and punish success - the only thing surprising is that anyone is surprised.


25 posted on 02/09/2021 6:39:47 AM PST by qwerty1234
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To: Vermont Lt
The fact that households making six figures are “in need” in low cost of living areas (such as where I live) is simply absurd.>/I>

And that, my friend, is the problem with a "one size fits all" national solution. Even worse is the subject of the article, cashing a campaign promise and waiting for it to come true.

26 posted on 02/09/2021 6:43:07 AM PST by Bernard (“When once the guardian angel has taken flight, everything is lost”. – William H. Seward, 1/12/1861)
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To: Zhang Fei
“Taking money away from people after you’ve promised it to them is not the way to start,” says Marie, referring

This woman makes $60k a year putting her in the middle class. With that salary, she's also paying taxes. The sick sleight of hand the government is pulling with these stimulus checks is the money ultimately is coming from the taxpayers.

It's like some con artist who pickpockets your wallet, takes a $20 for himself, then with a flourish, hands your wallet back to you saying "I think you dropped this".

27 posted on 02/09/2021 6:46:17 AM PST by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Zhang Fei

“WHERE’S OUR DOUGH JOE?!”


28 posted on 02/09/2021 6:49:09 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this?)
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To: Zhang Fei

The commie/nazi extreme leftists have created the “entitlement mentality” all throughout society. This guarantees continuation of their power grab, probably forever - or at least for as long as it takes them to finish destroying USA.


29 posted on 02/09/2021 6:49:52 AM PST by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Vermont Lt

Well said. Our society’s greed, laziness, and disdain for human life will be its undoing. Best that everyone get right with God.


30 posted on 02/09/2021 6:54:15 AM PST by JamesP81 (The Democrat Party is a criminal organization.)
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To: maddog55
Biden / Harris..

Brought to you by 80M Americans or more likely, 50M and 30M 20M and 60M switched or made up.

Just before the big switchover, DJT had 100M votes - 410 to 128 EC votes

31 posted on 02/09/2021 6:55:16 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: setter

makes me sick when SOME people drive in to a convenience store and use your tax dollars on JUNK.

and...title:Here are some of the billionaires who got PPP loans while small businesses went bankrupt

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/here-are-some-billionaires-who-got-ppp-loans-while-small-n1233041


32 posted on 02/09/2021 6:57:03 AM PST by huldah1776
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To: Vermont Lt

The hilarious flaw in all governments means-tested programs is that a dollar in a coastal city has nothing to do with a dollar in a low cost heartland area—total apples and oranges.

The obvious way to “beat the system” is to live in a low cost area.


33 posted on 02/09/2021 7:01:18 AM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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The issue I have with lowering the income limit is that it’s based on 2019 income. Like the woman in the article, a lot of people (millions) took a hit in their 2020 income.


34 posted on 02/09/2021 7:02:12 AM PST by NEPA (Repeal the 17th)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
The idea that this is an attack on the middle class is just more white supremacist right wing conspiracy nonsense.
Sorry, no rimshot, my rimshot guy was rounded up and locked in the gulag, after he was locked out of Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and his iCloud.

35 posted on 02/09/2021 7:04:13 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

With all the Biden spending, he will need to greatly raise taxes in the RICH. Unfortunately, the rich is now classified as anyone earning over $50,00 per year.


36 posted on 02/09/2021 7:07:25 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Tennessee Conservative

in some cities 100k barely stretches enough to make it paycheck to paycheck. In denver an average home will cost you 450k and average rent for a one bedroom is 1400/month. That’s in the city. The burbs with a decent standard of living will cost you more


37 posted on 02/09/2021 7:07:59 AM PST by Mom MD
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REWRITE DESK: Americans are angry at The "Most Popular Man in America."
The doddering, incoherent Biden is picking American winners and losers.
Biden decided some struggling tax-paying Americans may not qualify for $1,400 stimulus checks.
This is just the beginning of Biden's ‘targeted attacks’ on the middle class. Raising your taxes is next.
38 posted on 02/09/2021 7:11:29 AM PST by Liz (Our side has 8 trillion bullets; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use. )
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To: Zhang Fei

Joe Biden doesn’t lie (*).


39 posted on 02/09/2021 7:12:49 AM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: maddog55

>>50M and 30M made up.<<

Precisely. And I have some doubts that the Child-Whisperer even got 50M.


40 posted on 02/09/2021 7:13:55 AM PST by Old Grumpy
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