Majority of Americans Back New Stimulus Checks To Combat Inflation

Newsweek ^ | 10/30/22 | Khaleda Rahman

[Skepolitic]

A majority of Americans support the idea of new stimulus checks to combat inflation, according to a poll conducted exclusively for Newsweek.

The survey found 63 percent of respondents said they agree—with 42 percent saying they "strongly agree"—when asked if the federal government should issue new stimulus checks to tackle inflation.

[N. Theknow]

Alternate headline: Majority of Americans cannot understand how their bank accounts are overdrawn when they still have checks in their checkbooks.

[SaxxonWoods]

“People are stupid.

Junkies asking for another fix.”

Thread is now over.

[fretzer]

Here’s an idea - take a course in economics.

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/14-01sc-principles-of-microeconomics-fall-2011/

[The Sons of Liberty]

Majority of Americans Back New Stimulus Checks To Combat Inflation

Should be "Majority of Americans have no clue on what causes inflation and absolutely no understanding of Economics"

[PGR88]

America’s free shit army is on the march.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

Gimme gimme gimme and make someone else pay for it. That is the new American Dream.

[brownsfan]

A majority of Americans are retarded.

[HYPOCRACY]

I back using gasoline to fight fires.

[katana]

So, the majority of Americans are idiots. Quelle surprise.

[TnTnTn]

WHATT????…that would make inflation 19x worse…just keep printing fiat currency with ZERO backing or confidence and see where that goes…c’mon man…

[packagingguy]

A short list of Federal assistance programs, let’s just add one more:

Family Planning
Consolidated Health Centers
Transitional Cash and Medical Services for Refugees
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
Voluntary Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit — Low Income Subsidy
Medicaid
Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program
Breast/Cervical Cancer Early Detection
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant
Indian Health Service
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)
Additional Child Tax Credit
Earned Income Tax Credit (refundable component)
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
School Breakfast Program (free/reduced price components)
National School Lunch Program (free/reduced price components)
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
Early Reading First
Rural Education Achievement Program
Mathematics and Science Partnerships
Improving Teacher Quality State Grants
Academic Competitiveness and Smart Grant Program
Single-Family Rural Housing Loans
Rural Rental Assistance Program
Water and Waste Disposal for Rural Communities
Public Works and Economic Development
Supportive Housing for the Elderly
Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities
Section 8 Project-Based Rental Assistance
Community Development Block Grants
Homeless Assistance Grants
Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME)
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA)
Public Housing
Indian Housing Block Grants
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Neighborhood Stabilization Program
Weatherization Assistance Program
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
Food Program Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico
The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP)
Nutrition Program for the Elderly
Child and Adult Care Food Program
Summer Food Service Program
Indian Education
Adult Basic Education Grants to States
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant
Education for the Disadvantaged
Grants to Local Educational Agencies (Title I-A)
Title I Migrant Education Program
Higher Education — Institutional Aid and Developing Institutions
Federal Work-Study
Federal TRIO Programs
Federal Pell Grants
Education for Homeless Children and Youth
21st Century Community Learning Centers
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR-UP)
Child Support Enforcement
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (social services)
Community Services Block Grant
Child Care and Development Fund
Head Start HHS
Developmental Disabilities Support and Advocacy Grants
Foster Care
Adoption Assistance
Social Services Block Grant
Chafee Foster Care Independence Program
Emergency Food and Shelter Program
Legal Services Corporation
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (employment and training component)
Senior Community Service Employment Program
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Adult Activities
Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Activities
Social Services and Targeted Assistance for Refugees
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) (employment and training)
Foster Grandparents
Job Corps
Grants to States for Low-Income Housing in Lieu of Low-Income Housing Credit Allocations
Tax Credit Assistance Program
Older Americans Act Grants for Supportive Services and Senior Centers
Older Americans Act Family Caregiver Program
Indian Human Services

[Roccus]

GIMME GIMME GIMME

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs6gnsAtjXw

[griswold3]

Majority of Americans Back New Stimulus Checks To Combat Inflation
^^This^^
This is why i am not worked up about this election. There’s a devil on my shoulder that keeps telling me to allow the ‘Progressives’ to feel the full brunt of their vote.
(Elections have consequences- Obama)
We’re far past fixing this. Change my mind.

[SkyDancer]

Forget it. Money going to the Ukraine.

[chuckee]

Looks like majority of Americans are the same folks who lobbied to have the Build Back Better spendfest changed to the Inflation Reduction Act. And I thought there was no one dumber than Krugman on this planet. Apparently, I was wrong

[Savage Rider]

How about 100% of Americans want free money now?

[SIDENET]

WHERE MY STIMMY AT

[Lafayette County]

A majority of Americans support the idea of new stimulus checks to combat inflation, according to a poll conducted exclusively for Newsweek.

Combating inflation by making it worse doesn't make a lot of sense.

[CFW]

People should be required to take a basic economics class before being allowed to vote.

[newzjunkey]

Doesn’t matter. They’re not concerned with how pumping free money into the economy would and did cause inflationary pressure as well as the post covid pay hikes (13-15/hr) for entry level jobs or supply chain disruptions or Joe’s war on oil… some of this was preventable (or at least mitigation was possible) but we probably need a recession to reset the business cycle, get people in jobs to stay in jobs, get pricing under control.

Putin is not why we’re above $3 a gallon for gas. The people hurting aren’t at the bottom, they are middle class where wages compression means they aren’t keeping up with inflation unlike their entry level coworkers who have so much extra money with less debt they don’t necessarily even have the pressure of going to work to pay bills. Instead they are splurging, increasing demand that wouldn’t normally be there.

I would take an inflation stimulus check though. It’ll just be a refund on my tax bill.