*** Current Senate GOP plan may phase *in* checks for $1,000-$1,200, sources say That would mean poor/low-income could potentially receive as little as $600 -- rather than full benefit of $1,200 Talks fluid washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
.@hamandcheese: "Any attempt to phase-in fiscal relief will just add complexity and cause the funds to move slower ... Whatever kind of payment is settled on, low income families deserve the full benefit." washingtonpost.com/business/2020/…
@JStein_WaPo do you know if that is based on last year's income?
@JStein_WaPo Don’t they get that of those 76 million people that just don’t pay enough taxes for them to care about, a whole lot of them are GOP voters? And there’s no better way to say “we think less of you” than literally giving them less. If the moral argument doesn’t work, maybe political
@JStein_WaPo And a subscription to the Jelly Of The Month Club!
@JStein_WaPo @mehdirhasan Maybe stop construction NOW on @FLOTUS's "tennis pavilion" and throw that money in the pot for Seniors and the poor/low-income! This is really Marie Antoinette/House of Romanov level s _ _ _ !