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President order's money for all

Ditch-Runner
 my wife just told me Trump announced he wanted every american to get money from the government with in two weeks and it would be a substantial amount more details to follow but I did read the stock market jumped over the news   
 remember the old song  " golden earring ? "I think did it  "money for nothing and chicks for free"  (  guess I just have to settle for the money  ) 
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  • jimdeere
    Hey, Donald! Send my check!
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  • Don McManus
    As presented, this money for all thing is a stupid idea.  There will be millions of us who remain unaffected by the panic, or are in a position where we should not be stealing from our grandchildren.  Hopefully we are means tested out of the give-away.

    Anyone who does not lose their job or have their hours reduced should not be eligible, which obviously includes most government employees.
    Anyone currently on public assistance and not working should not be eligible, as their financial condition will not be affected.
    Anyone who was unemployed prior to the panic, and receiving unemployment insurance will not have their financial condition changed, and should not be eligible.
    In short, the only people that should be eligible for this are those who's employment condition was negatively impacted by either the virus or government reaction to the virus.  
    Election years with a GOP President and the Dem Congress have to be the absolute conditions possible for fiscal responsibility.
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  • Brookwood
    Remembering way back when a thousand bucks seemed like big money (too me), these days.....meh......
    Just a months supply of tacos.

    Thinking about giving a grand to every US citizen, well now we are talking a lot of money here but IMO the price to our future generations having to make these big paybacks seems not worth a month of tacos! 
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  • hillbille
     and 500 to each minor......
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  • serf
     You have to be working to get it.No retired families qualify if I read between the lines on this issue. No earnings this year then you might get nothing also. But hey you can get free lunches I bet!
                                     serf
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  • DPHMIN
    It's like Davy Crockett's constituent told him, "It's not yours to give".

    If they get the money by printing it, it just devalues our currency.  If they take tax money for this, they are socialists.
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  • mogley98
    Wouldn't it be a kick in the nuts if Uncle Sam decided now is a great time to declare all cash potentially "infected" and needs to be destroyed. They could give everyone like a week to deposit it or else it is worthless. Imagine the drug dealers and others sitting on billions in unclaimed cash, no way could they launder it that quick.
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  • mogley98
    As presented, this money for all thing is a stupid idea.  There will be millions of us who remain unaffected by the panic, or are in a position where we should not be stealing from our grandchildren.  Hopefully we are means tested out of the give-away.

    Anyone who does not lose their job or have their hours reduced should not be eligible, which obviously includes most government employees.
    Anyone currently on public assistance and not working should not be eligible, as their financial condition will not be affected.
    Anyone who was unemployed prior to the panic, and receiving unemployment insurance will not have their financial condition changed, and should not be eligible.
    In short, the only people that should be eligible for this are those who's employment condition was negatively impacted by either the virus or government reaction to the virus.  
    Election years with a GOP President and the Dem Congress have to be the absolute conditions possible for fiscal responsibility.

    Good call took some guts, I have a strong desire to go in with some dry powder I told the wife if it goes tits up we are no worse off than everyone else and if we only use a tenth of our dry powder we just wait longer to spend that hoping it recovers some day if it never does Oh well. I might pop on a tenth now and if it drops further go another 10th behind that.
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  • select-fire
    Well on the flip side... just imagine when the banks go belly up and the govt. takes all the deposits and safety deposit boxes and claims them .  Just like bailing out all the companies now. Oh the complaining when GM Ford and Chrysler got money to stay open.
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  • bambihunter
    us55840 said:
    "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"
    Yeah, but a rooster in the bush is worth more than a bird in the hand.
    If only I could really use the right language that euphemism would be more direct. :*
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  • Sperry
    I'll put it in trust to my 6th grad niece. It is her debt, after all . . . 
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  • chiefr
    I agree with Don. People who work around people, IE: restaurant, travel, barbers, and leisure related etc have been sent home. These should be helped first.
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  • htredneck
    And next year at tax time, the IRS will be asking for it back.
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  • jimdeere
    That may not be as far fetched as it sounds, mogley.
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