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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Sunday that paper checks to Americans receiving coronavirus stimulus payments will go out "next week." In a gaggle with reporters, Mnuchin said he also hoped more Americans would enter their bank account information on the IRS' website to receive direct deposit payments as well.
In an interview Sunday with CNN's "State of the Union," he also said it was his idea to print President Donald Trump's name on the coronavirus checks.
"As it relates to the president's name on it, we could have the president could have been authorized to sign the checks," Mnuchin said. "That would have slowed things down. We didn't want to do that. We did put the president's name on the check. That was my idea. He is the president, and I think it's a it's a terrific symbol to the American public."
It won't be a signature, but "President Donald J. Trump" will be printed on the fronts of the checks, a Treasury Department official confirmed to NBC News last week.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/live-blog/2020-04-19-coronavirus-news-n1187266/ncrd1187396#liveBlogHeader
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Gee, more campaigning.
So, send us OUR money, (taxpayers) and put El Presidente's name on it in order to obviously campaign and also confuse the gullible who might think, "Oh, isn't it so wonderful of Dear Leader to send me a check when I need it! I will vote for him to show my appreciation."
That's the wrong kind of stimulus there because it has a string attached to it in that respect.
Isn't this the first time they are putting the (so-called) President's name on a Treasury check? I haven't looked that up.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Srkdqltr
(6,323 posts)So they can say .... look people are back to work, they don't need it anymore.
Luz
(772 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,045 posts)It was a staggered 4 day application period. Most people got direct deposit two or three days after applying.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Today is Sunday.
So, is 'next week' this week or next week?
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)is The Orange Anus. Call it what it is,Campaign Leverage with the Populace. See see,look what I did for you,now you need to vote for ME.
Amazing how this Administration thinks all people are Stupid like them. You could see this coming miles away.