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President Donald Trump said Wednesday he wants the next coronavirus relief package to be "very generous" with direct stimulus payments to Americans that are potentially more than $1,200.
"It may go higher than that, actually," Trump said in an interview with ABC affiliate KMID in Texas during a trip to the state.
The president didn't elaborate on how much he's eyeing for the direct payments. When he left the White House earlier in the day, Trump said his priorities for this next relief measure are those payments and an eviction moratorium. He said Congress can take care of other issues "later," acknowledging that Republicans and Democrats are "so far apart" on other major issues.
"I'd like to see it be very high because I love the people," he said. "I want the people to get it."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/trump-says-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-direct-payments-may-be-more-n1235291
dhill926
(16,370 posts)underpants
(182,942 posts)They arent going to scrap what theyve already agreed on to redo calculations at this point.
C_U_L8R
(45,022 posts)ornotna
(10,807 posts)My ass rejects your smoke.
bluestarone
(17,062 posts)FUCK HIM!
Andy823
(11,495 posts)He is so damned stupid to think just because he gives voters a stimulus check they will vote for him.
Ilsa
(61,700 posts)SharonClark
(10,014 posts)woodsprite
(11,930 posts)maxrandb
(15,364 posts)of course, unless you're selling loose cigarettes or something.
My God! Part of me can't wait to use these newly legal powers when Democrats take back our country.
Polybius
(15,507 posts)If it weren't, one can argue anything good proposed by a politician is bribery.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)lettucebe
(2,337 posts)Happy Hoosier
(7,415 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Watch how this goes down. Those on SS and SSDI will get a check in lieu of their regular payment. Just a fancy way of accounting.
I_UndergroundPanther
(12,480 posts)Takes away every cola increase we ever get. Either food stamps go down or subsidized rent goes up.
In this way our payments
Stay the same year after year.
1 thing I hate that Obama did was the chained CPI.
I do not forgive him for that,he was republican concerning the CPI.
Clinton did welfare reform and screwed the poor too.
When will Democrats stop acting like republicans on certain topics??
Most of the time they get it right however. So I support them.
maxrandb
(15,364 posts)ismnotwasm
(42,019 posts)Or nothing at all
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)he realized later that he was bleeding and told trump to get behind the House bill but call it his own idea.
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Notice that he does not prod the Senate to get a deal done lickty-split because it is an absolute necessity for the people and the economy.
A real President might chastise them for their dawdling and lack of preparation fo the relief bill, which would at least put some pressure on them if he demanded it.
No, he is just pandering with empty rhetoric like any tin pot dictator trying to capitalize on desperate people by equating himself with the stimulus and inflating it.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)He's running out of options
ooky
(8,930 posts)right before the mid term election in 2018.
Blecht
(3,803 posts)There will be a replacement for ACA far better than anything ever imagined, like nobody has seen before!
Blah, blah, blah.
Volaris
(10,274 posts)The other thing is just an outright bribe, that the GOP Senate will never agree to.