I didnt get anything. Check your facts.
Joe Biden is now POTUS
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that passed with bi-partisan support when everyone was scared shitless.....you remember doing a decontamination process for your groceries (if you didn't want to wash that bag of potato chips it was advised to let it sit for 3 days then its okay to touch) and hunting for toilet paper..shit was crazy... after that by the end of the summer, the republicans were like fuck another robust stimulus.
Sounds like a YOU problem.
I didn't qualify IDIOT. Die pls.
It depends on who you follow. People I follow are discussing strategies for paying off bills, investing it, whether they should put it toward their mortgage, save it, or pay off debt. The budgetnista group I'm in on facebook is majority black women doing the same. Some have said they would treat themselves, few have said they would blow all of it to do so though.
People I work with are talking about car and house repairs, paying debts, saving it. No one has said they would blow it.
A lot of people will have no choice but to spend it on necessities. Not everyone is doing well. Hundreds of thousands are dead, which means funeral costs for all those people, hospital expenses for even more. Not to mention prescription costs and doctors bills for ongoing chronic conditions when many have lost healthcare. Bills don't stop coming once someone loses their job, and not everyone was able to get unemployment for various reasons.
Many households have lost one or more incomes due to job loss or covid deaths. Family members and friends have taken in kids where both parents have died. So they are grieving and struggling at the same time. Kids are home from school which means childcare costs or reduced work hours/quitting so the parents can do it, if older siblings aren't there. They now need to feed them all three meals plus snacks vs one or two meals during a normal school year. They've had costs incurred such as internet and computers for their kids to school at home of for them to work at home and kids don't stop growing because schools are closed, they will still need clothes and shoes.
Not to mention the strain, stress and worry of dealing with it all.
You have a lot to say about uplifting our community, and what we can and should do, but always seem to have a poor opinion of the people in it. If we are so careless, none of the noble ideas you appear to hold dear can come to fruition.
You sound like a Republican who says $1400.00 is too much, but in reality, for many, it's not enough. People were struggling before the pandemic and some are in worse shape now. You are implying black folks will be blowing this check, rather than using it to get relief from all of the situations I've outlined above. Thinking that parallels with the white thinking that black folks were better off in slavery because we can't take care of ourselves or our families and need to be locked up or in controlled situations today.
If y'all put these CACoons on Ignore BGOL would be a better place
All the Dems voted for that shit.
I dont know if you noticed but the pandemic isnt over and people still need help today.
Your republicans all voted no. They dont have crumbs to spare apparently. At least not when they aren't the ones in power. But shit, cool if you think we would be better off.
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I also dont personally know a single person who's talking about buying Js or rims with that money.
Biden’s picks for the board of govennors are already in place
They don't want to because they enjoy arguing.
I never said or implied $1400 was to much. In fact, if you would have read the following post, I clearly said it was a good step in the right direction and that SOME people really do need it. In fact, I stated a number of items that I thought were positives from the stimulus bill, which included the $1400.
My point about the $1400 was that Barkari incorrectly inferred that the $1400 was going to help lift people out of poverty. This is false and misleading. The $1400 check is a temporary aid that does not address the underlying issues of black folk. This is a fact and can not be debated.
Regarding who I follow, I try to be very diverse. I have a subset of friends who like me are not receiving and stimulus money. Which is ok, because we do want those who need it to get it. I have a subset that is receiving SM, but do not need it and state they will just save it or invest it. I have a subset that will use the money to pay down debt. I also have a subset that plan to make it rain and plan to blow it on whatever.
This latter group is more prevalent than most would like to admit. I literally just left my sons YMCA basketball game. The side conversations from the various parents regarding their SM did not include bills and repairs. Even in the barbershop, this isn't the consensus. I have been sure to always say some, beciae clearly, not all black folk will "buy tvs and Js." But, if we are being honest, we know a lot will.
Whats crazy is you have people who are down for socialism for certain shit but they aint really trying to give up their capitalist ways. In otherwords they talk that talk but they aint bout it, bout it.
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Of course some will blow it, but this isn't specific to black folks.
The poverty comment is in reference to the child poverty due to the extra money for kids.
I didn't say you said 1400, was too much. I said your comments were similar to those who have said this and implied those things I mentioned.
SAY IT AGAIN. I REFUSE TO ENGAGE WITH SOMEONE WHO TELLS ME $5600 FOR A FAMILY OF 4 DURING A PANDEMIC IS CRUMBS
he said it was going to make a dent which means that for people on the verge or not far below the poverty line this will be a big help...particulaly with the tax credit. Youre still playing into stereotypes and negative narratives pertaining to black people specifically as if blacks are inherently prone to making bad financial decisions. This is what your treading in.
AhhgginNiggas enjoy arguin' and can't help themselves. Whole thread fucked up. No new info or n'un. Just arguin'.
Pure insanity!
Cacs STAY showing their hypocrisy.
With them, it's all: "FREE SPEECH! FREE SPEECH! GOVERNMENT TYRANNY!!!!"
Until they get a chance to silence the oppressed.
It’s not really hypocrisy. It’s white supremacy. The world will make sense when you realize they don’t think you’re even human. They really believe this land was given to them by God. And this includes the white people that just moved here within the last decade.
None of these clowns are "mine" I don't play in this system. So why were the Dems negotiating with themselves and the bill we end up with is watered down with less money for these people who desperately need it?
I usually back the media well except for farts news Oh excuse me Fox News but I point the finger at them for not pointing this stuff out along time ago.
They (and 74 millions Americans)won't. Trump represented everything they hated about Obama and us, even if it meant to close a blind eye to all of his transgressions (racist rhetoric, bankruptcies, infidelity, misogynistic views)
People think the democrat party is one big thing and its not...its left in the political spectrum but democrats are left leaning to varying degrees.
The Super Progressives
- Very liberal on economic and identity/cultural issues, anti-establishment. (Anti-establishment is a very fuzzy term, but in this piece, what I’m referring to is people who see part of their role as not just attacking Republicans, but also highlighting what they see as shortcomings of the Democratic Party itself.)
- Prominent examples: Ocasio-Cortez , Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rep. Mark Pocan of Wisconsin, Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
- Very liberal on economic issues, fairly liberal on identity issues, skeptical of the Democratic establishment.
- Prominent examples: Bill de Blasio, Sen. Jeff Merkley of Oregon, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren.
- Liberal on both economic and identity issues but also somewhat concerned about the “electability” of candidates and the appeal of ideas to the political center; generally rose to prominence after Barack Obama was elected president.
- Prominent examples: Stacey Abrams, Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Julian Castro, Kamala Harris, Jay Inslee, Beto O’Rourke.
- Solidly center-left on both economic and identity issues, but very concerned about the “electability” of candidates and the appeal of ideas to the political center; generally rose to prominence before Obama was elected president.
- Prominent examples: Joe Biden, Cuomo, Dianne Feinstein, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer.
- More conservative and business-friendly than other Democrats on economic policies; somewhat liberal on cultural issues; anti-establishment.
- Prominent examples: Rep. Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey, Rep. Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania, Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia.
- Skeptical of liberal views on both economic and cultural issues; often supportive of abortion limits; generally from conservative-leaning areas.
- Prominent examples: Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards, West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin.
The conservatives are ALWAYS gonna drag their heals on ANYTHING thats fiscal....they were ones that drug out getting Obamacare done...
I guarantee you the mods and cons are the ones watering it down.
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You still havent told me what this bill would like of your republicans would have won.