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$1,400 checks in COVID-19 relief bill would phase out at $80,000 instead of $100,000


You know what voters love? Not getting money they were promised.

And these are the kind of ratfuckers who are actually running things:

Dems would rather get wiped out in 2022 than help one person who might not need it. True masterminds of losing.

Sigh... you really seem to have a hate-on for the Biden administration and "non-progressive" democrats, don't you.

First of all, lets see:

The average income in the U.S. in 2019 was ~$31k. The cutoff is being lowered from $100k to $80k. Which means that the people who are getting cut off have more than twice the national income. Seems to me that if you want to target a social program to those in need, giving the money to people who probably don't need it is probably a waste of time.

Now, will it cost the democrats votes? Yes, people do like receiving money. But:
- The number of people who would be cut off is relatively small
- Of the people who are getting cut off, many of them probably base their vote on more than just "am I getting a $1400 check". The improvement of the pandemic situation and increases in the economy will probably mean more to them than a one time check
- Of the people who are upset that they won't get their money, what is the alternative? Vote for a party that opposed any economic stimulus package?

Does it mean that the democrats will win in 2022? I suspect it will be a mixed bag... but NOT because of this stimulus package... I suspect what will happen is that the Democrats will hold the senate (largely because there are a larger number of republican senators up for re-election), but lose the house of representatives (because there is a trend for the party that holds the presidency to lose seats in the house.)