Second Stimulus Check – Will There Be A 2009 Economic Stimulus Plan?
December 15, 2008
If you keep up with politics and current events on a regular basis, you may have heard Congress and Barack Obama discuss the possibility an economic stimulus plan by the end of the year or early next year. The end of the year is quickly approaching and the hopes of a second stimulus plan during Bush’s lame duck period are not looking good.
No Stimulus Plan?
During Obama’s election run, he was discussing the hopes of passing an economic stimulus plan during the transition period or in January/February of next year. Congress threw around the idea of passing a bill by the end of the year, but the Bush administration opposed a second stimulus plan to help stimulate the economy.
Congress never bothered drafting and submitting a bill, because the White House told them from the beginning that they would veto a second stimulus plan. Honestly, to get another stimulus plan passed by the end of the year by anyone would have been a great feat.
Obama’s Plan for 2009
These are some proposals that Obama’s camp has mentioned in the past few months:
- Suspending penalties and income tax on early withdrawals from IRA and 401(k) accounts.
- Offering a temporary tax credit of $3,000 to companies for each new full-time employee hired in the United States.
- Extending unemployment benefits by a period of 13 weeks and temporarily suspending income taxes on those benefits.
- Requiring a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures for homeowners.
There are two other tax proposals that could be included as part of a package stimulus plan.
The first, which is one of the more likely proposals to be passed would be a so-called social security tax holiday that would give back up to $500 per person or $1,000 per family in tax credits.
The second proposal would be an extension of the earned income tax credit that helps lower income workers.
Do We Need Another Stimulus Check?
This is a spirited debate, and I side with people who oppose another stimulus plan. We’re putting all of our trust in government, which I think is a very scary thing.
It seems we don’t trust the free markets, the power of the individual, and the power of entrepreneurship. We want government to save the day, but they can’t save the day. They don’t create income. We create income, they just distribute and shuffle it around.
I hope Obama doesn’t issue another stimulus check, because the first one didn’t work and the second one likely won’t work either. What’s your take? Would another $500 per person help change the economy?
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A dear friend and I talked at length about the stimulus. Both being hard working, tax paying people we came up with this proposal: Give a tax paying, tax filing individual over the age of 18 the amount of $250,000 as a one-time stimulus payment. Given the fact that some people will take this check and make good use of it to pay off debt. The other people will more than likely blow it, or at least some of it. Either way the economy gets a boost. The one group will pay off credit cards, pay down or off mortgages, buy needed applicances and cars, take care of medical and/or dental work, take a vacation, etc. All economy boosters. Even the spendthrifts who go hog wild and buy “things” will still boost the economy by buying expensive items such as high end cars, TV’s, jewelry, lavish dinners, whatever. It’s a win-win situation because MONEY IS BEING SPENT AND THE ECONOMY IS GETTING A BOOST. Even the smaller things that you would not think of like having your lawn cut (boosting their business), having your house cleaned weekly (again boosting someone’s business), being able to dry clean items (which before you wouldn’t even think of buying due to the cost of cleaning it), taking a vacation because you can afford it (I’m sure Disney will love this as families will go to Disney at least 2 times, now can go more), cruises will have a booming business, maybe even Amtrak will experience a rise in customers, not to mention the airlines. People can now breathe a sigh of relief of being out of debt. One thing would have to occur and that is taking the tax of this amount off the top before giving it to you. Thus the government also gets part of it’s money back before we even start spending. I could go on with all the benefits this could bring. We could sit back and watch foreclosed homes go to couples who could not otherwise afford a down payment on it. I mentioned this to every day people for their reaction. You could just see a smile come across their face to know that they could be out of debt and just live with the basic bills. Seems to me that this would make a huge difference in just about every facet of the economy. Smart or stupid, the economy wins. Both will spend.
My wife & I received 250,00 each. In filing my tax return we were to get a 947.00 rtefund. My tax man filed our return. The IRS said that the 500.00 we got will be taken off our refundso we will now get 447.00. what good did this do when the money we got has to go back. we are in our 80s.with amiddle income bracket.
thank you would like a answer.
Richard R Esterline
I think if the Obama Administration would give every American a cool 1 million dollars it would solve many of our problems 18 years of age and older. We are in debt anyway, we might as well go for the gusto. The Federal Reserve Bank would be working over time over the world to make sure we all get this.
The 40 Acre and a Mule never arrived so we might as well get something, this would help everyone.
one more stimulus check would help the world today.what about working people they dont get no help please help us i work two jobs.i sure cant tell it in my checks at all.
I am in total agreement of a stimulas check for all US citizens. If the goverment had sent out a million dollars to each US citizen instead of bailing out the car companys we all would have been better off. The majority of us would have bought a new or slightely used vechile, thus helping the car companys, and still had money to boost the economy. Cash for clunkers didn’t work. 4,500.00 is nothing for a trade in if you still have to make a car payment when you already can’t buy food or pay the rent. Meanwhile Ombama is vacationing at Martha’s, The latest news is our senior citizens are getting a 2 year cut in their social security checks. Their kids can’t help out for their not keeping their heads above water. How messed up is our goverment?????
Come on Pres, support the people who elected you.
I HAVE TO AGREE, A NICE BIG FAT CHECK FROM THE GOVT WOULD HELP MOST FAMILIES A LOT- BUT DON’T YOU SEE, WE WOULD BE PLAYING RIGHT INTO OBAMA’S HANDS AND THAT IS MAKIING US DEPENDENT ON THE GOVERNMENT FOR OUR LIVELYHOOD. THAT HAS BEEN HIS PLAN ALL ALONG IN THE NAME OF CHANGE. HE HAD NO INTENTION OF MAKING THE ECONOMY BETTER SO NOW WE NEED TO BE DEPENDENT ON HIM FOR OUR NEEDS!! AND SO THERE GOES OUR FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE!! IN A MATTER OF 6 MONTHS HE HAS NATIONALIZED OUR BANKS, AUTO COMPANIES, MORTGAGE COMPANIES, HEALTH SYSTEM, AND NEXT WILL BE THE AIRLINES AND FOOD INDUSTRY WITH THE CAP N TRADE BILL! AND ONCE THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED, THERE WILL BE NO TURNING BACK TO OUR DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM. RESPONSIBLE AMERICANS MUST WAKE UP AND NOT LET THIS HAPPEN. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES AND LET THEM KNOW HOW YOU FEEL NOW, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE!!!
When they issue stimulus money to poor people I feel that it’s a disgrace, because it’s not doing them or anybody esle a bit of good. If the goverment wants to truely help people with no way of getting a fresh start to better their lives then stop dangling a carrot to a starving rabbit. I worked in nursing until a accident messed up my back and now I’m disabled and can’t make the money that I use to. I can’t afford to pay for a home because my income is limited and I can barely make ends meet now. I agree with the person that stated give each person 18 years old a 1 time large iump sum($100k) and then watch how they spend it to better their life. If they screw it up then they’d not be eligible for another, but if they can show they did help the economy by maybe opening a business let’s say then they would be eligible for additional funds in the future. I mean how else are they going to know what we could do with help from them I mean look at all the money they gave to banks that WON”T give poor people loans because they know that we can’t pay it back with interest being so high. All I’m asking is a chance to help myself better my life!!!!! I guess it’s what they always said “The Rich get richer and the poor get poorer! Everything that I’ve seen so far only help the RICH stay rich and the POOR people lose again. That’s a load of crap!!!!!!!! I voted for Obama not because he is black but because of the help he said he would give middle and low class citizens. I’m in my fifties and I know that $300-1200 isn’t even going to scratch the surface when comes to the debt poor and middle class people have. My debt isn’t even that high and I can’t get out because my income is tooooooo low to repay my debts.I owe about $30,000 and my income is under $8000 a year so you do the math, these means my income is under $700 a month and my household bills total $659.00 and these is living in a slum dwelling!!!!!!!! I can’t get anything any cheaper than this rat hole!!!!!!!!!!!! Utilities are going thru the roof and when end up never being able to pay the full amount of the bill and I mean I freeze in this place every winter. Energy assistants only helps with part of your bill not all of it. I now understand why sooo many people live in the streets it’s because of all the headaches over every companies greed!! It’s a shame how the goverment treats us and they spend money on the dumb stuff!! I’m done I upset again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, I’m sure there is a big flaw in my thinking, but………… there are about 301 billion citizens in the US. What if each one of us were to receive 1 mil (if they are so intent on giving lots of $ they could even give 2 million!) that had to be spent within a year? (That’s a WHOLE lot less money for our govt to borrow from China and pay interest on) Or maybe not each one of us even – just the head of ‘household’ – married or unmarried – Those $ could be used to pay off mortgages ( thereby saving the banks) (if the CEOs were to only get 1/4 of their bonuses that would be even better), buy cars (saving the auto industry) pay rent ahead for 6mos a year – whatever- buy grocery staples for a year (keeping the food suppliers on their feet), buy washers/dryers, TVs other electronic stuff – (saving Circuit CIty -build up Best Buy, Radio Shack, Sears etc), pay ahead on taxes (keeping teachers from losing their jobs, keep the state govts going – even the Federal govt) (remember it has to be spent within a year and by then the country should be back on track!!!), give the kids music lessons (supporting music teachers), buy music instruments music etc. (supporting music stores), buy plants, flowers (supporting nurseryies, Home Depot, Lowes etc) -pay off all their credit card debt and the banks could start loaning again from this money too, add on to our homes or build new or buy old (keeping all kinds of contractors in work) etc., etc., etc., well,….. you get my drift ——– the money would just be flowing from everyone to everyone! It just seems more reasonable to give the people enough money to spend to keep everybody working than to give those BIG companies the money and then have them go bankrupt anyway – or give just a few people huge bonuses like 20 million , 50 mill or a 100 mill when those millions could be given to ‘the people.’ The ‘new’ ‘stimulus’ won’t be enough to stimulate anything, but like the fellow above that said it will keep him in his apt just one more month!! Then what? Tell the govt to stop giving it to other countries and BIG businesses – give us the money with the stipulation we spend it all within a year from the time we receive it or what is not spent goes back to the govt and WE’LL take care of business! The stimulus checks the govt sends us takes care of 10 minutes. Give us enough to really start the economy and keep it going. The Big businesses can’t do it unless they get our business and we can’t buy anything the way it is now!!!!
And why – why – why has the administration awarded 18 million $ to one small company to develop a WEBSITE to tell us how the 7 HUNDRED BILLION stimulus $ are being spent! Who are the people that got that contract – why 18 million? AND there were only 3 bidders for the contract! Why didn’t it get offered nationally to give everyone that could build a website of terrific caliber the opportunity to bid? We can find out how the ‘stimulus’ is being spent without spending 18million $ on a website. And how many of us would be going to that website anyway? Don’t you have more to do than you have time to get done – and why would we need to know where it is being spent if we have no say over how it is being spent and would just frustrate us worse? If nothing else, divide that 18 mil $ between all the food banks in America. If we Google food banks in America will we find 18 million of them? If not that means each food bank would get more than a million$! Bet they could do a lot of good with that!!!! Ahhhhhh if only we would all band together and forget this ‘my team’ / ‘your team; stuff that is polarizing us and get down to the nitty gritty of just caring about helping each other and seeing that Americans have the jobs they need to keep their self respect and self esteem by being able to keep a roof over their family and food on the table. We had better, all of us, start calmly and steadfastly begin writing one short paragraph every day to our Representative and Senators to get their act together and stop taking bonuses themselves, but do their job and do the right thing for America. We can write the administration too and say we want a better way of taking care of what is right for us because we are- our country. America/ ns I love you. Elizabeth
so many of us are stuggling , every day its seems to be getting worse . is there gonna be any help for us. another rebate check should would be a relief until the economy turns around for the good . i agree with another check
I am a tax payer and making very little money around $15K per year. I need any single penny to survive. This way I can improve my life. I was wondering when we need to expect this money? Is there any institution that we can ask whether we are eligible?
Thanks in advance.
yes a stimulus check would help me now my hundson has not work
sence december.there are 3 of us. I work but I dont make enougth to buy food atfer I pay bills.
if the government can find money for bailing out the banks and automakers why cant they find some for us. in fovor of a stimulus check
I totally agree w/ the government issued debit card idea or some how making it so that stimulus money could only be spent through good & services. Face it. Check or not this economy will not get better any time soon. Some of us may not even see it get back to how things were in the remainder of our life time. There is no way of getting through this crisis w/out someone (big comanies, gov’t, citizens etc.) getting the short end of the stick. If we get stimulus money the gov’t falls further in debt but gain a couple hundred and go to WalMart boosting their profit, and so on and so forth. I am puzzled and saddened by the greed of banks and such.
People try and not let the economy discourage you. Go back to school. Have faith in God and somehow things will get better.
I also believe that the stimulus checks helped out last year, and so what if all you do is pay off a bill with it, that is what is happening now with the money that is used for the bailouts, but if it could help me to make my payment on time and give the bank their money, like is happening now, we would both be happy.
I read a comment here from someone lamenting on the fact that there shouldn’t be another stimulus check given out in 2009 because “it wouldn’t help anyway. People will just use it to pay bills.” I will respond to the stupidity that comes from someone who obviously has a job and isn’t struggling to pay bills in the following comment. I am someone who has been laid-off since December with no hope of returning to work in the near future because of various medical problems. I am in the process of trying to file a claim for SSI and or Disability benefits, however, we all know how long that can take. My husband is also laid-off. We worked at the same company. What used to be a convenience has now become our curse. He looks for a job everyday and makes many inquiries, but nothing to be found other than delivering pizza. Unfortunately, that would require us to use our vehicle. This would put added wear and tear on our vehicle which already has almost 200,000 miles on it. We cant afford to have any repairs on the only vehicle we have. We cant cover all of our bills and/or repair costs on our house. My parents(retired) help out every month with things such as house payment and repairs on the house and car. We cant even afford to pay our gas/electric bill and our provider company is less the sympathetic or willing to work with anyone regardless of the situation. I would like to see something done about that to. The point I’m trying to make is that as a family that is completely at the mercy of the mailman each week for unemployment checks, which by the way are already spent before they come. Receiving a stimulus check would sure give us a little joy. Even if it is just to pay a few bills and maybe, if lucky, get ourselves a few much needed items such as clothing or maybe just new socks and underwear. Wouldn’t paying bills that are mounting make sense anyway? Especially, people that are faced with losing items such as cars or homes or their gas and electricity. Comments from idiots like the one about “there shouldn’t be any 2009 stimulus checks” are not needed. Maybe you need to live 80% below poverty level before you make stupid comments.
Obama if you or any of your staff are reading these posted comments. I wish
you would give a second stimulus check in 2009. I got a 600 dollars check
last year and it paid 2 months car payments which was a really big help, I need my car to get back and foreward to the job that I am so thankful to still have. So bailout the middle class people not the banks who are not still lending money.
I think you are going to be a great president and that it take times to get things
in order. So please consider that second stimulus check because after all the
money belongs to the people of the U.S.
I think we should all get $5000 per person! That would mean $15,000 for me and my family. Now THAT would stimulate the economy! And really, it’s only paper anyhow. Ink is cheap.
Ok…i work in a steel pipe manufacture, we are the last people to get cut hours but we haven’t laid off, although other facillities on this campus has take dramatic losses in work, layoffs and pay cuts. You can say that it was a good idea to bail out car companies for the fact they would acrue layoffs there but it doesn’t help when gm is having to file bankruptcy and isn’t getting anymore aid… so was that bail out money wasted? You can say that getting a second stimulis check is bad, that we would pay a bill….well here is the thing like so many people said before, if they would give us enough to accually make a difference to pay off a credit card, car, loan, ect. then that would be more family outings to movies, restarunts, theme parks, vactioning, and other things we use to enjoy. Does the goverment have to money, hmm….probably not, but i do see where paying off a loan from a bank that they bailed out for an individual would work more than just giving billions of dollars to the bank and say have fun…..this way they would be getting the money they needed to stay in business and people would have money freed up to stimulate the economy……. So what will stimulate the economy the most? that is the question, The proplem with all the oil prices and gas prices is that they have been drilling in the same spot for over 40 years….guess what, looks like its drying up..who would have thought that? They have invested everything they had into that site and don’t have the resources to find other spots around the world. And they believe if you raise the price then they can use that extra to find new drilling spots, I think i would have started looking about 10 years ago. So if the goverment wants me to stimulate the economy they are gonna have to come off more than just a couple grand then I will think about it….
a second stimulus check. it should be for at least 1,000.00 per person. 500 or 600 dollars in some cases will pay for prescriptions, and nothing else. to help the economy will take a lot more than 500.00. what about the people who are laid off, and cannot use their 401k for the reason of penalty and income taxes that need to be paid. money well spent from the government would be to allow people such as myself, get free government grants to help pay household bills, not loans, but grants. no one seems in the government to want to help those who cannot find work. a little bailout from the government to the general public would stimulate the publics belief in our government. no one seems to care about the unemployed who are not getting unemployment and only have a small pension check, and trying to run a house, and medicine, and household bills on the small amt of money that the pension checks give. to tell the general public to get schooling is a slap in the face, as you need to pay for those courses even if on line. so there is no way that I personally can do that as I have no extra money to play with. I have been laid off for 6mos and no prospects in sight, in lieu of putting in application after application to no avail.
A second stimulus check would be GREAT but not for the 600.00 I think that if they would give each taxpayer $100,000.00 we would get our economy boost that we need. I know I would be debt free and what amount I would get from employment (of course my husband got layedoff on 4/09.) we would be willing to spend a little bit more on extras but right now cant do it.
I think many of us needs the help, due to many of us being laid off of work and still awaiting to return. with the help from our goverment in state of time it would help more than many of us this time around.
If you have children and your unemployed due to lay off’ you know where i am coming from. and how this ” WILL ” help us in more ways then it did last ear in 2008.
i need money and if you from the getto you know what i mean …………………..
i need a job but theres none and my family need money to pay bills and get foods to eat. so give us some money back please ……………….. thanks to everybody that make diff.
We the AMERICAN PEOPLE definately need another stimulus check. The last one we recieved couldnt be put to use the way it was supposed to be intended because we are so deep in debt. Most americans as my self were just thankful to be able to pay a bill or two with the extra money. How is it that our tax dollars can go to bail these huge fortune 500 companies out and bring them back from red to black and we only get thrown some chump change compared to them. If they were given a few million dollars ok, but tens of millions and billions of dollars are being given to these companies who in turn are going to be back in the black and breathing down our necks even more for money owed to them. If a huge company cant even keep their head afloat what makes them think that a an average middle class family in America can. Well I know one thing if someone handed me a few million dollars I would be OK too !!! These same companies also after being bailed out are going to definately make it extremely difficult to recieve any type of credit. But what do you expect the same way they got a bailout is the same way we need a bailout. Where did these companies invest or do with the money that was being taken in? Not everyone defaults on their payments, and not all defaults are happening at the same time.I dont see anyone asking questions about that. Your average middle class family which is the backbone and heart of this country Im sure arent jet setting off to somewhere we’re trying to make ends meat. We’re the ones that need a bailout not some company that has assets and just doesnt want to use them !!
I actually plan to spend the stimulas if we EVER get it! Last year I payed my bills off and well, it didnt really help that much. But, this year I am buying things both my child and I need and want. All I want to know is Is there a stimulas? How much is it? And WHEN do we receive it?
i think this country has gone to hell. we went to war over taxation without representation but we still have it . the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. its a load of bull and if you don’t agree then you must be rich. if we capped what people made how many homes they owned and how many cars they owned we would be alot better off. or if every one made the same amount for the job they do it would be easier. if you work in an office you should make less than what a person who actualy works for a livin
I worked all my life to prepare for retirement. 20 years Army, 21 years school teacher and 5 years in county government. I don’t know why. With all my deductables gone, I pay federal and state taxes equal to my military retirement. Except for the personal satisfaction, I wonder if it was worth it.
“It seems we don’t trust the free markets, the power of the individual, and the power of entrepreneurship. ”
I don’t think the issue is that we dont’ trust the free markets, the issue is that we are screwed right now and every little bread crum helps. Businesses are risky, and at the moment, a lot of businesses are in the crapper because nobody wants to spend their money in things they don’t need. Five hundred is nothing, it barely helps for expenses, but anything is welcome nowadays.
i think that if there going to do a second stimulus check then it need to really make a diffrents. giving the people $500 or $1,200 is not enough . if they give the people maybe $5000 to $15,000, that would make a diffrents and the people would be able to pay off debt and put money back into rotation. the government will say that they cant fund somthing like that….. but if they was’nt spending so much money on bull sh*t like the war that should be over and troops on the ground and in the office should be home. and i do mean all our troops( not just the battle troops but the ones who is not in battle but is over seas in iraq)…and if they was’nt spending hella money bailling out corpreration like these car companys, i mean why give them hella money to stay up and the people dont have enough money to buy a car or have good enough credit to buy a car. the money they send them could be givin to us the people and we the people can fix our problems first and then that will fix all the other problems..
We can ALL use a little extra, even if its to have a nice weekend away, a extra nice dinner 4 Saturdays out of the month, for the Most of us, it will be invested in the waitresses, dinner places, dept stores, Grocery stores… all trickles down thru the system!
I how ever will place it in a CD/ savings account…its Not often WE get ANYTHING from Uncle Sam…
respectfully
you know i wouldnt mind a million dollar bonus every once and a while. actually it would be nice to have a full time job. because its kinda hard to pay for rent, utilities, a new car, insurance, a credit card, and a phone working only 30 hours a week at 6.55. ive tried to get another part time job and no one will hire me…so it would be nice to get 500 dollars to help out. I WANT MONEY!!! haha!
I say all politicians a crooks
with the price of everything getting higher,and my pay check still the same. yes it is getting harder to pay bills,I used to have extra money,but not no more.I have been giving to the goverment since I was 15 years old now I am 51 never ask the goverment for anything.the goerment is giving all this money to the 3 auto companys,bailing out banks,and everything else.NOW they can bail me out.
I will tell you what is bad,you buy a house pay the taxes and ins.30 years go by your house is paid off,your retired living on a limited income property taxes come again once a year,if you can not pay the tax.You lose your home.once you pay the tax on your house you should not have to pay property tax.I know,school tax and a lot of other taxes are included in the property tax.you buy a car,tv, furniture,and grocery’s you pay the tax and nobody can take it from you because you paid the tax on them.So why should you lose your home. Instead of calling it property tax,call it a yearly city tax,so you can keep your home you struggled to buy for 30 years
First of all a second stimulus check is a terrible idea. It’s money the goverment doesn’t have to give and they would just be increasing our national debt. 500, 1000, 3000 dollars aren’t going to help. After reading all the responses 99 percent of the people plan on paying off bills or saving the money which isn’t the purpose of the stimulus check. So you paid one of your many bills what are you going to do the next month?? Second the goverments needed to bail out the big three auto companies; it not only prevented the companies from going into bankrupcy but it saved thousands of blue collar workers their jobs. As for everyone opposed to the stimulus check being people that do not need it that is far from true. I’m in a lot of debt and could use the extra money but I’m just educated enough to know it’s not going to help.
IF A SECOND STIMULUS PACKAGE IS SENT, NUMBER ONE IT MUST BE
MORE THAN THE LAST ONE AND ALSO SHOULD BE DONE IN THE FORM
OF A GOVERNMENT ISSUED DEBIT CARD TO ONLY BE USED FOR
PURCHASES, NOT FOR PAYING BILLS AND SAVINGS. MANY PEOPLE I HAVE
SPOKE TO THOUGHT THIS A GREAT IDEA. WHAT YOU OPINION
500 dollars like pouring a glass of water in the ocean no effect! give us a 10,000 dollar car voucher oly to be used @ ford,GM,&Chrysler. that helps the auto ind. and it has a possitave trickle down effect.
im new to this but im from la ronge sask is there a stimulus check for me to im a low income homemaker i just heard about this on the news so i looked it up and had to see for myself or is it only for the states? i just had to ask well thank you and have a nice day
we should get another stimulus check, if the government can give the auto companies billions of dollars, why can’t they help us out? Whats the point of bailing them out when no one can really buy a new car. have heard that if the gov. gave us that money instead of the auto companies every one would have gotten like a million dollers apiece. sounds to me like that would have helped our economy more. I know if i had that much I would buy a house and cars plus have my bills paid and be spending the money to help our economy more then just the $600 me and the husband got last year.
i am glad u put a little money in the state but that does not mean people that need the money is going to get hire. i am not saying he is not doing a good job but i thing he could have handle it in a better way.people r dieing because there is no money in there pockets.i just thing he should have just done nething if he was going to give the money back to the people that already have it.while i am tring to make a penny
I’m a mom to 4 boy’s and a wonderful husband but all we get is tanf and that’s only a once a month thing. It’s hard to live on that with such a big family. So a second check would be nice.
Im a American who is only 20 yrs old and is willin to work anytime anyday and .. i fell that its is so hard to find a job now.
this world is getting bad and worst in the ecomy
Why not another stimulus check for us, the American people. We give billions every year in foreign aid to other countries to support and stimulate their economies and democracies. Perhaps it is time to support our own country. If my family got a $25K stimulus check sure I would bank some but I would also spend a good portion on things that the last $600 check did not allow me to. I think its time to take care of Americans
We as Amercian People are in need of alot more than just two stimulus checks. what they don’t seem to understand and realize is that we are really struggling to make ends meet right now. it may take some time but time is what we really dont have. right now there are families that need food, a roof over there heads, jobs, clothes and alot more other stuff. this reminds me of when the hurricane hit new orealens and so many people was without and needed help asap. we need this money to help us get through and 500 isnt gonna get it. with the way our ecomony is right now you can’t even get a darn loan. this is really sad and i don’t mean to be rude but the goverment need to jump on this asap. so yes its our tax money and we need to get it when we need it and right now we REALLY NEED IT!!!!!