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I've heard people say this won't change anything, and that rich people will just use it to buy gold-plated toilets while poor people will use it to buy meth waffles.

I remember the last time everyone got checks from the government.† The $1,200 I got was enough to keep my family from living under a bridge.

There are tens of millions of people living paycheck-to-paycheck, so even if this helps some people, I'm in favor of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_Stimulus_Act_of_2008



It's funny how much people can be influenced by the media and other people without any actual facts. Who cares what rich people do with the money? And not everyone is poor because they are drug addicts. "If we just give everyone money what incentive is their to work?" That's another one of my favorites.




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