So when do we get our Checks?

[FirstLight]

Has this bill even passed yet or is it all smoke & mirrors? I can't seem to figure it out.

However, I could definitely use the cash, so hurry the fuck UP!

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Good luck with that.

Not going to happen for at least 2 months.

[jimfields33]

12. I heard April 6th they'll be sent out. IF it happens.

[wishstar]

14. I heard end of April (6 weeks away)

[jimfields33]

19. Well that's helpful.

[Wellstone ruled]

29. No going to happen by that time frame.

The Bill faces every political theft imaginable by the GOP . And you just know the Senate is running point on this,which is a joke,all appropriations start with the House sub committee on spending and appropriations.

De Facto President Pelosi will do her level best to right our ship of State,it is not going to happen in two weeks.

[jimfields33]

30. Not one thing you typed is wrong.

[Jamastiene]

31. By the time the Republicans get through

messing it all up, it will be down to $0.15 per family and will be in the form of a "tax break" next April, if I Know Republicans right. I know Republicans right usually.

[Cetacea]

35. I just heard Durbin say, "to those in need". And Graham is opposed as "there's no place to spend

one thousand dollars".

I'm not holding my breath.

[Jamastiene]

36. Me neither.

I will believe it when I see it.

[TheBlackAdder]

17. Only to the RED States--the ones who hate socialism but suck on it, most all having failed economies

[spanone]

2. Mitch doesn't appear to be in a big hurry. He took the weekend off...

[jls4561]

9. Mre important to be off cavortin' with Justice Rapist

[MoonlitKnight]

3. Senate still fiddling

While the country is burning.

[VMA131Marine]

4. The earliest it could happen is April 6 apparently

I would guess that something will go out then with one or more follow-up payments.

I’d bet that the tax filing deadline will be pushed back by at least 3 months as well.

[pnwest]

8. The filing deadline remains, but payments due

were pushed back 90 days yesterday.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. I feel sure that self-employed folks will be disregarded or left with a joke for help, like

reducing taxes on income we are no longer brining in.

[BamaRefugee]

11. Yep. We don't get sick leave, unemployment, nothing, why would they give us this?

They may offer a loan that will crush us when it comes time to pay it back, with no income, how are we supposed to take on new debt?

[unblock]

6. The treasury proposal is two checks, one on 4/6, the other on 5/18

Anywhere from $0 to $1000 each, depending on income and family size.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/americans-would-get-two-checks-under-treasury-department-proposal-n1163016

The two rounds of direct payments to taxpayers, each a total of $250 billion, would be sent on April 6 and then the second round would be sent on May 18, according to the proposal. They would be tiered payments, with the amounts based on income level and family size, the proposal says. Both payments would be for the same amount.

[jimfields33]

13. Good grief. So if you live alone and make 40K, you may get 300 bucks?

Why bother. Everyone should get the thousand each time.

[unblock]

20. They haven't come out with specifics yet

But $250 billion is close to $1000 per adult.

I think they'll just ramp it down for relatively high-earning singles, mostly.

Just a guess, but I'm thinking anyone below $100k will get the full amount.

[jimfields33]

22. Thank you. That puts me at ease.

[Cetacea]

37. It's up to two checks for two thousand now, based on income and family size.

[WhiteTara]

15. to whom will the checks be sent?

That is the nebulous part.

[unblock]

21. To individuals, as they were in the case of the shrub stimulus.

But yeah, probably only to income tax filers, when of course it's the non-filers who need it most.

[getagrip_already]

7. rand paul is currently having a sad and is making sure you do also......

Bill is held up. Why? Because Mitch is letting it happen. He can swat paul aside easily with a couple of quick votes. But nope.

[CountAllVotes]

10. I just made it to the store and back

I have NEVER spent close to $400 in a grocery store in my entire life as I had to go to Safeway rather than the Grocery Outlet and two or three other places in order to save money.

I am double high risk, not supposed to go out at all -- no help around here so just suck it up and die already seems to be the message.

FUCK YOU DONALD tRUMP!!!!!!!!

You are guilty of manslaughter in the first degree = MURDER ONE.

Resign now you EVIL two-bit con man from the depths of HELL!

[Jamastiene]

32. Your experiences and the outlook

the truth gives are more in line with how I feel about it all too. They want some of us to die. They want it openly. And Trump needs to go back to whatever level of hell he came from.

[rockfordfile]

16. There should be restrictions on what you can use that money for

[FirstLight]

23. Like what

That's not cool bro

[MissB]

24. So...

No hookers or blow?

Bills? Food? Big screen tv?

Not a lot of shopping going on right now.

[Jamastiene]

33. You mean like the Republicans like to demand?

Should people be denied if they don't pass a morality test of some sort first too?

[Cetacea]

38. Yes. Corporations should be restricted from reinvesting in theor own shares.

Give it to the people and let them spend on whatever they like.

[gibraltar72]

18. Should it come I'll use it to support Democratic candidates.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

25. I expect to see mine when hell freezes over.

Trump and Mnuchin probably have their checks already.

[Chainfire]

26. Just put it on your card

The check is in the mail.

[Chainfire]

27. I plan to spend

half of mine on hookers and booze the rest I will just piss away.

[Doreen]

28. If he finds out Obama did it he will stop the whole thing immediately.

I got $200 from that.

Let's see, what's the combo he would hate the most? An 80 year old black or chinese woman who is a lesbian and also a Muslim. Oh yeah, also a whole hell of a lot smarter than he is ( not really that hard ) and clearly a very left Democrat. I will send him a thank you note for giving me money to help her with the group she is in to get his fat ass out of the White House.

Oh, I forgot, she needs to be very very large. Icing on the cake you know?

[Jamastiene]

34. We probably don't.

This is America. Our government doesn't give us money. They take it, and tell us to go die instead of having healthcare or basic needs met. You know. They are anti-socialism and anything that might help the needy is not in the budget. If we were all bombs, or rich, we'd get billions just for existing. The US government giving citizens money? I will believe it when I see it.