r/Conservative • u/Pessimist2020 • Dec 22 '20

Americans Excitedly Anticipate Getting Paid With Their Own Money Satire - Flaired Users Only

https://babylonbee.com/news/americans-excitedly-anticipate-getting-paid-with-their-own-money
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u/[deleted] Dec 22 '20 edited Dec 22 '20

I’m adding aftermarket parts to my car. Part of me feels bad about it, but I’ve been working and paying taxes this whole time, and I never got my last stimulus check. I really don’t need the money. At least it will stimulate a local mechanic.

Edit: Turbos for everyone!

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u/spudaug Dec 22 '20

Why on Earth would you feel bad about it?

If the whole point of the “stimulus” is to boost the economy, then literally any activity that involves spending your check is correct.

If the point is “relief” then spending on a mechanic (a local tradesperson, not some corporate monolith) will undoubtedly help them pay bills or pay employees, not to mention the supply chain they support.

You do you, man. You’re good.

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u/MrFunkyFresh70 Dec 22 '20

This is why they should have just evenly split the cares act between all americans instead of giving businesses the money. People are going to end up spending it at businesses they frequent. Just giving the money to businesses does not help the fact that a lot of people lost their income. Once the money ran out for the small businesses, there was once again no income because the people supporting the business don't have the extra money.

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u/TheAzureMage Dec 22 '20

That'd have been what, $2750 each?

That'd have been one hell of a stimulus.

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u/MrFunkyFresh70 Dec 22 '20

I think it would have been closer to $6,900 for every single american.

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u/TheAzureMage Dec 22 '20

For every single taxpayer, yeah. The $2750 is every man, woman and child, regardless of taxpaying status.

The $600 is even more restrictive than every taxpayer, though, due to the $75k income cap. So if it was just those people, it would be even higher than $6k.

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u/MrFunkyFresh70 Dec 22 '20

Regardless, I think we're trying to get to the same point here. They could have done a lot more to help people stay out of poverty and to help the economy, especially local economies, but they didn't.

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u/TheAzureMage Dec 22 '20

Oh, agreed.

Pretty much everyone of any political persuasion is likely to be on board here. It's really odd when conservatives and AOC are on the same side, but it tells you something about how messed up the process is.