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OK, I am in good shape, the family is in good shape. Jobs and income unaffected if not enhanced by the pandemic and shutdowns. One is a firefighter/EMT and extra shifts are abundant, even though it poses a risk of exposure as a first responded.
I know some that have been devastated by the shutdown. My spending and donations have been 100% directed at local needs, to support service workers, breweries, restaurants, etc. Can't help them all, but that is where all my $$ have gone, which includes the local animal humane society, from which I rescued a wonderful dog, and much of my stimulus check was donated to both.
OK, enough rambling, back on why I started this thread.
When the first stimulus package was enacted, how many thought that stimulus money would be coming on a somewhat regular basis? Even after Trump got his name on checks, for those that actually got a paper check, or like many with direct deposit, got a letter with Trumps name on it about how he 'gave us' this money.
Yea, pretty fucking naive, on my part...
The reality is, a one time (so far) $1200 'stimulus check' covering about 8 months of shutdown is only about $5/day. Sadly some people desperately need even that, but does it really have that much impact on their financial picture? And for many, it's just a new 65" TV, or something. If by some fluke, the dysfunctional cluster fuck we call Washington, sends out another stimulus incentive, mine will go to help others, both service workers and animals.
I know some that have been devastated by the shutdown. My spending and donations have been 100% directed at local needs, to support service workers, breweries, restaurants, etc. Can't help them all, but that is where all my $$ have gone, which includes the local animal humane society, from which I rescued a wonderful dog, and much of my stimulus check was donated to both.
OK, enough rambling, back on why I started this thread.
When the first stimulus package was enacted, how many thought that stimulus money would be coming on a somewhat regular basis? Even after Trump got his name on checks, for those that actually got a paper check, or like many with direct deposit, got a letter with Trumps name on it about how he 'gave us' this money.
Yea, pretty fucking naive, on my part...
The reality is, a one time (so far) $1200 'stimulus check' covering about 8 months of shutdown is only about $5/day. Sadly some people desperately need even that, but does it really have that much impact on their financial picture? And for many, it's just a new 65" TV, or something. If by some fluke, the dysfunctional cluster fuck we call Washington, sends out another stimulus incentive, mine will go to help others, both service workers and animals.