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Joe Biden is now officially the 46th President of the United States of America

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The humor I find in it is that there were a couple of times that $2,000 checks were being promised, but instead ended up to be supplemented $1,400 checks piggybacking on something the Trump admin pushed through. "Biden promised $2,000" but, in part, it was actually Trump admin who delivered it. Bipartisanship if anything.

If I made a campaign promise saying that you would get a total of $3,200 in relief and after being elected said you already got it from previous administrations, it would simply be seen as deceit. What Biden did was enter into the grey territory of such action.

Obviously anything helps, and I cannot make claims on the effectiveness of the spending, but I balk at the idea that Biden got you $2,000--which is, plainly, what you suggested happened in your prior response.
 
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The humor I find in it is that there were a couple of times that $2,000 checks were being promised, but instead ended up to be supplemented $1,400 checks piggybacking on something the Trump admin pushed through. "Biden promised $2,000" but, in part, it was actually Trump admin who delivered it. Bipartisanship if anything.

If I made a campaign promise saying that you will get a total of $3,200 in relief and after being elected said you already got it from previous administrations, it would simply be seen as deceit. What Biden did was enter into the grey territory of such action.

Obviously anything helps, and I cannot make claims on the effectiveness of the spending, but I balk at the idea that Biden got you $2,000--which is, plainly, what you suggested happened in your prior response.
The promise of $2,000 came right when the Republicans were capping their checks at $600. Biden said that those checks should be $2,000, not $600. If you do the math, $2,000 minus the $600 that went out after that is $1,400. I believe the checks should have been higher than $1,600, but no promises were broken. We got the $2,000 Biden promised.
 
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The promise of $2,000 came right when the Republicans were capping their checks at $600. Biden said that those checks should be $2,000, not $600. If you do the math, $2,000 minus the $600 that went out after that is $1,400. I believe the checks should have been higher than $1,600, but no promises were broken. We got the $2,000 Biden promised.

Please acknowledge what I said if you are going to respond to it.
 
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Please acknowledge what I said if you are going to respond to it.
You're arguing Biden promised we'd receive $2,000 and didn't deliver, but he did. It isn't rocket science:
  • Biden promises $2,000, the former president signs a bill into law sending out $600, Biden takes office, and then Biden and the Democratic Party (with no Senate Republican support) send out $1,600 to make up the difference and keep the promise made.
The only thing embarrassing here is that Republicans capped their checks at $600, and Trump showed he has zero negotiating skills when, after being absent from the negotiations completely, he refused to sign the bill into law until the checks were increased above $600, and then fecklessly signed the bill anyway.
 
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You're arguing Biden promised we'd receive $2,000 and didn't deliver, but he did. It isn't rocket science:

I'm not arguing that he blatantly broke any promises. I thought that I made it clear. Considering that I am saying so, can you reread my previous post with that understanding and try replying again, instead of insinuating (and trumping) an argument that doesn't exist?

"You didn't build that."
 
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I'm not arguing that he blatantly broke any promises. I thought that I made it clear. Considering that I am saying so, can you reread my previous post with that understanding and try replying again, instead of insinuating (and trumping) an argument that doesn't exist?

"You didn't build that."
If you aren't arguing Biden broke a promise, I'm not sure what the point of your posts are. Is it that you think the Republicans deserve some credit because they passed the first $600? Because they don't. The only reason Biden and the Democratic Party had to pass their bill in the first place was to fix the inadequacies of the Republican bill, and all of the Senate Republicans voted against the Democratic COVID-19 relief bill. The Republicans deserve zero credit for the extra $2,000 I have in my bank account. If the Republicans hadn't passed a relief bill at all, the Democratic bill would have been $2,000 instead of $1,600. If the Republican Party were still in power, I'd have $600 instead of $2,000.
 
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The whole $2K debacle is old news. No, the Biden administration didn't give anyone $2K, they topped off the second stimulus check of $600 received under Trump with an additional $1400 and called it a day. This is one of those situations where both sides of the argument will claim they're right forever - I don't think it's relevant, it's April at this point, we'll dismiss that as the usual political doublespeak. What should be somewhat concerning is that *it's only April* and the Biden admin is already planning to spend in excess of 10 trillion dollars over the course of the next 10 years, all while promising that it won't increase the deficit and that they won't raise taxes on citizens who earn less than $400,000 per annum. Forget about the checks, this is more than double the annual federal budget. $10 trillion dollars is like 5-9 Iraq wars ($1.1 trillion, give or take, some estimates go as high as $2 trillion). Can't wait to see this trainwreck. If anyone actually believes that this won't affect their pocket book, I've got a bridge to sell them. If you happen to be heavily invested in the dollar, or American stocks, I suggest reevaluating your investments, particularly in the wake of the capital gains tax increase.
 

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The promise from Biden was $2,000, Trump and the Republicans capped it at $600 and sent out those checks, and then Biden and the Democrats sent out $1,400 checks to make up the difference. That's $2,000. That's also not including the multitude of other benefits in the bill, including but not limited to the increase in the child tax credit, etc.

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I got $2,000 after a promise was made that I'd receive $2,000.

Although it wasn't from Biden or Trump. @tabzer You happy now?
 
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If you aren't arguing Biden broke a promise, I'm not sure what the point of your posts are. Is it that you think the Republicans deserve some credit because they passed the first $600? Because they don't. The only reason Biden and the Democratic Party had to pass their bill in the first place was to fix the inadequacies of the Republican bill, and all of the Senate Republicans voted against the Democratic COVID-19 relief bill. The Republicans deserve zero credit for the extra $2,000 I have in my bank account. If the Republicans hadn't passed a relief bill at all, the Democratic bill would have been $2,000 instead of $1,600. If the Republican Party were still in power, I'd have $600 instead of $2,000.
You've got this way of looking at one party as the embodiment of good and the other as the embodiment as bad. They are both good and bad.

My point is "You didn't build that."

"I could have paid you if I needed to." Hah.

Although it wasn't from Biden or Trump. @tabzer You happy now?

I can't fathom being happy with you talking to me at all.
 
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I can't fathom being happy with you talking to me at all.

Then stop responding to and making requests of me. And I quote "Go ahead and target anybody else who brought that up in the past 50 or so pages." So I do, it's even someone on the opposite side of the fence as yourself, and you're still a miserable juggalo.
 
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Then stop responding to and making requests of me. And I quote "Go ahead and target anybody else who brought that up in the past 50 or so pages." So I do, it's even someone on the opposite side of the fence as yourself, and you're still a miserable juggalo.

There was no point for you to talk to me or mention me from the beginning. Further attempts are redundant. Of course it wouldn't be satisfying.
 
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There was no point for you to talk to me or mention me from the beginning. Further attempts are redundant. Of course it wouldn't be satisfying.

Oh, yes. There was a point. You just either refuse to see it, or are too ignorant to understand. Your statement is as incredibly fucking stupid as me saying you have no point in talking to ANYone in this topic. You just fail to see anyone elses point other than your own. Have a nice day, juggalo.
 

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Oh, yes. There was a point. You just either refuse to see it, or are too ignorant to understand. Your statement is as incredibly fucking stupid as me saying you have no point in talking to ANYone in this topic. You just fail to see anyone elses point other than your own. Have a nice day, juggalo.

I see the point behind people's posts. I tend not to fully agree. The point behind your post was to target me exclusively in an attempt to "gotcha" as an excuse to pass insults at the expense of contributing anything meaningful to the context of the discussion. It's pathetic.
 
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You've got this way of looking at one party as the embodiment of good and the other as the embodiment as bad. They are both good and bad.

My point is "You didn't build that."

"I could have paid you if I needed to." Hah.



I can't fathom being happy with you talking to me at all.
The fact remains that I have $2,000, and I wouldn't have had more than $600 if it had not been for Biden and the Democratic Party. This is an example of a promise kept, and that's not even getting into all of the other benefits of the COVID-19 relief bill.

The $600 payment was also bipartisan, while the other $1,400 was not.

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you did not get a 2,000 I know you are pay to do this but cmon get the right script
I received a $600 check and a $1,400 check, just as promised. I received $2,000 in total. Thank you, President Biden.

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Although it wasn't from Biden or Trump. @tabzer You happy now, juggalo?
Trump signed a bipartisan bill for $600 checks into law. Biden signed a bill into law for $1,400 checks and more, despite Republican opposition.
 
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I see the point behind people's posts. I tend not to fully agree. The point behind your post was to target me exclusively in an attempt to "gotcha" as an excuse to pass insults at the expense of contributing anything meaningful to the context of the discussion. It's pathetic.

Except, you're wrong. As usual. Why am I surprised? If my goal was to specifically target you, I wouldn't have wasted my time fulfilling your request. And as usual, you're being a hypocrite. Why? You want proof, AGAIN? Okay. Here. The point behind your post was to target me exclusively in an attempt to "gotcha" as an excuse to play the poor, innocent, bullied, victim at the expense of contributing anything meaningful to the context of the discussion. It's pathetic.

Trump signed a bipartisan bill for $600 checks into law. Biden signed a bill into law for $1,600 checks and more, despite Republican opposition.

I'm not arguing who signed them. I'm arguing who the money is from. Some people be thanking Trump and Biden like it came out of their own pockets.
 
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We are suppose to believe he got 80 million votes
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I know... Lizard people stole the elections to create Pedo rings under all Pizza places.
 
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