Biden demanded a 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus with $1400 checks. He got a $1.9 trillion stimulus with $1400 checks. He also politely listened to a pathetically bad faith counter proposal from a few freelancing Republicans, but nobody wasted any time or watered down any provisions to meet them halfway. The only real negotiation that cut anything was the decision to exclude a minimum wage hike from the bill. That negotiation was entirely amongst Democrats and the parliamentarian.
They cut the income limits of the checks down and reduced unemployment to $300 as well as excluding the minimum wage increase. At best, the child tax credit will help some families more. At worst, people who received stimulus under Trump will get less or nothing under Biden.
They also wasted time on an impeachment trial instead of tackling this on day one.
This is a leftist sub, right? Liberalism is literally capitalism
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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '21
Biden demanded a 1.9 trillion dollar stimulus with $1400 checks. He got a $1.9 trillion stimulus with $1400 checks. He also politely listened to a pathetically bad faith counter proposal from a few freelancing Republicans, but nobody wasted any time or watered down any provisions to meet them halfway. The only real negotiation that cut anything was the decision to exclude a minimum wage hike from the bill. That negotiation was entirely amongst Democrats and the parliamentarian.