thereisnohurry
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I don't know what tags to put on this. I'm so angry about this pittance I can't even stand it.
Dec 21, 2020 1:35 AM
thereisnohurry
98051
3157
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I don't know what tags to put on this. I'm so angry about this pittance I can't even stand it.
kolebrb
fuck Republican Party. i am not even in the us and hate them from the bottom of my soul
NiftyGoblin
doesnt even cover my rent
hotelguy101
And why do we think they insisted on waiting until after the elections? Anyone?
d1Ng0B1Ng0
whatseventhepoint
TinyTaters
ii appreciate that this gif is in shades of grey.
MichaelVegas
Here is something to think about, in years BEFORE 1980 ONE person in the family worked and made enough to pay for EVERYTHING / Vacations
SixPieceChickenMcNobody
Fuck the GOP.
PlasticFicus
Two weeks pay if my part time hs job was full time
LotusBlossom209
I made the same sweetie. Sorting cherries my first paycheck was 125.00.
ProperPlanningPreventsPissPoorPerformance
That $5.50 /hr in 1980 had the same buying power as about $17.50 today (2020). Our government & corporations are fucking us hard. Dry.
SithElephant
Is that buying power with an identical basket of items? If so this may be misleading as (for example) housing prices have gone up rather mor
wandergeist
College too. I paid my way through college in 1987 with a 20/hr week job @ $5/hr plus summer employment.
wandergeist
And you couldn't get a TV larger than ~20" or a pocket computer that could do voice recognition and 3D graphics for any amount of money
Ryebread91
We still need to add internet and cellphones to modern basic necessities when calculating min wage.
Sandyundertones
$18.40 according to CPI assuming Jan 1980 to Jan 2020.
ProperPlanningPreventsPissPoorPerformance
I used this website so I'm not sure where they got their algorithm https://www.in2013dollars.com/us/inflation/1980?amount=5.55
Snarfflebutt9
Gotta vote the basta*ds out.
Ventorath
The $600 is for boosting the economy. They want you to go shopping with that. The $300/wk UE is the actual relief (even if its half >>
Ventorath
>> what it was earlier in the pandemic).
VinnyVeritas
NEVER FORGET who is doing this to their own people. We pay them to protect us and they are screwing us all
Shaodyn
This is like tipping your waiter 25 cents. It's worse than nothing at all and comes off as a deliberate insult.
getguds
purchasing power of $5.50 is more then compared to now. ruling rich wont let you be financially flexible to refuse their wage slave labor.
faultball808
Min wage was $2.65 when I first started working and don’t think it’s the GOP. It’s NANCY!!!
RickO3611
There's a reason they're called the Greedy Old Pigs. They ARE greedy old pigs and fuck every motherless one of them
StoopKidAfraidToLeaveHisStoop
I made 5.35 when I started working. In two thousand and fucking five.
boowho3187
What does GOP stand for? Is it something sassy like ‘Grossly overpaid politicians’? Or does it have a proper meaning?
SirVonDaniel
$600 is enough for a gun and some ammo though
Erutanmi
The stimulus bill isn’t intended to help 99% of Americans directly, the idea is still “trickle down...” We are still screwed.
PoppinFlesh
As an Australian, America scares the fuck or of me
HappyLookouuut
Yeah, but at least we don’t have those human sized spiders crawling around everywhere. ;)
RageMonk
I mean we do, but they run for seats instead of just hanging around.
PoppinFlesh
Bahahaha
slurrybarffast
The plan they finally agreed on:
STINKPICKEL
Secret Santa un-packing and gift reviews are tagged as such, what's this a gift from a Republican SS ?
slurrybarffast
Its just a joke, its idubbbz in a bobbydukearts video
STINKPICKEL
I was joking also
quitepossiblygettingold
Min wage was $3.35 when I started working and a lot of Congress is older than I am. They think $600 “helps”.
somepersondoingsomethings
Why the fuck do I need 600? Or even 6000? Take the 600 for everyone and give it to struggling small businesses or the unemployed.
badgesweedontneednostinkingbadges
TBH, I don't really get the whole "stimulus" check thing. Why are they giving money to people who are working? I'm not complaining, ...
badgesweedontneednostinkingbadges
... (woohoo! free money!) but why? I understand giving unemployment checks a boost, those folks have no income and UA doesn't match ...
badgesweedontneednostinkingbadges
... what you were making when you were working. The stimulus checks are just "Please don't riot" payments.
cadburyegg
They did it so people would go out and spend a little more during the holidays than they originally planned. Nothing more, nothing less.
IdiotSavantTinker
Big of you to think the $600 will be here before January.
Chakra5
they did it because they are hearing about it in Georgia and know they're fucked if they loose both seats and can't obstruct.
piXlgrind562
Why didn’t the Dems fight harder?
GetHighWithTowlie
Because they're just as bad for the most part
spookyhats
that's what us on the left have been asking for years
JohnBigboote74
And don't fool yourselves into thinking they tossed us a few bucks to help us out; it's all about putting money into the economy.
toolarchy5
Yeah not like we can offload that to our foreign bank account where it can't be taxed then ask for more. I need to add LLC to my name...
Mr21782Man
It isn't about the economy. Its about putting as little money out as they need to convince the MAGA cult they're doing a lot of something.
Fauxcused
It was all about giving a token payment to people to say they gave a payout
PineappleMigraine
It feels like when an elderly person gives you a quarter and tells you not to spend it all in one place.
rnj454
Trickle-down economics doesn't work. Trickle-up economics does, but it has the same end effect when the masses are poor and desperate.
darthnerdus6236
Even in trickle down economics, money is flowing upwards. The government just gets a cut when it goes back up.
ilikepot8os
Yes but with trickle down some people get to pick the winners which is important to them.
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
If it was about putting money in the economy it would’ve more like $600/week since April. Unless this is more of a 1/
WellWellWellLookWhoItIs
“replace ‘the economy’ with ‘rich people’s yacht money’” sort of thing you mean. 2/2
CekinDestroy
They know they're just getting that 600 right back, along with that 1200
clucja1
It's not even about that. It's about the Georgia Runoffs. Mitch didn't want us to get anything until he was told it would hurt them.
merxman
I mean, there's an argument to be made for both sides of the equation to get stimulus. Businesses to pay workers, people to buy /1
merxman
Goods and services. But it is always so disproportionately weighted to business, with poor oversight and limited rules. I think most /2
merxman
Of us would be happier if that equation tilted more towards people...like every other developed country that has done this stuff. /3
merxman
Less than 16% of this bill is for direct payments, at most ($150 bn/$900 bn). The first one was 13.6% ($300 bn/$2.2 tn). /4
merxman
At the same time, a good chunk of the other spending is for things that are meant to help people out of work, e.g. extended unemployment. /5
salamanderson
jupitermonkey
i mean, theoretically thats what stimulus is for, to maintain the money spending ability of the people.
ThisUsernameIsTaken123
Our uk gov is now saying that people who managed to keep working during covid need to spend their savings to boost the economy.
Exyr
I got 4200/mo for nearly 5 months...
SleepIsDeathPractice
You must not live in a red state GA pulled my UI as soon as possible, I got two months, thankfully I went back to work shortly after that
kevinallover
Unemployment closed my claim because my previous employer didn't send them the right info.
tcdriver
And I'm gonna win 1000 a week on this scratch off
Exyr
No...see i actually got that...
tcdriver
And I'm gonna win....not kidding
jerbern1
I just found a silly ol 500 I had tucked in my boy sack for a rainy day.
thatshytidontlike
For life!
Exyr
@JustHereForTheRubberbandMan no, but it wouldn't be nearly as bad as it is if people would have just stayed the fuck home
thereisnohurry
People who stayed the fuck home could afford to do so. Those who couldn't didn't. That's the U.S. government's fault.
Exyr
I dont mean going to work. I mean people who couldn't not party and still can't. If you were put of work you got paid.
MechaNinja
I stayed home even though I couldn't afford it. I got fired like 20 minutes before it became a pandemic. Got some unemployment, some other
MechaNinja
kinds of help. Wife's been a friggin' angel scrimping and saving and going to food banks while I cowered at home.
MechaNinja
I'm fucking scared.
spookyhats
cool i got 3000/mo cos i got to keep my job don't mean people dont need more
Exyr
If you got to keep your job a dont know why you would need more than what you were making.
spookyhats
you sad how much you made i said how much i made. people still need more we can find money for military and stock market, but for normal
spookyhats
people its to bad tough luck. I'm doing pretty good my self ben help friends and family were i can, but i should not have to, if you know
spookyhats
what im saying
dyxj
Fuck, that barely covers my my mortgage...
spookyhats
that's why I don't have a house. and I'm doing a lot better that most people I know. if you told me back when I was making 7.25 it would be
spookyhats
still be hard at 20.83 an hour I would think you were joking. I dont need less i just skip less of what i need
spookyhats
thats take home pay not pre tax