frankj1 wrote:I agree with you, but I wasn't saying the idea was dumb.
I was pointing out to posters before mine that it was not just Biden to blame.
It was dumb by both Administrations to send any money to people like me who were not impacted at all financially.
I didn't lose my job, didn't have pay or hours cut, the people that were hurt certainly needed the help.
But nothing changed in my household. Nothing changed for fixed income folks.
Nothing changed for people on public assistance either as far as I know.
But millions of working people were greatly hurt.
I did not need the handouts. It was wasteful.
I didn't lose my job or a get a cut in hours. The shut down didn't impact my finances or my job (I call it a job rather than work because I can't define working at Wally World as "work" other than "working to fight off the urge to dope slap people").
It actually increased in hours sporadically week by week. I have a good rapport with my higher ups and if they needed an extra body, they could call me to see if I'd like to come in. If wasn't doing anything important and they were in a pinch, I'd fill in where needed. I didn't want or need extra hours but we were (and still are) short staffed so I pitched in.
As I said in a previous post, I have no problem the government (and my tax dollars) giving a helping hand to folks that needed it in a time of crisis on a short term basis. There is a valid argument that can be made with 20/20 hindsight that it was self induced (lock down) chaos and we went too far. We all knew, unless you're a total dolt, that we'd be paying for it later. More specifically, our off spring will be paying for it. Nothing is free for those who work. Sadly there's a large group of folks that don't want to work and are rewarded for not working.
rfenst wrote:Anyone here bother to send their check(s) back?
No I didn't. I split it in half and put in each of my kids accounts. After all, they are the ones that will have to pay for it eventually. Besides, I don't think there was an option to refuse it and be credited for it on future tax returns. If there was, the IRS would still prolly find a way charge you interest for it starting the time they mailed it out (or direct deposit) to the time they got around to process the refusal... this is govnerment logic, you'd polly get penalized for refusing it.