Laura Boebert

She's messing with a cool-person name.

A gun, a cross, and a low cut top... She's got all she needs.

If she really wants to make points with the Mar-a-Lago crowd, she'll have to go blond.

Ah, when a meme doesn’t need explanation

Yeeaaaaahhh, no.

She went to an event where she was given a lot of money.

Then voted against giving struggling Americans money.

Okay, sure. Why?

I think that's kind of the point. The US economy relies on people buying stuff. It's "consumer driven". And if I take my family out to eat with the stimulus check, that may keep my local family-owned restaurant from going under. Economy . . . stimulated!

Quoting: Yes. I agree with the 1400$ an American to stimulate the economy. I DO NOT support the 1.9 TRILLION dollar spending bill. Only 9% is going to the people. Why is that?

Great Question! Because this bill is DOING A LOT.

It's not just $1400 to every American.

It's $350 billion to state and local governments that have been hobbled by the lack of tax revenue to "keep the lights on." They'll be able to keep essential services going like the cops. And garbage collection. etc.

$130 billion to get gets back in school classrooms safely.

$25 billion for restaurants.

Literally 10's of Billions to fight covid- specifically buying more vaccines, setting up distribution channels, and paying for more tests because we still need to be able to test for it.

It's also extending and adding to unemployment. With this bill, unemployment will pay $300 on top of whatever else people receive.

But the big big thing it's doing is the $3000 (or $3600 for under 6) PER KID tax credit. So, families could get $1400 for mom & dad. And then over the course of the next year an additional $300 a month being issued to them by the IRS. So, 2 kids? That's $600 in your pocket, you're getting it against the end of the year taxes but you're not going to be taxed on that. So, instead of getting that 6 large at the end of the year, you'll get it each month in smaller amounts.

That's huge.

So, let me make sure I have your argument right- $1400 per tax payer in the US is either frivolous (people who don't need it will spend it) and those who need it actually need more?

You should take the time to learn about the velocity of money. This wikipedia article does a good job of summing it up: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity_of_money

But basically, money doesn't cease to exist once you spend it. If Uncle Sam gives me $1000, and I then buy something from you, we have just generated $1000 worth of economic activity.

But then you spend that same $1000. We have now generated $2000 worth of activity.

Which is spent and respent very quickly, stimulating the economy.

So, even the "frivolous" spending benifits the economy.

The thing about the poor, when they get money they spend it.

Rich people, however, don't spend money. They're kinda famous for it. In fact, we know that if someone had more than $3K in their checking account, they didn't generate any more economic activity than they would have normally. They literally didn't spend it.

This research paper estimates that half of the 1st stimulus was spent within 10 days, and the remaining amount spent in the 2nd 10 days. https://www.ucdavis.edu/curiosity-gap/did-1200-stimulus-payment-boost-economy/

So, yes, giving the money to some people is a waste. Just not the people you thought.

And even if it didn't generate economic activity, giving the poor and jobless money so they can buy food and keep their shelter in the middle of a pandemic is the only right thing to do.

They're people. And they deserve life, liberty, and a warm place to sleep at night.

And, honestly, making the argument on a liberal board that $1400 isn't enough, you're only going to find agrement. Because we think $1400 a week until this is done would be just right.