HF, here's a scenario relevant to me, and probably millions of others.
Receiving social security. Substitute teacher earning about $100 a day. Potential loss of maybe $5,000 if schools are in fact closed for the year.
Should that person, in your opinion, receive the $1200 virus check?
The same question can be asked for someone receiving a pension and getting laid off from a job they are working for extra income. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
Let me clarify. If you were "working" and lost your job because of this virus crisis, YES, you should be compensated but only at the level you were earning. Nobody should end up making more from this than they were making before this. Assuming this person had already filed their tax return as I did and assuming they claimed that extra income from teaching, the IRS would be reasonable in assuming that they most likely lost that job as opposed to my return which would have shown no extra income from a job but of course this would take time to figure out but I'll bet some smart person could write an algorithm that could kick out persons declaring income over and above a SS or pension check.
If I'm understanding this right, people on un-employment could receive an additional $600 more than they were getting before this? Why? If there shouldn't be any raises given to employee's still working at companies/ corporations from the bailout money, why should anybody get more money from this than they were getting before?
That's my biggest objection to this, the one size fits all regardless of the circumstances. We have to be more fiscally responsible.
Still waiting to see the "this shouldn't be in this bill" list like $25,000,000 to the Kennedy center and money to the Smithsonian and $350,000,000 given to organizations like Catholic Charities for the specific purpose of helping illegals "resettle" in this country. This isn't the time for either of those and I'm sure plenty of other things having nothing to do with compensating those who have lost a job and income through no fault of their own or their employer's.
Money to illegals. What could be a bigger slap in the face to working Americans? But that's the Democratic party so if you feel that anybody entering America illegally should be compensated just like a now un-employed American citizen, go for it.