I hate politics and don't want a debate but I have a question

My family is very, very Republican, and I remember right after Obama got elected they couldn't believe how dumb Obama was being by doing the stimulus packages to save all those businesses..
But now trump's sending everyone checks.
They love trump and everything that guy does is right to them, so they're all "oh yes. Trumps doing the right thing by sending ebetyone checks."
Isn't this basically the same damn thing as what Obama did? Except it's going to people instead of businesses.
Also, a aren't republicans the ones who like big businesses?
I'm confused.

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Callmewhatyouwill

It's exactly the same thing. I personally don't care for the lump sum check idea. There are better more responsible ways to do it.

boklenholley7 · F

@Callmewhatyouwill what do you think would be a better route to take?

Callmewhatyouwill

@boklenholley7 in simplest terms just expansion of unemployment claims.

Why give every single person a check whether they have been previously working or not? If they haven't been working for any length of time then they're not losing income because of this.

It'll be short term anyway as most who are laid off have a job to go back to when this is over with.

$1200 isn't really much. And won't last long enough to make a difference.

Ynotisay · M

@Callmewhatyouwill I agree with you. It's almost nonsensical. For a lot of people that money is gone in five minutes to pay off creditors, typical bills or a small percentage of their rent or mortgage. And then what?

boklenholley7 · F

@Callmewhatyouwill huh. That sounds reasonable. Thank you for your input (: