Do you know this discussion is about giving $200 extra to Social Security recipients? And that's it?
This is not talking about allowing ICE to continue abducting people, tolerating attacks on transgender people, or allowing the administration to harass law firms and the media.
The prices are artificial! This isn't like a COVID stimulus. This is entirely caused by Trump's tariffs. The money is coming from the rest of the poor who are being hit economically by this. The *only* reason Democrats should vote for it is if the same bill strips Trump's tariff powers entirely.
$200 to a select few Americans will not do anything to fix the economic impact from the tariffs past this year, and may even allow some of those people to hand wave it away just long enough for the GOP to skate by on some of these things. It would be such a stupid bone to throw to Republicans.
Honestly, I don't give a single solitary shit if Republicans take credit for it. It is the right thing to do (and we should be fighting for a bigger increase, not fighting against an increase all together)
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This is not talking about allowing ICE to continue abducting people, tolerating attacks on transgender people, or allowing the administration to harass law firms and the media.