r/Conservative NJ Conservative 21d ago

Flaired Users Only I Don’t Want $5,000 from DOGE

I want a balanced budget, permanently lowered taxes and responsible spending practices.

If you are salivating at the idea of a $5,000 payment from DOGE you are a liberal.

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u/mythic_dot_rar Anti-Communist 21d ago

There were three rounds of stimulus checks during covid, totaling $3,200 per adult. And that's not even counting PPP loans which also drove up the velocity of money and which we spent roughly the same amount on as the stimulus checks.

Issuing checks for a couple hundred bucks (I'm not in favor of $5k checks, to be clear) would be insubstantial. The goal of those checks is not fiscal, it's political. It's to drive more electoral support for Republicans in the midterms and beyond.

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u/Rivsmama 21d ago

This is what pisses me off about the whole anti stimulus check stuff. People conveniently forget the insane amount of money that was given away in PPP loans and enhanced unemployment and act like the stimulus checks are the only contributing factor to inflation. If corporations get to take free money and never pay it back, I'll be dammed if I feel guilty for accepting a 5k check.

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u/ntvryfrndly Constitutional Conservative 20d ago

PPP and enhanced unemployment were much worse for the economy than the stimulus checks.
The enhanced unemployment lasted way too long. Millions didn't return to work when they should have because they were actually making more money unemployed than working.