President Joe Biden met recently with leading House Democrats who aim to put his $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package on a fast track to becoming law, drawing on new signs of strain in the economy to push for its approval. “We can’t do too much here. We can do too little,” he told them. “Real, live people are hurting. And we can fix it.”
• The real question is — are checks still based on income levels from 2019? Because 2020 saw a drop in income for a whole bunch of people. — Heather Laskey
• I have asked the same thing. And, seriously, $50,000 cutoff possibly. Yeah, OK, that may be a lot to many, but it really isn’t. — Alexis White
• So the Democrats are paying for it? — Sharon Lee Ponsell
• No, it’ll be the same people who would have paid for it when Trump called for more stimulus. — Chris Henry
• And how about that $7.9 trillion added to the deficit over the last few years? — Rick Reed
• Who are you to tell me what I need and don’t need? — Sharon Lee Ponsell
• Ridiculous. We need to get people back to work, not just keep giving them money. — Kevin Talley
• I smell a filibuster coming. — Kelly Lord
• Try reading the bill. See how much Americans will receive. — Stephen Malkowski
