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Originally Posted by Brian Swartz
I think it's hilarious that the whole thing essentially amounts to legal bribery 'vote for us and we'll give you access to the money tree', and then it's 'no no, we thought you were going to give us a bigger branch than that'. Without even getting into the whole thing where it's your children and grandchildren's money we're talking about.
** Yes, I agree with the need to more stimulus now, and borrowing to do it, just in case anybody has forgotten. But this is the most overt, unabashed vote-buying I've ever seen, and basically just makes want to get some  |
I can see why you say this and there is some truth but I call it maybe "50% fact".
My rationale is an additional stimulus has been discussed with Pelosi and Trump/Reps for a while. Back in Aug it was for $1,200. Some stuff about $2,000 in Sep. I'm thinking its even been longer than Aug but couldn't be bothered to scroll through all the old articles.
And I think most would say this was to help people and keep the economy afloat back then more than buying votes (although I am sure that was a secondary concern).
So yeah, it was to buy votes especially in GA for the Senate races for sure, but not so much for the broader Nov elections.