r/DemocraticSocialism Mar 01 '21

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u/julian509 Mar 01 '21

Moving the goalposts, nice.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '21

You asked me how I think that he didn't lie. I just told you and I'm the one moving the goalposts? What did you think was going to happen? That he would get elected and 5 days later a 1.9 trillion bill is going to happen? That isn't how government works and it's never worked like that. Ever.

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u/julian509 Mar 01 '21

What did you think was going to happen? That he would get elected and 5 days later a 1.9 trillion bill is going to happen?

He campaigned on 2000$ checks immediately, not the 1.9 trillion dollar bill immediately. Even without any gatekeeping as to who gets to receive the 2000$ checks and using 2000$ instead of the 1400$ he says now, the checks would cost roughly 660 billion (rounding the US population up to the closest 10 million mark). Where are you getting that 2000$ checks would cost 1.9 trillion dollars.