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[ALRATIBA]

If we do get one, I’ve already decided I’m donating mine.

[ALRATIBA]

If her house is paid for, she should look into a reverse mortgage. That would give her additional income.

[I am still oxox]

If we get one it is going into savings, when DH retires in May, it will take a month for both Social Security and his pension to show up, so it will be very helpful

[Spurt]

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@Mmsfoxxie wrote:

Why would retired people get a check?  How have we been affected by loss of anything.

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@Mmsfoxxie 

....they still have needs---prescriptions , food (some are paying for food delivery services because of compromised immune systems), they still have bills to pay -electric, phone, rent or mortgage--and everything keeps going up in price....I know many that work part time just because either their or their spouse's medication is so expensive....and their part-time jobs have been discontinued...

Why would college students need it...they can go back home and live with their parents and sit on their ass and be on their phones and play video games....(Im being sarcastic!)

[Mz iMac]

@coconut1818"they are saying working people."

That is what I am hearing too.  To me that means folks who are on SS, SSI, SSDI who do not file taxes will not get any $$$. 

I think I did hear, that folks who receive SNAP will get a temporary increase in their benefits.

I guess we will find out sometime this a.m.

[KatieB]

@coconut1818   Yes, we retired folks will get a check according to the news reports I've heard and the reports I've read.

[KatieB]

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@Mmsfoxxie wrote:

Why would retired people get a check?  How have we been affected by loss of anything.

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Believe it or not, @Mmsfoxxie, we have bills to pay and have jobs too.  We do not live off the land....  Get real for goodness sake.

[KatieB]

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@Mz iMac wrote:

@coconut1818"they are saying working people."

That is what I am hearing too.  To me that means folks who are on SS, SSI, SSDI who do not file taxes will not get any $$$. 

I think I did hear, that folks who receive SNAP will get a temporary increase in their benefits.

I guess we will find out sometime this a.m.

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People will have to file a tax return to get this benefit check, otherwise you will not receive one.

[Nightowlz]

The wording right now says if you file a tax return in 2018 or 2019 you qualify for a stimulus check.

$1200 for a single person making under $75,000 or $2400 for married couple filing joint return making $150,000 or less.

They still need to figure what they are going to do with self-employed people.

To me the only people should get a check are those that are not working?

A lot of people still working are going to receive this check? Why?

My 90 year old MIL won't get one since she does not make enough money to file a return. She lives on SS.

The Stimulus should be there to help the people not big business. It's taxpayer money. They already had huge tax cuts & don't need a dime of help. Why are we bailing out big business while little business is suppose to get a loan in able to keep going? Something wrong with that picture if you ask me.

No reason for our government to be spending trillions of dollars on this???

[novamc1]

Here is at least a general idea of what the stimulus checks might amount to and it conforms to what I've seen reported elsewhere.....

<<The stimulus check amount would be determined by your 2018 income tax return (or in some special cases, your 2019 tax return). Anyone who earned less than $75,000 (or less than $150,000 in the case of a joint return) in 2018 could get a check of up to $1,200—though as mentioned above, very low earners would receive smaller amounts.>>