The official rationale for Trump's $500 checks is that they are a “refund” going to people “overcharged” by the Biden administration for coverage. Yeah, no.
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Trump’s $500 checks are a joke. In my district, a family of 3 is seeing premiums go up by $900 a month. A $500 check won’t even cover 1 month of that increase.
The official rationale for Trump's $500 checks is that they are a “refund” going to people “overcharged” by the Biden administration for coverage. Yeah, no.
The latest edition of The Breakdown from @citizencohn.bsky.social:
Corrupt, yes finance.yahoo.com/economy/poli...
I also don’t think this is going to work
Could you imagine the confused outrage and coverage that would have happened if Biden sent out $500 Treasury checks to select Americans with a note that said it was because Trump overcharged them for healthcare?
The ACA subsidies that Donald Trump killed averaged $550/mo/person. And now he’s sending them one time $500 checks. What a fucking clown.
🙄🙄🙄🤬🤬🤬 Trump has offered Americans dividends, rebates, or checks FIFTEEN TIMES since February of 2025 and delivered ZERO.
I'm so baffled by just how consistently people will vote against their own interests if it means "lesser" people will suffer as well. Years of educational dismantling, erasing the concepts of critical thinking and empathy whilst pushing imperialism and capitalism has done it's job.
All Medicare recipients should donate the $90 to democratic candidates.
A one-time $90 handout to 20 million seniors is a pathetic electoral bribe. It's a literal drop in the bucket that does nothing, especially coming from politicians who backed major cuts to the very Medicare and Medicaid programs seniors rely on. Pure hypocrisy.
Trump lies. It’s basically all he does, apart from grifting, now that he’s aged out of raping.
No thank you. But if it shows up I donate it to Dems
He’s trying to bribe the electorate??? NOW???? 😂😂😂😳
New: Trump’s abrupt announcement to send $90 payments to seniors by dipping into a Medicare fund has rattled Capitol Hill. One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.
It’s interesting how the standard bearer for the party whose message used to be “Democrats suck because they just buy votes by giving people free stuff” has decided the closing message for the midterms will just be “how many more checks do we have to send you in order to earn your vote?”
New: Trump’s abrupt announcement to send $90 payments to seniors by dipping into a Medicare fund has rattled Capitol Hill. One GOP aide told WaPo that lawmakers had planned to use the money to offset funding for community health centers, diabetes programs and other initiatives.
This makes check promise number three in just the past few weeks. We’ve got the $5000 check promise (but only if the Republicans win the midterms), the $500 checks already sent out to people who got shafted by the GOP cutting Obamacare subsidies, and now $90 checks supposedly going to seniors.
NEWS: Trump launches nationwide effort to bribe voters before November. He is sending $500 checks to battleground states with a letter blaming Biden for high costs. Privately, Republicans are telling him off and admitting that the GOP is a "sinking ship." Horrible economic numbers.
We don’t want $500 checks. We want 500 checks and balances.
A much-needed explainer from @citizencohn.bsky.social about those $500 checks (bribes) Trump is sending out as an alleged Obamacare "refund." Looks quite likely to be illegal.
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