The stimulus bill passed by Congress is terrible, and people know it. Yesterday #LetThemEatCake was trending, as well as several hashtags like #600IsNotEnough. We’ve written here about all of the ways this stimulus package is insulting and insufficient:
While the working class will receive these insufficient payments, the bill predictably includes billions for corporations and even includes a deduction for “three-martini lunches”: a tax break for corporate meal expenses. Congress also just approved the Pentagon budget — a whopping $740 billion, giving the military more than what they requested in some areas. Congress also approved a new border wall bill, worth about $1.38 billion.Yet Nancy Pelosi claims this $600 check is a “significant amount of money.” This is Congress saying, “Let them eat cake.”
Read more about it in the article “Let Them Eat Cake.” Here, we present to you some of our favorite tweets about the insulting stimulus package.
A $600 stimulus check is like receiving a $10 gift card for a store where the cheapest item found is $1000. #LetThemEatCake pic.twitter.com/ElFAKvo5Op
— Gordon McClendon???? (@GordonMcClendon) December 21, 2020
Next #StimulusCheck boutta look like pic.twitter.com/2FZmRhqZOb
— D̾e̾u̾c̾e̾ (@richard_4_real) December 21, 2020
$600 is more along the lines of let them eat crumbs. #LetThemEatCake pic.twitter.com/0cJBGRXier
— Josh ? (@ripthevey) December 21, 2020
I don’t know about y’all but with our #StimulusBill we are gonna go all out and put it toward a party pic.twitter.com/9XbwuxcpwQ
— Chris Moore (@chrismoore44) December 21, 2020
If u kno u know ???? #600isNotAStimulusCheck pic.twitter.com/3UCsGWTUPL
— Jazzedup4u (@Jazzedup4u1) December 21, 2020
