Stimulus checks – AOC & Bernie slam Biden for cutting off $1,400 Covid payments for ‘working-class’ as ‘absurd’
ALEXANDRIA Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders have slammed President Joe Biden for cutting off $1,400 stimulus checks for "working-class" Americans as "absurd."
Ocasio-Cortez took to social media on Friday evening to condemn Biden for seemingly trying to give fewer Americans Covid relief money than the Trump administration did.
"Do we want to do that? No? Then let’s stop playing &; just help people."
In a followup tweet, the 31-year-old politician wrote: "We should preserve what was there and not peg it to outdated 2019 income. People need help!"
Speaking on CNN's "State of the Union" on Sunday, revealed he understands why people don't want wealthy Americans getting Covid relief payments.
The 79-year-old Vermont senator's criticism, along with Ocasio-Cortez' words, also comes as to Americans.
However, the to people on certain incomes.
"I strongly oppose lowering income eligibility for direct payments from $75,000 to $50,000 for individuals and $150,000 to $100,000 for couples," Sanders wrote.
";In these difficult times, ALL working class people deserve the full $1,400.
"Last I heard, someone making $55,000 a year is not 'rich.'"
Heads of household making a yearly salary of up to $75,000 would also be eligible, as well as married couples who make a total of up to $100,000.
Partial payments may be given to taxpayers who have an income that is somewhat over those numbers.
"Here's what I won't do: I'm not cutting the size of the checks," he said. "They're going to be $1,400. Period. That's what the American people were promised."
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