Understanding the Real Impact and Origins of Trump’s Stimulus Checks
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Often, when asked why they are supporting former President Donald J. Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris, young Blacks credit him for stimulus checks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
During his first presidential campaign, on February 24, 2016, Trump said, “I love the poorly educated.” He has repeated this in public venues on more than one occasion.
Here are the facts about Trump and what many refer to as the “stimmy” checks.”
Between March 2020 and March 2021, the U.S. Government offered three rounds of stimulus checks to relieve millions of Americans.
In March 2020, the first provided $1,200 per income tax filer and $500 for each child.
The second stimulus check, issued in December 2020, gave Americans $600 per income tax filer and $600 per child.
The third, which took effect in March 2021, provided $1,400 per income tax filer, including an additional $1,400 per child.
News flash! In March 2021, President Joe Biden had been in office for several weeks.
So, why don’t Blacks and other non-minority recipients of the stimulus checks only give credit for such relief to Trump and not Biden?
Because of yet another clever marketing – and misleading for the uneducated – scheme by Trump.
A Democratic-majority House, with the Senate, sent a veto-proof relief bill to the president for signature.
Trump had no choice but to sign the bill, which he opposed, into law. However, he insisted that his name appear on the memo line of each check, accompanied by a letter with his signature claiming full credit.
His insistence on his name being in checks delayed to checks to needy Americans from the IRS. For the first – and only time in history, the name of a president appeared on a U.S. Treasury check.
President Biden could have also had his name on the checks, but he did not. A signed U.S. Department of the Treasury career official was the only name listed.
Blacks must be educated and informed voters. Only then can we be sure to elect representatives who truly have our best interests at heart and not their own.
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