The Democratic Party used to call itself the party of working people and hail the “dignity of work.” No more. Now Democrats want to guarantee people who choose not to work an income funded by the suckers who show up for employment, care for their families and pay taxes.
Fortunately, these self-supporting Americans just dodged a bullet. The failure of Build Back Better to pass in Congress, thanks to holdout Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), means that the monthly checks or automatic bank deposits to parents with kids — sometimes dubbed Biden Bucks — come to an end this month. (Though progressives haven’t given up on trying to revive them some other way.)
For working people, the monthly payments were merely an advance on their tax refunds. But parents who choose not to work have been getting no-strings money to support their nonworking lifestyles.
Using the pretext of pandemic relief, Democrats who enacted the American Rescue Plan in March changed a feature of the tax code — the child tax credit available to adults who work and pay taxes — into a grant paid unconditionally and monthly to almost all adults with kids, whether they work or not.
Democrats have been pushing to extend the free monthly payments through 2022 as part of the Build Back Better Act, with a plan to make them permanent.
Manchin saw right through what his party intended: a socialist-style universal basic income. Manchin objected to the unconditional monthly cash grants: “There’s no work requirement whatsoever. Don’t you think if we’re going to help the children,” he asked, the parents “should make some effort?”
So what about the Democratic Party that represents working people? President Joe Biden still talks the talk. “My dad used to say, ‘Joey, a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about your place in the community.’”
But Biden’s party is no longer walking that walk. As Rep. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) told the House Ways and Means Committee during a debate over Build Back Better, “the so-called dignity of work — that’s like hearing a fingernail on a chalkboard.” New York magazine’s Eric Levitz calls Manchin’s work-ethic convictions “contemptible.”
Sorry, but most Americans don’t want to support the moochers.
The working people are sick of it! We bust our butts so you lazy lay-a-bouts don’t have to. Enough is enough!!!
Baby Mamma Ho’s staying home on their asses Now getting that BIDEN give away $$$$$ !!!!!!!!
The kids won’t see ANY of it & we all know it !!!
And YET No Ending Date for this Waisted $$$$ !!!!! Should give it to Social Security people !!!
Everyone complained when the Unemployed got Govt Stimulus (because of Covid , Not
being Lazy )
No body complains now over this WAISTED Baby mama money $$$$$ !!!! No Rules
They are causing the EMPLOYEE Shortage !!!! Not the Unemployed of the past Stimulus
that were Falsley accused !!!!!
The ANTI-AMerican Party Destroying OUR country in less than a YEAR !!!! From Biden DAY ONE
The Kenyan Turd started that to buy votes – we see the societal results!
The dumbocrats only hope is to make their voters dependent on the government – so they’ll vote for continuance…
Even President Trump got folks off the dole and proud to work again….
“off the dole and proud to work again….”
President Trump stabilized corp america, who in turn, added more jobs.
Had nothing to do with being proud to work, as they always were.
There is a very small segment of the population that does not care to work.
Generalizing and whining isn’t winning any discussions and a lot of people, thru no fault of their own have lost their jobs and their healthcare. Acting like a jealous idiot because they got something you didn’t makes you look stupid. They have paid taxes for decades and are getting what they are entitled to to keep their heads above water with a max amount of $10.75 a hour on unemployment.
So much uneducated whining.
4:37 BS. There is a large portion of society who does not want to work. They’d prefer to be enslaved by the federal government and sell drugs on the side to make up the diff. Talk about uneducated whining. You sir are a bleeding heart liberal who’d prefer to make excuses for people instead of calling them out on their laziness. How’s Joe doing cause you took a page right outta his and Kamala’s handbook. What a fool.
It’s called control
Depending on government for the rest of their life
Baby Mamas out Partying on that Biden Money & care Not for their kids one bit !!!! STOP this Money $$$$