"Mr. President, when are you going to sign the checks?"
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 14:46 last edited by jon-nyc
Try to imagine what Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh would have done if Obama wanted his signature on checks from the United States Treasury. Not to mention posters here.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 14:47 last edited by
So we don't know for sure.
What we do know is it is a very bad idea, a huge unforced error.
But one thing I take exception with in an article in WaPo:
"But to critics and some IRS employees, many of whom started to learn of the decision on Tuesday, the presence of Trump’s name on the checks reeks of partisanship in a corner of the government that touches all Americans and has, since the Nixon era, steadfastly steered clear of politics. "
Steered clear of politics? Anyone remember the weaponization of the IRS against conservative groups in the Obama admin? What a short memory WaPo has.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 14:47 last edited by jon-nyc
Sometimes I think the worst aspect of Trump is not even his behavior, rather it's watching his supporters further and further debase themselves by defending him or looking the other way.
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@Mik said in "Mr. President, when are you going to sign the checks?":
Do we know they were delayed for that reason or are we just assuming and trotting out his signature as the reason? He certainly walked into right it if it was his idea.
The Treasury said the paper checks are rolling out on schedule and that adding his signature added no time to the check printing dates.
Figured as much. How much time does it take to sub one signature for another in a computer program? Payroll departments do it all the time.
H8ters gotta hate...
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 14:48 last edited by
Try to imagine what job would have said it Trump delayed the printing of the checks for one day.
Look, adding a sit to a monumental program has been done in the past and it will be done in the future.
It's a nonstory for the TDS crowd.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 14:49 last edited by jon-nyc
Honestly any additional delay or effort is trivial in the grand scheme of things.
It's really the principle of it, l'Etat, c'est lui.
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@Jolly It is a completely unnecessary change that (1) creates extra work for the IRS in a time of crisis and (2) confers no additional benefit to the nation. For that, it deserves criticism.
wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 14:53 last edited by@Axtremus said in "Mr. President, when are you going to sign the checks?":
@Jolly It is a completely unnecessary change that (1) creates extra work for the IRS in a time of crisis and (2) confers no additional benefit to the nation. For that, it deserves criticism.
Horsefeathers.
The IRS has a due date of 7/15 for tax returns. I suspect they aren't near as busy this time of year as usual.
And if you judge the Federal government by the yardstick of unnecessary, let's have a talk about the Department of Education and their 68 billion dollar budget.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 14:59 last edited by
He is hoping to increase his name recognition for the upcoming election.
Standard for any politician.
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@Jolly you see federal work that is "unnecessary," so you criticize that.
Adding Trump's name to the checks is definitely unnecessary. So that, too, deserves criticism.wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 15:06 last edited by Jolly@Axtremus said in "Mr. President, when are you going to sign the checks?":
@Jolly you see federal work that is "unnecessary," so you criticize that.
Adding Trump's name to the checks is definitely unnecessary. So that, too, deserves criticism.Excuse me, who is the President? Does it hurt to have his name on the check? How much was the supplemental appropriation to hire the army of programmers it took to effect this change?
Your position is so absurd, it's laughable. You have now equated a small signature change that cost nothing, to an unneeded federal department that costs billions of dollars.
Bwahahahahahahahaha!!!
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 15:08 last edited by
Why don't we put his signature on the death certificates?
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 15:11 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in "Mr. President, when are you going to sign the checks?":
Why don't we put his signature on the death certificates?
Because legally, you can't do that. Do you wish to change the law?
Would make for an impressive looking document...
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 15:25 last edited by Mik
The optics of the check sig are terrible, no matter how you look at it.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 15:30 last edited by
Self aggrandizing bullshit!
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 16:03 last edited by
I'm pretty sure Trump has already toyed with the idea of his signature and image on dollar bills.
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I'm pretty sure Trump has already toyed with the idea of his signature and image on dollar bills.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 16:11 last edited by
It's almost as bad as Pelosi and her big box of ink pens with her name on them that she handed out when she signed the papers that were intended to put a stamp on the democrat's waste of millions of taxpayer dollars and 3 years of time they could have spent actually doing their job. You know - another one of those things you Trump bashers never bother to talk about.
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 16:25 last edited by
Does this impact the direct deposit too?
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wrote on 15 Apr 2020, 16:28 last edited by
No