(04-20-2020, 03:10 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(04-20-2020, 02:19 PM)StroudCrowd1 Wrote: My complaint was that the government assumes people in a certain income bracket do not experience hardships from a pandemic.

Let me break it down for you like this. Let's say hypothetically I make 200K a year and 75% of that 200K is from rental property income. When judges won't take eviction cases and people stop paying rent because some talking head on TV thought it was a good idea that directly impacts said person making 200K a year.

See how that whole trickle down thing can impact people making too much to qualify for stimulus relief?

If you have 200k a year in taxable income there is no excuse for you not to have enough savings to last a long time without a government handout.

I disagree.  If you make $200k/year and even if half of that income is from rental income, there is risk that a large portion of that rental income is not going to get paid for months.  As such, even if the rent does get paid, why does Trailer Joey hanging out in Sin City Arlington drawing welfare checks from the Gov get $1,200 whereas someone contributing to the economy most likely paying 24% taxes get nothing.  In essence, Trailer Joey is suffering no hardship since he had no income outside of his welfare checks to begin with.

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