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"DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH'. I don't know if that apples but even so here goes. Why do retirees get the $1200 too?

We did not lose a job because we didn't have one. We could pay the rent/mortgage because we have income from social security and small pension which has not changed at all. We are not waiting in long lines to get food. We have not filed unemployment claims. We are not homeless.

Now Jim and I are not wealthy by a long shot but we're doing okay. So I DON'T GET WHY WE GET any money. Can someone explain it to me please?

Jim got his notification on Monday that the $1200 had been wired into his bank account just as is true of the monthly social security he gets. I expect I will receive such notification too. Lots of folk are retired and rich and I expect they are getting the "gift" as well. I don't know if there is a cutoff point. Do millionaires and billionaires also get in on this gravy train?

So give it your best shot. Smack the crap outta me for daring to question the logic of it. Please and thank you.

Posted - May 12, 2020

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