The GOP is Trying to Turn the Stimulus Checks into Obamacare

Simply said, the GOP is trying to stimulus package into another Obamacare debacle, by limiting who can get stimulus checks to low-income and lower-middle class families, citing budgetary concerns. The lower-middle class income restriction will lead many middle-to-upper middle class families without a check or a reduced check, and it will be pure class warfare again.

The Republican television commercial is almost written, should the stimulus checks be capped at $40k or $50k a year. The welfare recipient or immigrant takes his or her stimulus check to the local Cadillac Dealership, puts down a down-payment and walks out with a shinny new Cadillac SUV, while the hard-working middle class family gets nothing. Or if it’s not a Cadillac, the poor folk will be buying a big-screen, colored television at Walmart, while you the Middle Class Family, tough turkey.

A lot of the complaints about Obamacare were the same way. If you made $30k or $40k and lacked health insurance, heavily subsidized plans would be available at an affordable rate. If you made $70k or $80k, you might be able to buy into an Obamacare plan, but chances are it would be expensive and you would be stuck affording a high-deductible plan. You can say middle-class families can afford a big health insurance bill, but let’s be honest, our budgets are just as tight as the poor folk.

I know I would be super cranky if I saw all the poor people were getting big checks, buying televisions and cars, while I am struggling to pay my bills and save for my future. It really doesn’t seem like the government should be choosing the poor people over the Middle Class with their emergency stimulus package.