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Americans Are Making Jokes About The $1,200 Stimulus Checks And Here’s 33 Of The Best Ones
The United States government has sent out stimulus checks to some residents to help keep them afloat during the coronavirus quarantine. It’s all some people are talking about, so it’s no wonder that these checks have become the focus of a lot of jokes on the internet.
The checks are each worth 1,200 dollars and internet users are joking about how they’re already planning to buy TVs, laptops, and spend the money as soon as they can. While others are poking fun at the fact that it’s now the IRS sending them money, instead of the other way around.
“We can confirm that payments are beginning to arrive in some Americans’ accounts," a senior Treasury official told ABC News. Scroll down for the best stimulus check jokes that Bored Panda has compiled, upvote your faves, and let us know in the comments what you’re going to do with your check if you live in the US, dear Pandas. And read on for Bored Panda's interview with financial expert Sam Dogen, founder of the Financial Samurai blog, about stimulus checks and how much they'll help Americans out.
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Does the weak Cheeto represent the poor leadership of the Orange Cheeto in the White House?
"So long as Americans are spending the money, that helps stimulate and support the economy. Although saving money is good, saving money actually doesn’t do much in the short run to help the economy. In the long run, maybe it helps by creating more financially secure people to not become a burden," Dogen from the Financial Samurai told us.
"I believe everything is rational. If people want to use their money to spend on TVs and other things, its because they’ve got their basics already taken care of. Here’s how millionaires are spending their checks."
Trump only agreed to the $1200 because it's an election year.
Your "check" comes with tRump's name on it ... just like his "charity" ... he got others to give him money then put his name on the checks like it was his money to give. The only exception with his charity and the stimulus check, he usually paid himself.
I bet the giant cheques the corporations got had giant pictures of Trump on.
Load More Replies...This is something that needs to be realized? Anything provided to anyone by the government is at the expense of tax payers. This is no genius revelation, this is something every American should be considering, every day.
Yes, but were you ever provided anything by the government before? Usually it just went into the government's slush fund, and to take us down, by funneling it to Iran, China, United Nations, bailing out bankers. Think of what this man is doing. He is finishing what JFK started.
Load More Replies...People bought it with Bush. Same ppl still voting. Let's see how it goes this time
There are so many politicians who have stolen from tax money, or other areas of the budget, there's actually no excuse for the Fed going further into debt. We're being given part of what's owed to us. Trump should also hunt down was what stolen by politicians and *poof* budget balanced.
Good news, Kristina. Trump has been doing that in the background, while distracting MSM to keep them busy. Look up his executive orders to freeze bank accounts of those who've stolen from us. Look at all the CEOs that have resigned from major companies, and from our govt. It is all working with military to get it done. You can find a lot of info on qmap.pub. God bless you.
Load More Replies...This basic point seems to be far beyond the conception of most people: there's no such thing as a free lunch - someone is paying: it's being tacked onto the national debt. Who pays when the US national debt has to be serviced (meaning some payments have to be made that the govt. owes)? All US taxpayers, us. It isn't 'free money'.
Exactly. You paid taxes so the government can use that money to do stuff for the country. Like paving streets and paying schools and paying for water-cleaning and federal agencies (like for example the CDC). You already PAID for that stuff, and it is not "handouts" or "a gift" if the goverment does those things for you. Of course one can argue that nobody paid taxes so one day the President could give every citizen 1200$, but I'll wager that it's probably a lot more useful than, for example, buying a tank or a submarine or guns for the military. It's actually the Government's JOB to protect its people, but somewhere along the long line of presidents (and I'm not excluding the Democratic ones), that job-description got muddled and eventually, lost.
Load More Replies...He's a child who desperately demands attention! Sad, very sad so sad!
Wake up! Quit believing the MSM News. It is all owned by the Rothchilds and bankers.
Load More Replies...The $2 TRILLION stimulus checks AND the PPP (over 20% of which went to big franchises and chains) AND the $1.5 TRILLION tax giveaway to the top 2% by Republicans last year are tax burdens far into the future. (P.S. It's been revealed that Jared Kushner's family businesses received $800 MILLION in apartment funding for their tri-state slumlord operation.)
That’s funny because the only check I got was the first one and that was when Trump was in office since Biden’s been in office I haven’t got s**t so I missing out on three stimulus checks that they’re trying to say I have to have a 1040 form now because I didn’t have no income it’s a bunch of bureaucratic bullshit wake up people!
And since our government has so much huge debt after the "tax breaks" given to corporation and the rich, we the people will be PAYING BACK THIS MONEY for the rest of our lives! And paying taxes on this $1,200.00. And people think the monster-in-chief "cares about us" and is doing this to "help us?" UNBELIEVABLE.
When Republicans receive Stimulus Money, is that considered SOCIALISM, a BRIBE, or a HANDOUT?
In Canada people were applying for our stimulus type check and applying for unemployment insurance at the same time. They received both a 2000 stimulus check and their first unemployment check. They were like whoo whoo I have all this money now. Then the government informed them that the 2000 stimulus check would count toward their unemployment insurance. Instead of 4 mths of unemployment insurance benefits they would only only get 3. Nothing is for free from the government people.
He expects us to think he is giving us money....wtf....all he did was give back a little fraction of the money the government ripped off of us since we started paying taxes
POTUS is giving the citizens the money that the bankers, congress, NWO, etc. robbed from us. He has survived numerous assassination attempts for us, and you are too ungrateful to look up the facts. The whole military is backing him. He's had M13 rounded up(Hillary's, Bushs, and Obama's, hitmen) He never says he is giving to us, but credits our own military. But he says things to make the MSM and their snowflakes and asshat followers cry. They ask for it.
Load More Replies...It never ceases to amaze me how Trump's supporters selectively choose to ignore what a greedy, self-serving con artist he is. NOTHING he does is for any purpose other than to stroke his ego and line his own pockets. He doesn't give a s**t about the country or its citizens. It will be interesting to see how much of the stimulus package he siphons off into his own businesses and those of his useless children. He should be in prison, not the WH.
Load More Replies...Incorrect. My dad is an accountant. This is NOT an "advance" on your tax return. Please dont spread misinformation.
Load More Replies...Dogen believes that 1,200 dollars per person should help individuals for at least a month. "If you add on the extra 600 dollars a month in unemployment benefits, that’s a decent amount of money," he said.
"For example, in California, you can get 4,200 dollars a month in unemployment benefits now. And then if you add on another 1,200, that’s 5,600 dollars. It’s really the added unemployment benefits that will really help those who have lost their jobs," Dogen pointed out.
In the meantime, think about this from Forbes . . . Americans making 1 Million will receive $1.7 million stimulus checks . . . https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaharziv/2020/04/14/why-are-rich-americans-getting-17-million-stimulus-checks/#643e0518665b
The BBC reports that President Donald Trump’s name will be printed on the paper checks that will be sent out to financially-struggling Americans. This is the very first time that a US president’s name will show up on a federal government handout.
Not surprisingly, some are worried that this decision might delay checks arriving. The president denied that there will be a delay, as did the Treasury Department. However, two senior IRS officials told the Washington Post that the first batch of checks might arrive slower because of this.
"You are getting your money late because the President thinks it is more important that his name be on the cheque than that you are able to pay your bills on time," Democratic Senator Brian Schatz shared his opinion on Twitter.
The stimulus checks are part of a 2 trillion (that’s right, trillion) dollar relief package that will help out more than 80 million US citizens. And Americans need it now more than ever. Around 16 million people lost their jobs in the US just in the past month and the situation may get worse before it gets better.
I'm putting it in savings rather than checking so I don't spend it accidentally. I have a disability claim with Social Security that could take up to a year to be resolved, so I might need it before then.
now they get to tell people "its in the mail" instead of hearing it for years
This would mean, in most cases, that your parent(s) is/are spending way, way, way more than $1200 each year to support you and put you through college.
Many banking apps have a feature that lets you set a notification for any deposits...
Don't get me wrong, I'll damn sure take the money, ( if it ever comes). I'm just wondering where it's coming from and how the government is going to get it back. I'm betting higher taxes on the middle class. It damn sure won't be on corporations or 1%ers.
It'll be a mixture of quantitative easing (printing money) and a bond issue. Yeah, ya'll will be paying it back out of taxes for many, many years. It's certainly not a free lunch.
Load More Replies..."Stimulus check" to stimulate people to forget how this administration handled the pandemic so by november they'll still remember the $1200 gift but have forgotten the 26 000 deaths.
We're actually projected to have over 61,000 deaths before August. And that's without a second spike brought about by red states acting like idiots.
Load More Replies...Ex husband: Are you going to vote for Trump in November? Me: Yeah, no that's definitely NOT going to happen. Ex: But he gave you money! Me: Uh, no. CONGRESS gave me money. That a*****e gave me 4 years of entitled ineptitude.
Lou Lopez, since I can't comment directly on yours, I'm putting it here. What is one crime he has committed, with evidence?
Load More Replies...Anyone complaining about how small the checks are can sign them over to me. Don’t worry, you won’t miss it, it’s not that much.
I simply don't understand why people in America don't riot. There's no way I could survive on only $1200 a month. My mortgage payment alone is more than that. Not that the UK scheme is much better, it is limited to 80% of your salary but it's capped at only £2500 (about $3100) a month.
Please, the American people are too conditioned to be passive. Hell, we just found out that millionaires are getting a stimulus of over $1million each and no one is rioting over that. We get a measly $1200, which in most states won't even cover rent for a month, and millionaires are getting millions more.
Load More Replies...I plan on trying to use it to stop being homeless. Wonder if I can get a place. One place I called today wanted 1425 up front I'm like look can you work with me after I move all my stuff in only going to have 800 and he like well that's the price my brother and I came up with. I'm like damn can you this me a damn bone here!! My son and I have been homeless for over a yr now and I just so bad want yo get a place we can afford!! So that's what I will be trying to do with our money...wish me luck!!
I was a landlord when I was 22. Babysat 50 cents per hour. Worked every night after high school. Then I was working 7 days a week and figured out my apartment was too high. My house puts were almost half. Interest rates are much lower now. Save for as big of a deposit as you can. I am not bragging. I lost everything in divorce. Now ex's girlfriend gets my pension because we spent mine. Good luck.
Load More Replies...When Republicans receive Stimulus Money, is that considered SOCIALISM, a BRIBE, or a HANDOUT?
Honestly it annoys me that people are complaining about their stimulus checks, stating it’s not enough. Perhaps so, but there are plenty of people (myself included) who are getting zero help from their own governments and are left to fend for themselves. I lost my job right before the s**t hit the fan, and i’d be f*****g elated if I got even half of that money. And of course it comes from taxes, that’s what taxes are for! I highly doubt you’d find any president/government willing to pay you out of their own pocket. Could the situation be handled better? Most likely, but that still doesn’t take away from the fact that some people are acting like entitled brats right now. Would you have felt better if you got no stimulus checks at all and was left to fend for yourself like many other people in the world?
We literally ARE entitled. Fix your perspective. It’s OUR money they’re handing us. Not a gift. When you put money in the bank, you’re entitled to withdraw it when you need it. The end.
Load More Replies...I wonder how many of these checks will end up framed on the wall?
I received my stimulus check. And I've ordered a set of U.S.-made SATIN sheets!
At this point I doubt I'll even get one given the sheer, colossal incompetence the IRS has shown so far. I filed in 2018 through FreeTaxUSA, but owed money. I have a payment plan with the IRS so they withdraw the money each month from my account. But when I type my info into the IRS site, all I get is the same message everyone else is getting, that it can't be processed at this time. I'm typing my info in exactly as it appeared on my return, and the IRS has my bank info as well, so why can't I use the site or get an answer form them?
Hey at least they trying to do something, they could have said "bahahaha sucks to be you!" I'm not looking that gift horse in the mouth.
In Australia you only get the stimulus if you are unemployed, elderly, unemployed and low income sole parent,,veterans. #750 straight up and thier payments per fortnight will just over double until this Crisis is over. Nothing for the low wage Frontline, bugger all for the small business losing everything including thier homes. Chinese factories and drug dealers- the only real benefactors of our stimulus cheques.
These memes are good for entertainment purposes. But if these people truly think like they post, then we have a huge issue on our hand.... Probably bigger than ant Coronavirus situation. That situation is "complete long term dependency"
Do you truly think some of them are gonna get 1,200 tacos?
Load More Replies...Go blow Putin then. You seem craven enough for his tastes.
Load More Replies...Don't get me wrong, I'll damn sure take the money, ( if it ever comes). I'm just wondering where it's coming from and how the government is going to get it back. I'm betting higher taxes on the middle class. It damn sure won't be on corporations or 1%ers.
It'll be a mixture of quantitative easing (printing money) and a bond issue. Yeah, ya'll will be paying it back out of taxes for many, many years. It's certainly not a free lunch.
Load More Replies..."Stimulus check" to stimulate people to forget how this administration handled the pandemic so by november they'll still remember the $1200 gift but have forgotten the 26 000 deaths.
We're actually projected to have over 61,000 deaths before August. And that's without a second spike brought about by red states acting like idiots.
Load More Replies...Ex husband: Are you going to vote for Trump in November? Me: Yeah, no that's definitely NOT going to happen. Ex: But he gave you money! Me: Uh, no. CONGRESS gave me money. That a*****e gave me 4 years of entitled ineptitude.
Lou Lopez, since I can't comment directly on yours, I'm putting it here. What is one crime he has committed, with evidence?
Load More Replies...Anyone complaining about how small the checks are can sign them over to me. Don’t worry, you won’t miss it, it’s not that much.
I simply don't understand why people in America don't riot. There's no way I could survive on only $1200 a month. My mortgage payment alone is more than that. Not that the UK scheme is much better, it is limited to 80% of your salary but it's capped at only £2500 (about $3100) a month.
Please, the American people are too conditioned to be passive. Hell, we just found out that millionaires are getting a stimulus of over $1million each and no one is rioting over that. We get a measly $1200, which in most states won't even cover rent for a month, and millionaires are getting millions more.
Load More Replies...I plan on trying to use it to stop being homeless. Wonder if I can get a place. One place I called today wanted 1425 up front I'm like look can you work with me after I move all my stuff in only going to have 800 and he like well that's the price my brother and I came up with. I'm like damn can you this me a damn bone here!! My son and I have been homeless for over a yr now and I just so bad want yo get a place we can afford!! So that's what I will be trying to do with our money...wish me luck!!
I was a landlord when I was 22. Babysat 50 cents per hour. Worked every night after high school. Then I was working 7 days a week and figured out my apartment was too high. My house puts were almost half. Interest rates are much lower now. Save for as big of a deposit as you can. I am not bragging. I lost everything in divorce. Now ex's girlfriend gets my pension because we spent mine. Good luck.
Load More Replies...When Republicans receive Stimulus Money, is that considered SOCIALISM, a BRIBE, or a HANDOUT?
Honestly it annoys me that people are complaining about their stimulus checks, stating it’s not enough. Perhaps so, but there are plenty of people (myself included) who are getting zero help from their own governments and are left to fend for themselves. I lost my job right before the s**t hit the fan, and i’d be f*****g elated if I got even half of that money. And of course it comes from taxes, that’s what taxes are for! I highly doubt you’d find any president/government willing to pay you out of their own pocket. Could the situation be handled better? Most likely, but that still doesn’t take away from the fact that some people are acting like entitled brats right now. Would you have felt better if you got no stimulus checks at all and was left to fend for yourself like many other people in the world?
We literally ARE entitled. Fix your perspective. It’s OUR money they’re handing us. Not a gift. When you put money in the bank, you’re entitled to withdraw it when you need it. The end.
Load More Replies...I wonder how many of these checks will end up framed on the wall?
I received my stimulus check. And I've ordered a set of U.S.-made SATIN sheets!
At this point I doubt I'll even get one given the sheer, colossal incompetence the IRS has shown so far. I filed in 2018 through FreeTaxUSA, but owed money. I have a payment plan with the IRS so they withdraw the money each month from my account. But when I type my info into the IRS site, all I get is the same message everyone else is getting, that it can't be processed at this time. I'm typing my info in exactly as it appeared on my return, and the IRS has my bank info as well, so why can't I use the site or get an answer form them?
Hey at least they trying to do something, they could have said "bahahaha sucks to be you!" I'm not looking that gift horse in the mouth.
In Australia you only get the stimulus if you are unemployed, elderly, unemployed and low income sole parent,,veterans. #750 straight up and thier payments per fortnight will just over double until this Crisis is over. Nothing for the low wage Frontline, bugger all for the small business losing everything including thier homes. Chinese factories and drug dealers- the only real benefactors of our stimulus cheques.
These memes are good for entertainment purposes. But if these people truly think like they post, then we have a huge issue on our hand.... Probably bigger than ant Coronavirus situation. That situation is "complete long term dependency"
Do you truly think some of them are gonna get 1,200 tacos?
Load More Replies...Go blow Putin then. You seem craven enough for his tastes.
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