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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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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Does the weak Cheeto represent the poor leadership of the Orange Cheeto in the White House?

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"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."

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They're actually putting his name on the checks. He wants people to think they're from him. It's like the postcard with "Donald Trump's Coronavirrus Tips" a couple of weeks ago. What an asshat.

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Kayleigh Cameron
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Trump agreed to checks because it’s going to boost the economy. Anyone who believes they did this out of the kindness of their hearts needs a reality check lol. If $1200 would sway your vote, do us a favor and DON’T VOTE.

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Hans
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And your children will need to pay it back! Good offer, eh?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that $1,200 wouldn't even cover the cost of an ambulance ride.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah...trump only issued these checks to get voted......and the only thing that made him do it is greediness,,,,,,heck he even is printing his name on it

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John Klaine
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And he had no problem giving his wealthy supporters big tax breaks, millions of dollars worth.

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James Wood
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

*government completely fumbles pandemic response* Ricky: "I don't wanna say atoadaso... But I f****n atoadaso."

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Sharon Hahn
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And now they are talking about sending money overseas to help them, too! Where is all this money coming from - just printing more doesn't mean we actually can back it up!

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Kate Johnson
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If the military budget was lowered, there would be enough money to make us all millionaires... there's money stashed all over the Federal government.

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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I just got my social security check but not the stimulus..now the irs has my social security direct deposit info so why not deposit the stimulus?? The system is terrible..if anyone votes for the narsasistic lying punk in November you should really see a shrink..good luck

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Elizabeth VanDyke
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

tRUMP managed to sneak in a little tax break for the rich folks. Dems missed it!

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Blame china you morons, not the president!

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If you want job security, learn something useful. Stop asking the job market to adapt to your needs, it's not going to work.

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You want job security from the government? How on earth do you figure that works? Perhaps if you bought less big screen tvs and didn't put vacations on credit cards you'd have the money to tide you over.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And if you didn't open up your gaping food-hole you'd have respect... but people like you aren't worth wasting time on. Go... die for your cheap con-artist and his b******t. He doesn't give a f**k about you, so why should we?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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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.

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"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.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I recommend coming to Norway. Here tax authorities help you get a higher tax return. Quite a shock if you paid taxes before in another country...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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

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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.

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"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.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

now they get to tell people "its in the mail" instead of hearing it for years

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wish that the majority of the $2T package was for health care and not for giant corporations.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Many banking apps have a feature that lets you set a notification for any deposits...

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

neither give me a desktop. no more Macs after Catalina. I am through with the Mac.

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