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    1. Dave Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel Feb 19

      Dave Weigel Retweeted Scott Wong

      Lots of signs that McConnell and Scalise are re-running the 2009 play - polarize opposition to the bill, reap benefits if economy doesn't bounce back. But Dems learned their lessons from 2009, too - that's why their bill is a free money tree.https://twitter.com/scottwongDC/status/1362797636286361604 …

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      Scott WongVerified account @scottwongDC
      House GOP Leadership recommending a NO vote on Biden COVID relief package, which comes to floor next week. Scalise team mockingly calling the legislation the "Pelosi’s Payoff to Progressives Act" pic.twitter.com/PtT2RtJAuY
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      Dave Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel Feb 19

      For example, the 2009 stimulus included nearly-invisible tax cuts (like the payroll tax cut), which Ds included in part to win R support. Rs voted against it, paid no price, bc voters didn't notice the tax cut. This year: All direct spending, no gimmicky tax cut.

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        1. Dave Weigel‏Verified account @daveweigel Feb 19

          My theory about direct payments is that Democrats, who unlike Republicans care what the media thinks, were so salty about Bush's 2001 tax rebates that they worried about looking hypocritical if they mailed Obamabucks.

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        1. Omeed Firouzi‏ @OmeedFirouzi Feb 19
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          The 2009 stimulus, the Recovery Act, did not include the payroll tax cut. It included the Making Work Pay credit, which was claimable on your tax return. The two-year payroll tax holiday didn’t come to fruition until the Obama/McConnell tax cut deal of December 2010.

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        1. Eliot‏ @EliotTheAnxious Feb 19
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          A lesson was learned (hopefully) from the effectiveness of just getting Trump's signature on those first checks.

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        1. Mike‏ @Antidote4BS Feb 19
          Replying to @daveweigel

          Always thought that the 2009 stimulus would have been more effective and more politically devastating to GOP obstinance, if the proposal centered around (say) a $50K standard deduction. Would have been fun...

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        1. $3.50‏ @zLochnerMonster Feb 19
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          ~1/3 of the whole ARRA was tax cuts. Wasn't it one of the biggest tax cuts in history?

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