Multiple Banks Have Reported Outages As People Check For Coronavirus Stimulus Checks (cnet.com) 86
Chase, Capital One, PNC Bank and others across the U.S. have reported outages with online and mobile banking Wednesday -- the same day the coronavirus IRS stimulus checks are expected to hit bank accounts of those eligible. CNET reports: Banks including Chase, Capital One, PNC Bank, US Bank and Navy Federal, as well as the app Cash App have all reported outages or access issues on Twitter support pages or their websites. Web outage monitoring site Down Detector also shows a spike in outages for these and other online banking services. Over 80 million Americans who have set up direct deposit with the IRS are expected to receive their coronavirus stimulus payments of up to $1,200 by the end of the day. Everyone else will get their check in the mail.
Can you imagine... (Score:4, Interesting)
This is just another one of those... can you imagine if-Obama-had-done-this moment. You could fill a book with these acts that if Obama had done or said them the average conservative would have called for armed revolution. I don't get it why people are so forgiving of the outrageous actions and comments by Trump. I say this as a conservative.
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The official democratic party stance is that they'll do their official investigation of how coronavirus was handled after the election.
You see, they're not very good at being a political party.
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If only they'd tried to impeach him for one of the numerous unequivocally awful things he did, and beaten the drum about Iran or embezzling in the inauguration, they could have actually done some damage to trump and the republicans in the public consciousness. Instead all they did was circle the wagons to protect their grift, and Trump came out of it more popular than he went in.
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This is just another one of those... can you imagine if-Obama-had-done-this moment. You could fill a book with these acts that if Obama had done or said them the average conservative would have called for armed revolution. I don't get it why people are so forgiving of the outrageous actions and comments by Trump. I say this as a conservative.
First off, the claim that the checks were delayed is utter bullshit. From what I understand, his name is on the memo line. No matter how antiquated the system is, how fucking hard is it to modify the program to print a memo line? I seriously doubt it overrides the MSM's desire to slam the shit out of Trump at every turn, which is what they're doing as usual.
Secondly, as an American who doesn't want to fucking hear it with worthless politics, stop with the if-Obama-had-done-this crap. How quickly we forg
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You think the feds just have millions of checks ready to go? No they have to be printed.
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You think the feds just have millions of checks ready to go? No they have to be printed.
You think the feds just installed that printing press yesterday? No, they've been printing these same type of checks to these same people who cannot (or refuse) to join the modern (direct deposit) banking system for decades.
That same system literally just got done doing this whole printing thing within the last few weeks (represented by millions of tax refund checks), and this same system prints millions of checks every month (as represented by the Social Security check fans who still believe direct deposit is a violation of their religion).
Stop pretending the ones with the money aren't continuing to make the usual "checks in the mail" excuses because of greed.
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You think the feds just have millions of checks ready to go? No they have to be printed.
Hey - they had better be direct depositing because pandemic. So, I shouldn't need to look at Cheeto's signature on my check.
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First off, the claim that the checks were delayed is utter bullshit. From what I understand, his name is on the memo line. No matter how antiquated the system is, how fucking hard is it to modify the program to print a memo line? I seriously doubt it overrides the MSM's desire to slam the shit out of Trump at every turn, which is what they're doing as usual.
His signature shouldn't even be anywhere on the checks. Nevertheless some Senior IRS officials had previously raised concerns about a delay in mailing out checks for technical reasons of getting his name on the checks as it is non-standard.
Secondly, as an American who doesn't want to fucking hear it with worthless politics, stop with the if-Obama-had-done-this crap. How quickly we forget the infamous Obamaphone program, or the doubling+ of our national debt during his tenure. NO President in modern history has been without an obscene level of self-worth. You can't bullshit your way into that job without it.
LOL you are slamming Obama for the deficit! Really? Trump will completely outdo Obama in this category.
Here is the trend of deficit spending... Notice the downtrend and then the upward trend. And wait, just wait until the bar for 2020 which will tower over all else.
https: [tinyurl.com]
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First off, the claim that the checks were delayed is utter bullshit. From what I understand, his name is on the memo line. No matter how antiquated the system is, how fucking hard is it to modify the program to print a memo line? I seriously doubt it overrides the MSM's desire to slam the shit out of Trump at every turn, which is what they're doing as usual.
His signature shouldn't even be anywhere on the checks. Nevertheless some Senior IRS officials had previously raised concerns about a delay in mailing out checks for technical reasons of getting his name on the checks as it is non-standard.
And until you can prove that his request actually caused delays or get anyone to not use the words "may be" or "allegedly" when talking about this, my point stands. This is nothing more than another shitty slam against a Republican president by the bought-and-paid-for MSM. What else is new...
Secondly, as an American who doesn't want to fucking hear it with worthless politics, stop with the if-Obama-had-done-this crap. How quickly we forget the infamous Obamaphone program, or the doubling+ of our national debt during his tenure. NO President in modern history has been without an obscene level of self-worth. You can't bullshit your way into that job without it.
LOL you are slamming Obama for the deficit! Really? Trump will completely outdo Obama in this category.
Yes, and every president from this point forward will make that dumpster fire even bigger. Again, my point stands. Obama was far from innocent when it came to spending, because he also had to spend his way out of a
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Yes, and every president from this point forward will make that dumpster fire even bigger. Again, my point stands. Obama was far from innocent when it came to spending, because he also had to spend his way out of a recession.
Actually the original point stands. You excuse Trump for things that would make you go wild if Obama had done them. You out-of-blue accused Obama of increasing the deficit. Totally ignoring that Trump was on track to completely outdo Obama even before COVID-19. AND Trump wasn't spending to steer us out of a recession. Trump was running massive deficits in good economic times! But you ignore that completely and overlook what Trump is doing. Thanks for making the original point so well. Cultism is the only ex
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Yes, and every president from this point forward will make that dumpster fire even bigger. Again, my point stands. Obama was far from innocent when it came to spending, because he also had to spend his way out of a recession.
Actually the original point stands. You excuse Trump for things that would make you go wild if Obama had done them. You out-of-blue accused Obama of increasing the deficit. Totally ignoring that Trump was on track to completely outdo Obama even before COVID-19. AND Trump wasn't spending to steer us out of a recession. Trump was running massive deficits in good economic times! But you ignore that completely and overlook what Trump is doing. Thanks for making the original point so well. Cultism is the only explanation.
When I say statements like "NO president in modern history" why in the hell do you think I'm defending Trump here? Far from it. I'm defending truth. If Obama wanted to sign every check I would be defending that action too if it was actually proven that no delays were caused by it, and the media was selling clickbait again. And I said Obama increased the national debt (started his term at 8 trillion, ended at more than double that), which is again a factual statement based in simple math, not buried in s
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You defend him like a battered spouse would.
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Are you serious? Modify a government system that has been in place for decades in a few minutes?
Obviously this is the part where I have to painfully explain to you that same government system just got done printing millions of tax refund checks to the same people needing checks now. This is also the same system that is designed to handle tens of thousands of additional checks every month, because it's also responsible for handling every citizen who qualifies for a Social Security check.
In other words, stop making excuses or believing them. This is an entire country we're talking about as far as impa
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You'll no doubt jizz yourself with glee when you see His Mighty Signature on your socialist handout... what's a couple days to a True Trumpling. It's a message, from Dear Leader!
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I don't get it why people are so forgiving of the outrageous actions and comments by Trump.
Probably because time and time again the outrage has been proven to be lies by the media. For example the alleged delay in the post you were replying to does not exist: https://twitter.com/TreasurySp... [twitter.com]
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Re:I'll be getting a paper one (Score:4, Informative)
According to Newsweek [newsweek.com]:
"Economic Impact Payment checks are scheduled to go out on time and exactly as planned—there is absolutely no delay whatsoever," a Treasury spokeswoman told Newsweek in a statement. "In fact, we expect the first checks to be in the mail early next week which is well in advance of when the first checks went out in 2008 and well in advance of initial estimates."
Get My Payment direct link (Score:4, Informative)
https://www.irs.gov/coronaviru... [irs.gov]
Update your Direct Deposit info
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If you do not make enough to file, you should definitely be eligible.
But it seems only those putting a direct deposit account on this last IRS (federal) tax return get the stimulus as direct deposit.
My mother has owed on her federal a couple years so naturally didn't provide direct deposit info, but does get SSA on direct deposit.
The SSA went in today but not the IRS stimulus.
I would guess that if the IRS link didn't let you update your info, what they have for SSA won't be used and they will send you a che
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If you do not make enough to file, you should definitely be eligible.
For direct deposit, sure, but the word on the grape vine is that those who didn't file won't get shit.
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For direct deposit, sure, but the word on the grape vine is that those who didn't file won't get shit.
I was using official info from https://www.irs.gov/coronavirus/non-filers-enter-payment-info-here [irs.gov]
Officially if you are on SSA you qualify, and if you didn't file taxes with direct deposit info you should by default get a check, otherwise you are to use the direct deposit update link to get it that way.
I'm not saying your rumor isn't going to turn out true, but until it does I personally don't feel right repeating it.
Who is donating? (Score:2)
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You shouldn't donate it (Score:2)
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I have no idea what you are trying to say, except perhaps some anger that the money might go to homeless. If he donates his check to a charity, he is clearly saying "whatever the charity wants to buy is the part of the economy that is important to me". Also I think you way underestimate how hard it is to donate food.
Re: You shouldn't donate it (Score:2)
First rule of charity: if you're not providing skilled labor or cash, you're more interested looking charitable than you are with helping people. Giving food is about the worst possible way to help out. Giving clothes comes right after that.
If you think you know what poor people need, stop for a moment, pull your head out your ass, and write a check.
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Who is donating the Coronavirus stimulus checks?
My tenants are probably donating theirs to the Lexus dealer so they have have another new car to get repo'd in a few months. They've gone through three in the last year and a half and complain they have a hard time making rent.
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Saying "tax credit" doesn't magically make money (Score:2)
They say "money doesn't grow in trees". In fact money doesn't grow in Congress. Saying "tax credit" doesn't make $2 trillion dollars appear. In fact, the government has decided that now is a good time for us *borrow* a shit-ton of money and they borrowed $2.4 trillion on our behalf.
We borrowed $2.4 trillion and mailed some of it out.
Whether we call it "tax credit" or "purple lollipop" doesn't really change anything. There are about 130 million households in the United States. Those 130 million household
Even the IRS web site is non-functional (Score:2)
According to multiple news reports, you are able to check the status of your payment at this IRS webpage. [irs.gov] I have tried all day. I tried with my SSN, I tried with my wife's. Each time all that I received was:
According to information that we have on file, we cannot determine your eligibility for a payment at this time.
For more information on the eligibility rules, see our Frequently Asked Questions page. [irs.gov]
Within that FAQ, it includes the following information:
If you filed your 2018 or 2019 tax return and it ha
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I've had the exact same experience.
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We haven't filed 2019 yet but got our direct deposit today. They are supposedly doing it by reverse income (so lowest income first) and I can anecdotally confirm this: my single sister got hers yesterday while my wife and I joint file. So that could explain your delay.
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Not thinking that's entirely the case. My wife and I filed our 2019 jointly in January, and got our stimulus today. My single sister and single nephew, who have not filed their 2019s yet, have not yet received their checks to my knowledge.
Parents are on SSA and pensions, filed their taxes yesterday, and paid, by direct withdrawal. I'm a shade confused on how they're going to get their check. On the one hand, the IRS has their banking info, (to make the withdrawal for the tax payment,) but because they didn'
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Just check your bank account. There is $2400 pending right now.
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Mine landed this morning, but like the story says, my bank had a temporary outage as everybody tried to log in at the same time. But it works fine now.
Election? (Score:2)
Putting the name of a Candidate in an election year on government bailout checks must surely be in violation of every decent election laws, I mean some countries forbid even giving out free water or _any_ food, even a cookie, in their laws.
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Sweeping what under the rug? The FBI getting those warrants to investigate very real and proven Russian influence in the election
Influences, it turns out, to help Ms. Clinton. And the FBI knew all the stuff about President Trump was false well before the election [justthenews.com]. Don't let your hate blind you to actual fraud and illegal actions by your Government - unless you want to be ruled, rather than be a citizen.
The same FBI concocted an October surprise to sink the Clinton campaign if you remember, suddenly announcing they had emails they had to investigate from the Clinton email server without any reason to suppose those emails contained anything dubious at all
Given that Comey AGAIN said he didn't see anything wrong (even though the truth is opposite what he claimed [cnbc.com]), it was done to try to spike continuing noise about Clinton's illegal actions. It was an attempt to run interference to sa
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Hey I don't like Trump either, but I actually don't see any kind of violation here. I believe Bush put his name on his refund checks as well.
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You are right I could not find a really similar example from any Democrat. But it just seems like saying "Trump can't sign anything while running for re-election" which is silly, that would mean he could not sign any laws or executive orders. Though that might be a good thing, it is obviously not how the government was intended to work.
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He is also the President, whether you choose to accept it or not.
This is a grant of the American People (Score:2)
This is taxpayer money; anyone who receives a check should deposit it, without shame....irregardless of their opinion of the current president or Congress. Hundreds of millions of people are paying for these checks to go out, hundreds of elected officials approved it, and tens of thousands of civil servants are making it happen.
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Re:ANyone who accepts this payoff check is a TRAIT (Score:4, Funny)
How are you stopping the direct deposit?
If you're getting a check, would you consider signing it over to me in exchange for $100 of my money, not the President's?
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If you'd ever read the constitution, you'd know that only congress can control the purse-strings or pass laws to send people checks. And if you'd read the news, you'd know this is a from a law passed by congress. Just because the president puts his name on it doesn't mean it's something he did.
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Guys this is almost certainly a troll/joke. Stop answering as though he is serious.
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I'm sick of racist trump supporters like you. What are you going to do, buy more KKK hoods with your blood money?
JOE BIDEN 2020
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Trump has done just about everything wrong. But stimulating the economy during a depression is not one thing I'd criticise him for, and honestly I'd criticise him about literally everything. As a non-American I still can't figure out how you idiots voted him into office.
Oh wait. Yeah his stimulus is too small and too late and should have come sooner. Phew. I did get a criticism in.
Payments are supposed to *start* today (Score:1)
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Digital Credit Union - got it on the 13th.
( DCU is the last remaining part of the once great Digital Equipment Corporation - so their servers never go down and their website is as easy to navigate as VMS )
Hits home (Score:1)
A half hour ago my wife asked me to check.
A check? More like a loan (Score:3)
Your going to pay for the money you get from the government in some way shape or form, its more like a loan from the future, facilitated by the government. If the majority of Americans had an emergency fund and weren't living paycheck to paycheck, we wouldn't have to do stuff like this.
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That's not how stimulus works. It's a loan from the future paid for by a future that is made possible by the loan. Think of it as getting a loan for buying a delivery truck so you can do deliveries and make money.
Even when you're not living paycheck to paycheck such stimulus payments are still necessary for the economy. These paychecks aren't to keep people afloat, they are for people to spend, directly contributing to GDP and bolstering the economy, preventing losses in jobs, companies, and keeping economi
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Jesus Christ, I get enough fucking alerts as it iss without adding another dozen daily alerts for bank usage. It's 2020, your bank's fraud prevention should be working.
Meanwhile physical checks have been delayed (Score:3)
Stressful time for the back office at banks (Score:2)
What century are we living in? (Score:2)
I understand the concept and have probably even seen one when I was a kid in early 90-ies, but I have never in my life actually used one, why would anyone need to?
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What? Oh, you mean "Cheques". (Score:2)
Great work, Webster. Let's simplify the language by making completely unrelated words have the same spelling. Because that's never caused any confusion before has it? Or is that a leading question - or is it a question about putting lead on (but not on your dog)?
I won't be getting one (Score:2)
As a single person, I apparently make too much to get a check. If I were married, not only would I be getting one, but I (and my theoretical wife) would be getting twice as much. Of course, if I were married (and nothing in my income changed), my 2019 taxes would have been several thousands of dollars less, as well.
I guess on the bright side, I'm still employed and healthy and well off enough to not need a stimulus check. But it is depressing when the government gives my tax money to lots of other people