Donate local IMO. Food backs/pantries/delivery services for the elderly etc. Not sure what's in your neck of the woods but I've donated to a handful of local food banks and shelters. I usually prefer to go with the more local groups, cuts out the national middle-man in many instances and makes sure more of the money is going towards the efforts rather than administrative costs.
Honestly, even if they were a GOP invention, the idea of business loans that were forgiven if you stayed open seems to have mostly worked out. Yeah, we caught some people with their hand in the cookie jar, but the idea of "you can only keep the money if you stay open and employ people" seems like it helped you and people like you.
Very Online pundits, stay golden.
Does anyone even read past the first bullet point anymore? Let alone the lede.
I carefully read President-elect Biden’s America Rescue Plan. It’s full of many things I’ve been fighting for: Hazard pay. Rent and utility assistance. An eviction moratorium. Extended and expanded unemployment. Paid leave. A $15 minimum wage. An OSHA ETS. And lots, lots more.
$1.9 trillion in total proposals
$400 billion to fighting the public health crisis, including through a national vaccination program, scaling up testing and contact tracing and providing paid sick leave
$1 trillion in direct aid to struggling families by increasing stimulus checks to $2,000
$440 billion to small-businesses, local communities and transit systems
Raising the Federal Minimum Wage to $15 is a pretty boss move in a relief bill
This whole saga has been kinda sad. The Online Left is so used to being stonewalled by the Democratic establishment that, when Democrats actually agree to their requests, they have to invent new controversies to get everyone mad about.
BAsically people channeling their conservative step-dad, see Tball trophies.
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They are not really leftist... it’s contrarians... there are people who think that there is virtue in going against the norm, regardless of what that curve away from the norm means. There is a reason why fascist, the occult and just about every segment of the brain dead media cults that think they are the matrix... call people who see through their shit... normies...
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Hot Take: Trump supporters are not conservative either... there is an overlap with Twitter politicking.
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that 1400 thing is naughty tho lol
but otherwise 15 bucks an hour, getting rid of tipping as a 'wage' and making llc's put real names down (still lots of fuckery there tho) is a good thing.
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/53...st-relief-bill
Shit, Dan Crenshaw is saying that they already passed the Biden stimulus plan?
Can anyone confirm if he's correct and Biden is just a copycat plagiarist or if his plan actually considerably expands the funding and benefits compared to the last stimulus?
I fully expect progressives to keep pushing for things we all know aren't likely to happen. That's perfectly fine, though. They may get some of what they want. It doesn't mean they hate each other and are at war.
Um...this appears to be crazy talk. Either
1) the last stimulus package elapsed and Biden wants a new one, in which case, Crenshaw is insane, or
2) the last stimulus package somehow had $15/hr minimum wage and nobody posted it in several thousand pages of threads, plus, Crenshaw was the only one who noticed we already had it
The entire concept is crazy.
"Hey it's 2020, let's take a census"
"Whoa whoa whoa! We did that in 2010! Stop copycatting yoo gaiz!"
So...only 1400 dollars? Lololol all the people who thought the empty leftist rhetoric was genuine allowing yourselves to forget that the democrats are a right-wing party... what did you think would happen? Biden n Harris are also the closest you get to the republicans too...bernie sanders got cheated, AGAIN, yet most of you chose to keep silent, well, nobody to blame but yourselves...if you let corporatist dems decide the course for you..enjoy four years of broken promises..
Did Trump want to give everyone 2k or more? Ofc not, but the deal gets better when you try one up the opposition in favor to get the public on your side. the LAST THING you want are people that are similar to the opposition, they are the most likely to vote similar to the opposition, they don't feel the pressure to one up the opposition since they know whoever wins, the politics stay the same. But with Trump afraid of loosing, he'll be desperate to offer a sweeter deal than he wants to...you needed someone like Bernie being suspicious n making sure the people get what they need, instead you chose the people most likely to side with republicans who are relieved Bernie didn't get in n they can save money..it's common fucking sense, how can people be so gullible?..
Now you will get four republican years dressed up as democrat..
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Dog, the right wing party didn't even want to give folks $600...and this includes a $15 federal minimum wage.
So are we going to have 4 years of Republicans pretending to be cosplay leftists or something? Because fuck, it seems like we just had that and it was pretty fuckin boring.
imho:
On the face of it, bringing $2k down to $1400 is definitely a political error.
However, from what I read, basically the bill is more "fight the virus" rather than economic stimulus. Or, in other words, it's pretty close to a stripped down bill from a stimulus standpoint.
The part I DO like is: It could be argued that Biden attached essential virus prevention provisions and a reduction of the stimulus from $2k to $1400 in order to get the minimum wage raised to $15 an hour. Raising someone's wages from $8 an hour to $15 an hour is like a $14,000 stimulus check every year. And this really is getting money to people who really need it.
Anecdotal comments: I know quite a few people that are in their early 20s that are making less than $15 an hour. Each of these people would really be helped by such a raise. And their additional spending really would open up a lot more jobs for others. I also heard an offhand comment that tips would no longer be usable in reducing the wages of waitresses, waiters, and others. This also would be quite helpful if true.
It also expands unemployment and increases it by 400$...
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Which party passed it?
I got infracted for say that last week... just a heads up... this does count as trolling. Not complaining, just a heads up...
Folly and fakery have always been with us... but it has never before been as dangerous as it is now, never in history have we been able to afford it less. - Isaac Asimov
Every damn thing you do in this life, you pay for. - Edith Piaf
The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. - Orwell
No amount of belief makes something a fact. - James Randi
People should get stimulus help until most of the population is vaccinated at the very least. Looks like that will be the case in one form or another.