I can't stop thinking about the federal legislative response to the pandemic. It's almost tailor-made to build up as much resentment and antagonism as possible. Consider the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance from the CARES act. It adds a flat $600 per week from the feds, so long as a person claims at least $1 in state unemployment. Generally speaking, state unemployment insurance pays about 50% of what you used to earn (usually there's an upper statutory limit). So going by the 50% figure, this means that anyone that made less than $62k a year is now
Maximizing Resentment Through the CARES Act
Maximizing Resentment Through the CARES Act
Maximizing Resentment Through the CARES Act
I can't stop thinking about the federal legislative response to the pandemic. It's almost tailor-made to build up as much resentment and antagonism as possible. Consider the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance from the CARES act. It adds a flat $600 per week from the feds, so long as a person claims at least $1 in state unemployment. Generally speaking, state unemployment insurance pays about 50% of what you used to earn (usually there's an upper statutory limit). So going by the 50% figure, this means that anyone that made less than $62k a year is now