Corona welfare is on steroids???

Great post blah. Pandemic in election year is even worse. Why work if I can make same/more by not working? Too bad economics is not required class in high schools.

It is sad to live in the failing years of a former great nation. This is similar to the Patriots last year. Used to be great; now mediocre; soon to have a fork ....

Yeah my relatives and friends from the former USSR say America is becoming very similar to communist Russia lately.

Yeah my nephew is currently laid off and making more money as a result. He normally earns $19.75 so a little under $800 weekly. When he first got laid off in mid-March he started getting $400/week from the State of Ohio but quickly had an additional $600 added via the federal government bringing him up to $1000/week. His wife got laid off at the beginning of April and had a similar increase as a result.

After talking to him this weekend he said that between the two of them getting laid off and the stimulus checks they are actually up almost $5k from where they would have been over the past 6 weeks. Strange times indeed.

Totally the fault of the of the Democrats. Before the coronavirus relief package was passed, the Republicans tried to cap the unemployment benefits to no more than what someone was making before being laid off or reduced in hours so they would have an incentive to go back to work when conditions allowed. The Democrats refused and the Republicans caved in order to get the bill passed. The Democrats are insistent on trying to turn the US into a utopia where the government provides everything for everyone, like Venezuela or North Korea.

Can we talk about how this person is still working but is receiving $600 a week unemployment? They only lost 16 hrs a week at work. And I thought unemployment was more a thing for someone who was laid off?? This is beyond ridiculous. And yeah unemployment should be less than someone's wages I agree.

Should I feel bad for texting them some shit about bottom feeders on welfare voting etc etc etc

I mean they are a friend but damn I can be a real bitch.

“ Should I feel bad for texting them some shit about bottom feeders on welfare voting etc etc etc”
Well, that may have been a little harsh. I mean, who wouldn’t take an extra $600 per month of free money after being laid off or having hours reduced? But I understand exactly where you’re coming from. Again, you can than the economic geniuses in the Democratic Party for this craziness.

Democrats look in their own backyards and saw that their voters were dying so they wanted to buy some more votes with taxpayer money.

Preach it blahblah.

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^^^^ Get in line...

Coming out of CoVid, there is an opportunity to reinvent this country. China. Government bureaucrats. Urban mega cities. Congress. There is so much that obviously is broken.

Will we fix it ? I’m not optimistic but it’s the best shot we’ve had for decades.

—>America is becoming very similar to communist Russia lately.

Except for dictatorship, secret police, show trials, and gulag labor camps. But corruption shortages of goods in stores (though pandemic related), yes.

^corruption *and shortages

"Except for dictatorship, secret police, show trials, and gulag labor camps." The Dems are working on it. Just give them a little time.

@blahblah, if you’re an independent contractor, consider getting yourself some of that PPP money but apply quick cuz it’s gonna dry out (again) soon. That may go against the grain of your feelings as expressed in this post, but the $ is there and as IC you’re eligible, might as well get some - others sure are

Some people are so bereft of intelligence their brain is a barren wasteland; like a desert. Their mind numblingly stupid comments are like the scrub that populates such a barren westeland. Full employment, with everyone working at Mickey d's impresses these stupid people, but not thinking people; A stock market artificially propelled to all time highs by the Federal reserve gaming the system impresses stupid people, but not thinking people; being energy self-sufficient, like Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iarn and Venezuela is impressive to short term thinkers, who are stupid people, but not to thinking people; living with a spouse of 30 years in a beautiful suburb of Boston and having sex while angry people moiuth off in mastubatory frustration is what thinking people do. The stupid person? They make comments like we will remain the strongest, richest, country in the world, without wondering if that just means that we simply drown last on the sinking boat called planet earth. Playing 18 tomorrow; mowing the lawn today; not working this week ... unemployment ...thank you taxpayers.

Pay no attention to DScrub. He is too fixated on sticking children's toys in guy's butts to have any coherent thoughts. https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=4487

I am just perturbed because the best tee time I could get today was 5:42 so its nine holes when all I really want is .... one.

If you were not such a whiny blowhard you'd know that we're avid skiers and skiers like snow retard. Living in the south sucks and yup I used to live in Florida, which sucks less than the rest of the area, yet still sucks. I am sorry you're a failure and afraid of getting old. You have my pity. Just to cheer you up desert, on the way back from the Post Office I was able to pick up my dry cleaning which I left on Saint Patrick's day. What a wonderful day. Now I am going to water my grass seed ( we decided to not line the new walkway with flowers) have lunch and go play nine. You will be doing ........ cool; have fun.

I posted before I spent my stimulus check on my brother's cobra. Your anger clouds your memory and causes impotence, which causes anger, which causes impotence, which causes anger,,,,,,,,

This is the nanny state gone berserk. How the hell are we ever going to close out our national debt to China is we do not stop deficit spending. This is a blatant gambit by the democrat party to buy the support of those who vote for a living, as oppose to those who work for a living.

^ And all of this spending is presided over by your favorite president

Yes Desert you're "rich" ; Trump is handsome; Obama was born in America; Ted Kennedy didn't murder Mary Jo Kopechne; the Astros didn't steal signs; Elizabeth Warren is native american; being called a scrub is complimentary; you're "rich"; lol

I like the way you think Blah. I see no harm in calling a person out when they are taking in more from unemployment - than they would normally get paid.

This is the sad truth about certain pay ranges where it pays more to work less (or to not work at all).

Let me add my name to the list of guys who have a new favorite dancer!

Can’t make her favorite dancer unless I see a picture. Still scarred from some of those lady-boy pics that Juice posted

I'm a leftist but I feel like that extra 600 a week is too generous. Kinda feels like politically it wasn't a good look to try to trim it to 400 or 500.

It's slightly perverse that some grocery store workers are making less than their friends who are on unemployment.

I know part of the goal was just to get cash into the economy and help those in need. Help landlords keep getting paid so they can keep paying handymen and property managers and gardeners. But they overshot a little for how much

The lower wage workers who lost their jobs are benefiting from the extra $600 per week. However, the $600 was needed to help keep the middle class who lost their jobs afloat for a few months. The housing market is vital for the economy to recover.

I assumed the point was to bribe people to take the money, enjoy themselves, and follow stay-at-home. Heck, maybe even create a whole group of people who now have self-interest to passionately pressure others to stay at home and save a life. And reduce the number of would-be protestors.

Oh, and elections are coming up soon. Just like gobstop said.

It will be interesting to see what happens in the housing market post-CoVid. AirBnB homes will be sold or converted to conventional rentals. Cities that rely on tourism, like Las Vegas, Honolulu, and Orlando will be decimated. Families will flee urban centers for the suburbs. Cities that rely on mass transit will fare worse than those where the car is king. States like Illinois, New York, and California will try and squeeze more tax dollars out of the struggling middle class, leading to an exodus. Massive realignment.

A lot of housing markets were overheated pre covid. It's going to be crazy whenever the government starts letting banks foreclose again.

Doesn't bother me how much extra they are currently receiving. They are going to need it as once the unemployment runs out, there are going to be a lot less jobs available and those that are will also be low paying ones. Always will be people complaining about how much money someone else makes. Better to focus on taking care of one's own business.

In many cases, the lay offs resulted in lost medical insurance. Now that must be paid fully by the unemployed or risk not getting insured. The extra $600 will be taxable wages next tax year, but individual insurance payments won't be enough to deduct. MIDDLE CLASS STILL GETTING SCREWED !!!!
Luckily, old farts like me have other income and insurance sources.

I'm a conservative on most things - def prefer smaller vs bigger government - having said this, I am not against helping those in need, as I assume most people aren't against helping those in need either; problem is more often than not many people milk the system.

w.r.t. the specific case of a part-timer receiving unemployment benefits, perhaps under normal circumstances where the person could find another part-time job to pick up the slack I could see them not qualifying for unemployment, but under the current circumstance I feel they should get it - many people, particularly lower-wage workers, often live paycheck-to-paycheck w/ not much slack in their finances - many a person losing half their hours/income b/c of Covid-19, under these current circumstances is gonna have almost as hard a time making-it as someone that is fully unemployed - so under these circumstances those having lost half their income I do support them getting assistance.

w.r.t. the overall assistance being given - I had somewhat heard there was disagreement b/w the Reps and Dems but not sure what the exact differences were - it seemed to me that the federal-government was trying to put money into people's hands in part to avoid the economy from coming to a complete/bigger halt (similar to the great recession where the feds seemed to pump a lot of $$$ into the economy) - thus my thoughts for the generous benefits were along the line of the government trying to keep the economy moving.

w.r.t. whether the government is providing too-many benefits, I guess there can be genuine financial-reasons, and perhaps not-so-genuine political-reasons - as I previously mentioned, one reason for the more-than-usual generous benefits could be trying to keep the economy going by putting $$$ into people's hands - another things is that state-benefits are not that big and some states have pretty-poor benefits so the extra federal benefit was needed to help keep people, and the economy, afloat.

I assume one political angle could be the Dems having been kicking around the idea for a while now of UBI, and them seeing this as a partial-version of it?

mmm I am not gonna spill all my friend's biz on here, but let's just say, no, I have zero sympathy. Having known this person for a while, they are just a complete fuck up and I am still only somewhat friends because of having a history or w/e. So basically we need welfare to lift up people who are all of these things: phenomenally stupid in the raw intelligence and/or IQ department, too lazy to actually have job where they do any physical or mental work, and so unambitious to not aggressively try and move up the chain or start their own biz or w/e. Idk man does America really need these kinds of people that are always gonna have to be subsidized in some way either by government or relatives that feel sorry for them and are too kindhearted to quit doling out support $$$ ?

^ Idk I may have my flaws, but I would like to say I am not a complete drain on society nor on my family.

Oh and I am not against welfare. I think we should have a safety net and something for the disabled or people that are like too old and frail to work or temporarily down on their luck... but at some point this just gets stupid. My friend has like 20 years of work exp (yes they are older than me) with zero resume gaps yet only makes $1 above our min wage. I just don't even get it. So we should subsidize morons because they are able to vote for their subsidizer?

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I retract my earlier comment. Blah is now my favorite dancer