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In reply to the discussion: Rs want to pay 70% of earnings for unemployed. Did they think this through? [View all]Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)21. Reps in Congress are totally tone deaf on this
They have no idea since close to none of them have held a real job in decades, making ends meet on a few hundred dollars a week is a completely foreign concept to them.
50 million people lost their jobs! I don't care what the UE rate says it is, most of those people are out of work and will continue to be out of work. Going after that $600 is a big political mistake because it effects millions of people who are swing voters. And the economy is going to collapse without that $600 a week right now.
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Rs want to pay 70% of earnings for unemployed. Did they think this through? [View all]
stopbush
Jul 2020
OP
Mnuchin says GOP plan for unemployment extension will be based on '70% wage replacement'
MrsCoffee
Jul 2020
#4
Could there be a cap, like there was a ceiling for people to receive stimulus checks? nt
Mike 03
Jul 2020
#5
But should any level of earner be made to suffer due to tRump's massive fuck up?
stopbush
Jul 2020
#32
I agree that this might not be what they intended. But it is a more equitable solution
Buckeyeblue
Jul 2020
#7
Yes it is. The biggest thing is to get Bill's paid and to get money flowing to businesses.
Buckeyeblue
Jul 2020
#20
We're in the same boat. My CA weekly benefit is only $167 as I filed off a 1099.
stopbush
Jul 2020
#13
By several accounts it will take states 6-20 weeks to figure, program, and distribute at 70%
underpants
Jul 2020
#17