The Bush administration already did it.
Twice.
I was only 19 in 2001 and a dependent, but I received money (around $600, I think? Might have been more) in my bank account via direct deposit in 2008. They have the means to pull this off.
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Twice.
I was only 19 in 2001 and a dependent, but I received money (around $600, I think? Might have been more) in my bank account via direct deposit in 2008. They have the means to pull this off.
This past month has REALLY been making it obvious how "old" mid-30s already is, when you have a whole ton of people who literally have no recollection of the 05->08 period in US history.
Yep I feel like the left has been screaming about how dangerous someone like Tom cotton will be if the dem party doesn't move back leftwards for years. 😞
Yeah, it's genuinely frightening watching how we're all just sprinting towards it. Trump's sheer ineffectiveness in his fascism is his only saving grace, but we get one chance to correct course after his term, and if it's with someone like Biden, whose incrementalist reforms will truly change none of the structural problems of our society, nor will stake out certain positions as being solely associated with the Democratic Party, a true fascist will come along soon after him with a much more finely tuned message and wipe the floor with the Democrats. Cotton is 100% that guy and it scares the shit out of me. But onward centrism marches, regardless, blind to what the future brings and how to avoid it.
When the spectrum has been shifted so far to the right, the old right appears moderate or even left at times.
So many people I know are terrified about their income right now that this is just a no brainer.
Yeah, in all seriousness though, there's a pretty decent chance that my job is gonna shut down thus fucking me over financially. So, imma need the government to cut me a check or something so I don't go broke.
It's absolutely going to need to happen. To what degree is in the air of course but something must be done.
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I'll take it.
going straight to my Xbox Series X and PS5 launch day purchases.
I'm going multi-console day 1 bitches. Sorry to the rest of you dirty poors.
going straight to my Xbox Series X and PS5 launch day purchases.
I'm going multi-console day 1 bitches. Sorry to the rest of you dirty poors.
Romney was also behind the precursor to Obamacare.
So this isn't that surprising coming from him imo.
he's also been eager to set himself apart from Trump the past couple years
he want's to be remembered fondly by most repubs like Obama is remembered by most dems
Ehhh, he was Governor at the time, but the Massachusetts state legistative branch overrode his veto with more than a 2/3rd vote
The $1k should also come with waiving the cost of rent. Just $1k could be not enough for a person.
Yeah but he's been taking credit for it for the past half decade which means he sees which way Republicans need to turn and it's not more right.
You can low-key thank Andrew Yang for normalizing discussion about UBI on the national stage. Good on Yang. Let's hope this passes; it's also the best way to deal with economic shock (although not the long-term, or even medium-term, solution there either).
Bush did this before -- sending people checks -- but now we have voices linking a direct payment from the Government to the concept of UBI. That's novel, and it's sorely needed.
Bush did this before -- sending people checks -- but now we have voices linking a direct payment from the Government to the concept of UBI. That's novel, and it's sorely needed.
If implemented it would sort of be like a UBI trial run though. Sure there was stimulus in the past like what GWB did, but this would likely need to be multiple months in a row until things stabilized.
I'm not sure $1k is that much better than whatever the fuck Trump is doing. A large proportion of people aren't going to have their income streams materially impacted. I was thinking something like extending unemployment benefits to people who are effectively laid off at a rate that closely matches their previously take home pay would be more effective. Perhaps include some bill relief (e.g. suspension of interest on credit card/student loan/etc... debt,) covering co-pay/uninsured costs for COVID-19 related health expenses, and requiring employers to offer sick leave without making employees use from their normal pool.
What the fuck you talking about? A ton of people have lost income streams over night.
It might help those who aren't getting paid at the moment but it isn't nearly significant enough for them. Meanwhile, my big, dumb lizard brain is just thinking of all the ways that I could blow $1,000.
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Months? Fucking hell. How is anyone supposed to live like this without going completely mad? I get it's necessary but...FUCK
Part of me thinks this is a great idea, but the another part says it's just a underhanded bailout of banks and wealthy landowners who will be a large recipiant of this money.
i need a kick ass tv and money put away for series x.
1k puts a nice dent into both.
He still votes like 95 percent of the time with his caucus, don't be fooled.
$1,000 would make a world of difference for working people, and now we're in a climate where working people can't work.
There's a LOT we have to do, but a form of unconditional cash transfer is the first thing in a "jobless" scenario.
Apparently socialism is the right's godzilla. He can only be let out when an even greater threat appears. #freegodzilla
Chill out. Of course lots of people have lost income streams overnight, I'm just saying that lots of people haven't and that $1k could be spent more effectively on other relief efforts.
What would make more of a difference, a one time $1,000 to everyone or income replacement for those displaced by COVID-19?
A one time is shit, and the only one pushing something that simple are Republicans. It hasn't sunk in American life is going to change to at least until the end of Spring. I'm in favor of those proposing a three month plan, which we then look at when the time comes.
Ideally Jason Furman's approach is what we do...
- $2,000 per adult
- $1,000 per child
- Three month plan
A family of four, with the above plan, gets $6,000 a month. You can wiggle on the amount for adults and children, but I think it being locked in place for three months is the minimum of what we have to do here.
This would be nice... My girlfriend is a server at a bar/restaurant here in CA and i think bars are still allowed to be open but they basically cut all the servers and the only people on staff or chefs and bartenders and managers.. So she basically is making zero.