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Chunky Stool

Chunky Stool

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srh88 said:
I lost almost 2 full months of wages. Michigan system was bullshit. Id call and system was down and certify online every week.. but stopped getting paid out.. that was beginning of June. Thats a decent bit of income.. Luckily I had enough saved and found something else to do. All good now but if I had no other options like some people are stuck with. No car, no skills only thing they know is shut in their tiny towns... it would for sure hurt. Luckily you had a good experience but obviously not everyone has had that experience.
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The long lines at foodbanks say it all.

My daughter saw them on TV and asked why people don't go to the grocery store instead of waiting in line all day.

It's because they have no money and this is their only option.
 
greg nr

greg nr

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Metasynth said:
Actually, the US government has given me a little over $20,000 since march in unemployment benefits and other grants that I’m not required to pay back.

it was incredibly easy to apply and receive this money as well.

Don’t let people whine about the $600... If they weren’t working to begin with, $600 is a lot more than $0 that they WERE making previously.

EDIT: Not that you can easily live off 20k for a year, but people crying about “$600 since April” are just being melodramatic, or they didn’t take advantage of the programs put in place to help.
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Well, that's relative to where you live and how much you made. While I was laid off and looking, I got $1400 a week in MA. But that was on a salary basis much, much, higher. I was very motivated to find new work. My son, on the other hand, got about $800/week in total aid. And if you lived in a regressive state and were a gig worker, it would be a lot less. Some even zero since they refused to opt in to the fed programs.

So be glad you did so well. Others weren't so fortunate. The gop is in this for only one thing. Their personal wealth and others worth billions.
 
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