I’m noting that 500k+ people have applied for Employment Insurance.

 

I’m not one of those people as I’m still coming to the office every day.

 

I'm still at work in an office bldg full of people.

 

I'm thinkin' maybe they didn't hear you posting Mom because they are vintage

 

I'm thinking your just a kind soul and a GOOD
I only have the pleasure of knowing a few in there You, Patty , zdave, dlg horse via our Hockey Tread in here & Spider Sam
I still read in that tread though a lil just hearing all the info variances from State to State is interesting
I hope they ALL stay well & avoid this thing

 

I'm adding I'm because this is the I'm thread.

 

I'm gonns go read my Jack Reacher book.

 

I'm observing that TWC is really bad at app development. They took over the Weather Underground site/app a few years back and basically ruined both of them. I need to find a good replacement.

 

I'm asking that you let me know when you do because yeah it blows now...

 

I'm noting that not all pork is equal. The solar credits, for example, are a good way to ensure that people keep buying solar panels and the country doesn't lose that infrastructure and the momentum of getting more renewable energy. Airline emissions are a way to get airlines to park their old/loud airplanes and buy new ones as things ramp back up, though not necessarily a good way and it's probably ineffective. The $500B slush fund is entirely impossible to defend, although it's funny to see some conservatives who spent 8 years whining about Obama picking winners & losers with the 2009 bailout suddenly OK with Trump and Mnuchin getting to pick the winners, as if they'll be beneficiaries of that. I don't agree with Motoo's false equivalency in this case.

That said, I'm agreeing with Dave that the best thing to have done was to pass a clean bill that paid every American (including kids) $1000 or whatever amount, and that's that. If you don't want to give money to people with 6 figure incomes who don't miss a paycheck, capture it on the backend (i.e. in next year's tax returns). As soon as you start means testing it, lobbyists get involved and you end up with stupid rules and incoherent policy. One of the early proposals was $1200/adult and $500/kid, phased out above $75k based on 2018 tax returns... I would have gotten the full amount because I was unemployed for part of 2018; my eye doctor wouldn't get a penny because 2018 was a great year, but meanwhile she's sitting at home eating Ramen hoping she can weather a month or two without a customer, while I get my full paycheck every other week. Total cluster****. Just write the checks.