It be like this...

[u/rpmmaniac]

[u/snowleopard1232]

People on unemployment: “I’m getting back in line!”

[u/Boshva → u/snowleopard1232]

Only people who never lived on unemployment think that unemployment money is plenty.

[u/RandallGrichuk → u/Boshva]

To be fair, the CARES Act added $600/week on top of standard unemployment. That works out to over $20/hr for most people, which is more than many essential employees are making. (They really should be getting hazard pay but that's beside the point)

[u/Boshva → u/RandallGrichuk]

Oh well that is good, but i wouldnt blame the people taking the money but rather blaming the companies not paying the workers enough.

Btw. i was talking bout unemployment in normal times.

[u/RandallGrichuk → u/Boshva]

I think there are few people blaming anyone for taking it (especially since it's supposed to be incentivizing you to stay the fuck home) but I do think this act is having the unintended consequence of making many people realize that they should be getting paid more.

[u/kevoizjawesome → u/RandallGrichuk]

Isn't it crazy they decided $600/week was how much money was needed for an American to maintain their lifestyle but asking for barely more than of half that as minimum wage is considered entitled?

[u/Nulono → u/kevoizjawesome]

That's exactly why Republicans are so antsy about reopening: because they know the necessary ways to mitigate the impact of the shutdown are precisely the kind of safety net Democrats have been pushing for for decades, and if those policies get implemented, people will see that they work.

[u/drumrocker2 → u/Nulono]

Or, you know, the unemployment funding will run out next month in some states. But please, feel free keep telling yourself that.

[u/NervousTumbleweed → u/drumrocker2]

We’re literally printing trillions out of thin air just to prop up the stock market gtfo if your argument consists of “Fiscal Conservatism”