Coronavirus Relief Often Pays Workers More Than Work

RaceBannon

https://foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-guaranteed-minimum-income-coronavirus-response

Little bit of a break

It would be wrong to accuse the left of using this pandemic that wasn't for their own ends. Wrong

thechatch

Watching Nancy get dragged around by her tits on every idealistic whim that AOC and her followers dream up has been mildly amusing to watch.

GrundleStiltzkin

incremetal_progress said:

The amount of anger on this board about some working people getting a little bit of a break is quite telling

Y'all are directing your anger at the wrong place.

I'm angry at everything. There's a big chunk of people, small business owner middle class, stuck in the middle. Closed down by force of law, and are getting jack shit for help. Nothing. And without a labor union or lobbying group to help them, the political class does not care. Specifically to Washington, the very rich & powerful, insulated. The professional and IT class that comprises the power of the powerful King County electorate, happy as far as I can tell from polling numbers. Public sector employees, completely untouched at least at the state level and teachers. If you know of furloughs for teachers or state employees, please share. I haven't seen them. Lower income workers, now being taken care of. The best Jay has had for those in the middle has been Ts-n-Ps.

thechatch

GrundleStiltzkin said:

incremetal_progress said:

The amount of anger on this board about some working people getting a little bit of a break is quite telling

Y'all are directing your anger at the wrong place.

I'm angry at everything. There's a big chunk of people, small business owner middle class, stuck in the middle. Closed down by force of law, and are getting jack shit for help. Nothing. And without a labor union or lobbying group to help them, the political class does not care. Specifically to Washington, the very rich & powerful, insulated. The professional and IT class that comprises the power of the powerful King County electorate, happy as far as I can tell from polling numbers. Public sector employees, completely untouched at least at the state level and teachers. If you know of furloughs for teachers or state employees, please share. I haven't seen them. Lower income workers, now being taken care of. The best Jay has had for those in the middle has been Ts-n-Ps.

Those people who own businesses don’t vote for Inslee so fuck them.

GrundleStiltzkin

thechatch said:

GrundleStiltzkin said:

incremetal_progress said:

The amount of anger on this board about some working people getting a little bit of a break is quite telling

Y'all are directing your anger at the wrong place.

I'm angry at everything. There's a big chunk of people, small business owner middle class, stuck in the middle. Closed down by force of law, and are getting jack shit for help. Nothing. And without a labor union or lobbying group to help them, the political class does not care. Specifically to Washington, the very rich & powerful, insulated. The professional and IT class that comprises the power of the powerful King County electorate, happy as far as I can tell from polling numbers. Public sector employees, completely untouched at least at the state level and teachers. If you know of furloughs for teachers or state employees, please share. I haven't seen them. Lower income workers, now being taken care of. The best Jay has had for those in the middle has been Ts-n-Ps.

Those people who own businesses don’t vote for Inslee so fuck them.

Precisely.

RaceBannon

Lot of anger in the room today and a lot more posting. Looks like Derek is opening back up. I hope it isn't too soon

Bob_C

BayDawg said:

I thought unemployment paid a percentage of what you earned at your job. How do you end up getting more? Honest question. I have no idea how unemployment works apparently.

It’s supposed to pay you 50% I believe, but it caps at ~$800 per week in WA. So someone making $45k would get like $450 UI per week pre covid. Now they get $450 plus $600, total of $1050/week. $45k annually equals $865/week. The discrepancy as a % gets even wilder the less your base was to start with.

Bob_C

RaceBannon said:

https://foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-guaranteed-minimum-income-coronavirus-response

Little bit of a break

It would be wrong to accuse the left of using this pandemic that wasn't for their own ends. Wrong

Lol at this bill. Biden will endorse it later this week.

WestlinnDuck

incremetal_progress said:

The amount of anger on this board about some working people getting a little bit of a break is quite telling

Y'all are directing your anger at the wrong place.

Our anger is at pussies like you that can't man up, do some basic math and then get the phu*ck on with our lives. No way unemployment should be a desired alternative to actually working. I'm assuming you voted for your fascist governor. You want to be like Venezuela, then move there. I don't. I'd like a nice life for me and my family. If you want to cower in your parent's basement, I don't care. I just don't want to pay for it.

doogie

Bob_C said:

BayDawg said:

I thought unemployment paid a percentage of what you earned at your job. How do you end up getting more? Honest question. I have no idea how unemployment works apparently.

It’s supposed to pay you 50% I believe, but it caps at ~$800 per week in WA. So someone making $45k would get like $450 UI per week pre covid. Now they get $450 plus $600, total of $1050/week. $45k annually equals $865/week. The discrepancy as a % gets even wilder the less your base was to start with.

I know an Uber driver getting $1965/week

WestlinnDuck

Like before the chicom crud? If so, hope he figures out who phu*cked him over and votes to open it up.