A stimulus package has to be done, like yesterday
I've been holding my tongue on this because I knew nothing would be done before the election. I get why Nancy and the Dems are holding out for a full on bill. I get why Ditch was just throwing bread crumbs because thats who they are. The fact of the matter is congress needs to act now.
Over the next 6 weeks people who were laid off in March are going to start falling off the UI roll's into unemployment purgatory. That will remove them from any access to a stimulus package after the fact except a lump payment like the pitiful 1200 dollar check 6 months ago. You must be eligible and drawing unemployment in order to receive any extra benefits.
The CARES act gave all states a guaranteed 13 week extension after folks ran through the initial 26 weeks of benefits (26 in most states, some vary). There is also extended benefits after that of 13 weeks IF your state's unemployment rate is enough to trigger that from the feds. But you must draw the CARES 13 weeks first. That's important as many states unemployment rates are dropping just enough that the extended benefits are being cancelled.
Both sides said IF a stimulus is passed it WILL be retroactive. The point there is if your UI has completely expired you're basically fucked, you don't get shit.
The number of people that are now on the CARES 13 week extension has more than doubled since October to nearly 5 million. If they live in a state that federal extended benefits have been triggered off, this is it. That extra CARES 13 weeks is it and won't last past Xmas.
My point is, they need to do something now. If the Dems need to break this up into seperate bills in order to satisfy Ditch they need to do it. By the end of Nov beginning of Dec folks are going to start dropping off the UI rolls with zero safety net even if something gets passed after the fact. Current trends are upwards of 6 million dropping off UI by Xmas.
Yes, I am one of them, laid off since March. 60 years old, this is only the second time I've drawn UI in my life. I'm over the partisan bickering. The election is over. Bust the damn bill up and get the money where it needs to go now. There are millions of us that are going to lose everything without help. If they wait until January it's to late, it's going to get really bad, soup line bad. I will fight for whats right to the bitter end but we can't fight if we're Steinbecked. I don't want to have to drive 3 hours round trip to an Amazon warehouse for 15 bucks an hour and risk dying when I have a BA I'm still paying for dammit. Not in this country, not when Wall Street gets 12 trillion printed and handed to them. This isn't just the Repukes, the Dems have to do whatever it takes. Bust the fucking bill up if that's what it takes!
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