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stopbush

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1. The bigger question: what is the plan for all of 2021 when we continue to have 10-20-million

Reply to Sympthsical (Original post)

Fri Jan 1, 2021, 09:00 PM

Jan 2021

Americans out of work due to Covid? What happens when the 3-month unemployment extension ends in April? We are currently running close to an 11% ACTUAL unemployment rate. Millions of jobs have been permanently lost due to Covid. Low-paying jobs are not the answer, and many of those are gone as well - people don’t eat out or shop retail if it might kill them.

Will the Rs simply say “tough shit, you’re all losers and you’re on your own”?

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If we win the Senate, how soon could the $2,000 stimulus be brought to a vote? [View all] Sympthsical Jan 2021 OP

The bigger question: what is the plan for all of 2021 when we continue to have 10-20-million stopbush Jan 2021 #1

To answer your question, House of Roberts Jan 2021 #2

+1, damn ... We need to end that quickly. With the filibuster even if we win the senate we lose uponit7771 Jan 2021 #3