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appalachiablue

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7. You got it, has to be extended. This is a mass crisis

Reply to BComplex (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 24, 2020, 08:33 AM

Jun 2020

with no guarantee of broad therapy or vaccine in sight yet.

The people and workers who keep the economy afloat have to receive more help or it's Apocalypse, the Hunger Games begin.

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Millions In U.S. Will Fall Off Income Cliff When Extra $600 In Unemployment Benefits Ends Next Month [View all] appalachiablue Jun 2020 OP

Oklahoma isn't getting the Covid $$$ sunflowerseed Jun 2020 #1

It's gonna get bad. Laelth Jun 2020 #2

I thought the extra $2400 per month would have helped with payments? MichMan Jun 2020 #4

I have no idea how people handle their finances. Laelth Jun 2020 #6

Kick dalton99a Jun 2020 #3

The extra $600 per week for unemployed people and general contractors has got to be BComplex Jun 2020 #5

You got it, has to be extended. This is a mass crisis appalachiablue Jun 2020 #7

Most of us thought our jobs would come back, and they aren't. Sitting at the end of June and LizBeth Jun 2020 #9

Same here...few jobs in Ohio...and it will get worse. Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #13

+1 Digital systems, AI, automation, remote school, work appalachiablue Jun 2020 #20

Is it per week or per month? MiniMe Jun 2020 #10

Yes. eom BComplex Jun 2020 #11

Very few people can survive on 400 per week...mortgages will go unpaid , so will credit card and Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #14

$600 per week. stopbush Jun 2020 #17

It's $600 per week. stopbush Jun 2020 #16

Where's the data on mortgage and rent payments? If the NoMoreRepugs Jun 2020 #8

Will Trump go full Andrew Yang to win re-election? Cicada Jun 2020 #12

I predict Trump loses Ohio if the $600.00 is not extended. Demsrule86 Jun 2020 #15

K&R Solly Mack Jun 2020 #18

The $600 is causing essential minimum wage earners to feel resentment. Deb Jun 2020 #19