1/ 40% of Americans didn’t know what they’d do with a $400 unexpected expenditure even before this happened. A $1200 one time payment plus expanded unemployment did not provide them “liquidity,” as Mnuchin had the audacity to put it.

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2/ Another $1200 payment has been suggested, called by the Republicans a “socialist wishlist.” Millions haven’t & can’t pay their rent, lie awake at night wondering how to feed their kids, not even thinking of seeking medical help should they be sick because they cannot afford it
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3/ Other countries froze their economies, provide ongoing #directcashrelief, and do more to put the safety and well-being of their citizens first. Other countries pity us now & we should pity ourselves. An American govt “of, by, and for the people” has “perished from the earth.”
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Replying to @marwilliamson
We need to fix capitalism. We know what's wrong, we know what works. Call it Neo Liberalism, Neo Darwinism, it doesn't matter - it's undemocratic. It's not No Rules - its a second set of financial rules that only benefits the few.. theamericanjourney.net/2019/…
Replying to @marwilliamson
THIS is the real conversation- the situation we were in before the pandemic, and how we got here. And of course, how we move forward. A second set of rules has been slipped into our system to advantage a small part of our population at the cost of financial gains by the majority
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Question. My wife worked at a company for 2+ years, then was offered a new job somewhere else with better pay so she took it. She worked there from March and was just let go. Unemployment office is saying she can’t collect until July. WTF? Why not? What are people supposed to so?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Not only that...they did not protect these emergency funds from creditors...smh
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Liquidity? He’s talking about homelessness.
Replying to @marwilliamson
People have so many expenses each month, and with 30 million people filing for unemployment, $1200 doesn't cover anything. We need long term #UBI
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