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
Marianne, the problem with the bill isn't the $1200, it's the other crap that would destroy our democracy. Nationwide vote harvesting, etc. Plus a bunch of unrelated pork.
Replying to @marwilliamson
People should just stop paying rent, en masse. There's nothing anyone could do about it— especially if you put signs on your doors saying ACTIVE COVID-19 QUARANTINE ZONE and answer the phone and door coughing and sneezing.
Replying to @marwilliamson
Community can also help - ask your family/friends if they need financial help - and give what you can. NOW. Those that CAN should be helping. Those that cared have already been doing this... get a water/bucket line and get moving to put out the fires.
Replying to @marwilliamson
I'm hoping that Republicans (and the President) will think long and hard in this election year before telling American voters "No more stimulus for you!"
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Replying to @marwilliamson
While the government has created artificial barriers for them to earn a living, pay their rent, and feed their children. And in the middle everything, they continue to confiscate Americans' wealth through force, coercion via the tax code. #TaxationIsTheft
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Replying to @marwilliamson @NHovemann
Even As The FED Chairman Admits They Essentially "Create Money" No Excuses. It's Time. Universal Basic Income