Coronavirus (political)

[SunnySide]

Difference between "need" and "want".

Guy who owns the lunch deli in my office building NEEDS help now. He doesnt even come in and open most days bc when he does, no one comes bc most of the building is empty work from home. The deep pain and loss in his eyes is striking. he put everything into that shop.

Dads who provide for their family by driving Uber or taxi NEED help now bc theyve made $0 since this began and owe 9 plus months of back rent and face evictions in 3 days.

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SD - we are the fortunate ones. Yes we were financially impacted but we were not financially impoverished. I apologize for ranting, of course not at you. im angry. Just getting angrier.

Me or anyone making 80k plus doesnt NEED 2k, they want it. We all want free money, "i can spend the money better than the govt blah blah blah" .. but Id give up my 2k if it means unemployment is increased and extended.

Giving me or anyone above me 2k, in this environment, is stupid and its like using a sledgehammer to kill a mosquito.

Theyve had 9 months to figure this out. To figure out how to help small business and pay check to pay check people ... and their final fucking idea is to give everyone a $600 check? The United States of America couldnt roll up their damn sleeves and figure out how to use a scapula to extract the cancer and instead will just use a clumsy ass sledge hammer bc they were too lazy and divided to bust out the calculators and figure out a better option.



I am becoming more and more angry with our governments response to this. We are supposed to be a great Nation. this is not a republican vs democrat thing. If anything Im more mad at democrats bc I thought theyd be smart enough to at least offer up a real plan.

We are failing the stress test.

We are better than this.