The continuation of these benefits makes so much sense...we are in the middle of a pandemic. If that gives people some extra income so they can get themselves in a good place for the next 6-12 months, while also sheltering in place as much as possible, is waaaaaaaay better than funneling the cash upwards like we've been doing.
The continuation of these benefits makes so much sense...we are in the middle of a pandemic. If that gives people some extra income so they can get themselves in a good place for the next 6-12 months, while also sheltering in place as much as possible, is waaaaaaaay better than funneling the cash upwards like we've been doing.
Giving money to people to then go spend out in the community at businesses that could benefit from those expenditures is a plan that works...let's keep trying this "trickle-up" economic theory for awhile. I wish we had done something similar in the last housing crisis...instead of giving money to the banks, give it to homeowners who were struggling to pay mortgages. Banks get their money, stay afloat, and people don't have to go through economic distress. Maybe some economists in the Discourse audience have vetted these ideas further (and I could be way off base), but it can't be any worse than the last 40 years of trickle down.
I don't know why, given the now very lengthy track record, I still get surprised at the length of the cruelty and lack of compassion for people. Maybe because that's not in my world view that it then seems really outrageous to me, but it's so mean-spirited...just makes me shake my head.
The continuation of these benefits makes so much sense...we are in the middle of a pandemic. If that gives people some extra income so they can get themselves in a good place for the next 6-12 months, while also sheltering in place as much as possible, is waaaaaaaay better than funneling the cash upwards like we've been doing.
Giving money to people to then go spend out in the community at businesses that could benefit from those expenditures is a plan that works...let's keep trying this "trickle-up" economic theory for awhile. I wish we had done something similar in the last housing crisis...instead of giving money to the banks, give it to homeowners who were struggling to pay mortgages. Banks get their money, stay afloat, and people don't have to go through economic distress. Maybe some economists in the Discourse audience have vetted these ideas further (and I could be way off base), but it can't be any worse than the last 40 years of trickle down.
whoa are you saying that if people have a little money in their pocket....and are not dead...the economy might benefit????
Shocking, I know.
you're veering dangerously close to common sense mixed with compassion. GOP is deathly allergic to both.
I don't know why, given the now very lengthy track record, I still get surprised at the length of the cruelty and lack of compassion for people. Maybe because that's not in my world view that it then seems really outrageous to me, but it's so mean-spirited...just makes me shake my head.