Any Australians know the best aus option for online? Might as well get back into it. Do these apps play mixed games or limit?
I’ve seen some stories and outrage recently about airlines laying people off after getting bailout money promised to them. And like I understand that it sucks that they’re laying people off, but I really don’t know what they’re supposed to do. Realistically it’s going to be like five years before they’re back up to the amount of business they did last year, maybe two years minimum, but realistically five. Are they just supposed to pay people to sit around for five years?
The government should be paying people to sit around for the foreseeable future, and I guess getting businesses to do it is an alright second choice. But there’s just no guarantee airlines ever get back to where they were, it just seems very inefficient.
Because of things like depending on your employer for health care coverage, it can be better to pay companies to pay people.
And because things like companies will lay people off anyway, it’s better to have the government pay people and provide free healthcare for everyone so laid off people don’t also have to worry about insurance during a fucking pandemic.
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Of course. I’m not saying it is theoretically the best way to do it, I am saying that practically it may be the best way to do it in the short term given the absurd, yet very real, conditions that exist today.
Yeah I know you don’t
This just shows how they’ve setup a situation where they can say that it’s the most practical way
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Imagine being Trump’s brand/campaign manager and having to come up with strategies that will help his approval and Trump won’t completely sabotage. “Signing the stimulus checks” would shame me to no end, but it’s one of the only things he’d agree to.
How would an employee take advantage and choose to be on leave? Don’t you only get it if you were laid off through no fault of your own? I guess they could just stand around and do literally nothing all day until they get fired?
This bill really did need to do something for people still working though. They should be getting hazard pay and the dems fucked up big time by not including that.
Was there a part of this bill that gives unemployment for people on leave? AFAIK you can’t get unemployment on leave because you aren’t willing and able to work and are still employed.
I get your point though, sorry for the derail. Just curious about this bill and the coming side effects. If people are able to find a way to game the system then congress will need to incentivize people still working ASAP which I think needs to happen. My heart breaks for low paid grocery store workers and hospital staff that aren’t nurses/doctors etc.
You would likely lose an unemployment hearing if you stood around all day and literally did nothing, as long as they documented it.
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Can furloughed employees get unemployment? If so, paying all benefits and furloughing workers doesn’t seem so bad. They’ll get like $3200+ a month in UI and not have to worry about health insurance. Seems like possibly the best way to take care of all employees for some small/mid-sized businesses.
In another simulation Trump might’ve run as a Dem and would’ve easily been convinced to do a lot of good for the country. "You’d be a hero Mr. President, we’ll call it “Trump Universal Basic Income.” Trump doesn’t actually believe in anything he’ll support whichever policy brings the most adoration.
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Good breakdown. Looks like self employed will be able to get a loan and loan forgiveness for paying themselves. There will be more guidelines coming out to lenders soon.
I will be surprised if a poker player will get approved, but who knows at this point.
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You are still working as an essential employee.
Even more reason Bryce deserves at least 10 grand imo.
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Yeah the 600 for unemployment should have just been given to everyone too of course. Grocery workers getting hooked badly, they’re working for nothing.
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