$1000 stimulus for every American

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14 points·thazework··6 comments

That's less than the average housing cost per month in the US.

Big deal.

This is what despots do who still have to be elected from time to time.

It would extend my and my family's life under a roof by at least another month. In theory.

I don't know how things will play out honestly. Everything's fucked up. But alternatively, they could've said fuck it, do nothing, and let all the people like me go homeless and die.

This isn't the only ends to that means though nor the most efficient way to accomplish it. Not that it's bad or good but that isn't a particularly convincing reasoning.

Maybe it isn't the best way. I did only say it would help in theory. $1000 alone won't help, if the landlord decided to increase our rent by the same amount after finding out. Instead of $1000 in my pocket, it might be better to just put a freeze on paying the bills until things get better. That could also be wrong too.

But it does make me a little appreciative, that for once in my personal experience, they might bail out the people and not just the corporations. That is more of what I would like to see in response to this crisis. Will we choose human life or will we choose economic growth? Are most of us just ultimately disposable while the wealthy can sit through this until things get better and then they'll be well positioned to become even richer? It is sick. We were already sick, the coronavirus just makes it clearer. I'm afraid this crisis will pass without addressing any of the core issues that made this crisis so difficult, and then we will move on and pretend that everything is okay until the next big thing.

Probably not old enough to remember Obama 8k cash to home buyers or the nearly same amount given via the economic stimulus act

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