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Part of the stimulus is ensuring that unemployed people will get enough cash to live by. They increased the allowance by 600USD per week.

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I don’t think any states are paying that extra 600/week out yet, where I’m at they are still recoding for it and expecting several more weeks. It’ll be back dated but still, and with the numbers of claims I’m wondering how much capital they really have for it.

Questions I can’t find answers to:

How does this actually work? Do the states manage the extra 600? Will it just appear one day for people on unemployment?

What if your state has stricter unemployment rules than the stimulus bill? You’d be eligible for the 600 but not able to get it?

That's really not that much. Won't pay for a 1 bedroom apartment in San Francisco, especially after gas and groceries.

True even while gas is almost zero because not driving.

Unemployment in FL maxes out at $275/week. Digest on that for a while.

Maybe SF is not a tenable place to live anymore for ___%?

Maybe they will be inconvenienced by forced relocation?

Maybe no-one is entitled to continue living today the way they did yesterday?

Maybe some people can neither afford to move nor live in their apartment and will end up homeless. The people having the hardest time living in SF are the people we now call "essential workers" and "heroes" for doing the jobs we all depend on to survive. What exactly do you think happens to the city of San Francisco when all the "essential workers" are forced to move away or are homeless?

"What exactly do you think happens to the city of San Francisco when all the "essential workers" are forced to move away or are homeless?" It implodes!?

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