President-elect Biden is unveiling a $1.9 trillion aid package—$1400 direct payments, over $400 billion to combat the #covid19 pandemic, including accelerating vaccine deployment and safely reopening most schools within 100 days of passage. 🧵 nytimes.com/2021/01/14/bus…
2) also $350 million for states and cities suffering. It also features more help for workers and families, payments, more generous unemployment benefits, federally mandated paid leave for workers and large monthly subsidies for child care costs.
4) “The $20 billion “national vaccine program” he will announce on Thursday envisions community vaccination centers around US. Biden has said he would like to see mass vaccination sites in gymnasiums, sports stadiums and the like, perhaps staffed by National Guard or FEMA.
4b) Mr. Biden is also calling for a “public health jobs program” that would address his goals of bolstering the economy. The proposal would fund 100,000 public health workers who could “perform vital tasks like vaccine outreach and contact tracing,” the campaign said.
5) Inside reporting I’m also hearing from sources: the cash assistance is going to be actually more than $1400. There may be a ~$300/month child care subsidy for families. Not sure if per child or per household. Details pending. But this is PER MONTH, so its huge!!! Stay tuned.
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