Imagine hearing this and thinking "we shouldn't give people relief benefits" rather than "damn these businesses must be paying really low wages".
https://twitter.com/stephenfhayes/status/1382695228017086466
From the article. Basically:
1) paying people to start home during a pandemic works
2) Businesses that try to stay open, in defiance of public safety mind you, are dependent on low wage labor. thedispatch.com/p/we-just-cant…
1) paying people to start home during a pandemic works
2) Businesses that try to stay open, in defiance of public safety mind you, are dependent on low wage labor. thedispatch.com/p/we-just-cant…
Something has been bothering me though. I do think there is a disconnect between giving relief to individuals, so they can stay home during a pandemic, and helping people's *businesses* survive the pandemic. We never figured out how to reconcile these.
We know that Republicans are always going to choose capitalism over human lives. So it stands to reason that they would prioritize trying to keep businesses open and let 600K die. They are predictable at least.
Democrats are going to do a better job of trying to protect individuals (hopefully). But we're seeing that they're also ultimately beholden to business interests. Biden's plan seems to be to write the biggest check in history for everybody and try to cover it all.
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