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re: New bill would give essential workers $25K for tuition, student loans

Posted on 5/6/20 at 5:59 pm to
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
76174 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 5:59 pm to
Yeah, this is bullshite.
Posted by wileyjones
Member since May 2014
2726 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:03 pm to
unpopular fact

the IT guys keeping AWS afloat are 10000000000x more important than any nurse or grocery employee

but guess who will be recognized
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
76174 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:04 pm to
What about the ol' baw that kept cutting yards through all this?
Or the pest control guy?
Or the plumbers?
Electricians?

frick it, Just print more! It is only money. There's no way the government is going to hike taxes down the road to cover this shitshow. They are giving out of the kindness of their hearts. Bunch of bullshite.
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 6:05 pm
Posted by ClampClampington
Nebraska
Member since Jun 2017
4051 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:06 pm to
quote:

“Grocery clerks didn't take that job at relatively modest wages thinking they were saving the world


Kroger gave my brother a $2 raise, he will have been working near full time for 5 months by the time school starts back up since school got out 2 months early.. he already thinks he's rich (which he is compared to 16 year old me working after school and weekends to afford $4 gas to get to work)
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 6:09 pm
Posted by ElderTiger
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2010
7882 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:12 pm to
This whole thing reeks of the 1920s all over again and we know how that decade ended !
Posted by ezride25
Constitutional Republic
Member since Nov 2008
26811 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:17 pm to
Don’t mandate that I stay home to save the world and then further reward the people that didn’t have to. I lost my job bc you sent me home. Now you’re going to give 25k to those you let continue to work?

Real fricking inclusive you moronic imbeciles.
Posted by tigergirl10
Member since Jul 2019
10764 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:40 pm to
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collecting unemployment are making more money than a lot of the people that are actually still working...won’t be upset if the hard working people get rewarded.
Yes, because $762 a week after tax unemployment is so close to $25,000 for people mostly in already high paying jobs.
Posted by YeahYeah
Member since Jun 2016
2248 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:48 pm to
And you frickers thought teachers were bad
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
49214 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:54 pm to
frick that. I'm essential as working in an area of defense/healthcare manufacturing. No tuition and I worked my arse off to pay for school with very few loans.

People who take certain jobs understand certain things come with that. Doctors/Nurses have to understand they are needed in times like this. They shouldn't get extra benefits for doing their job. If you don't like the risks that come along with certain jobs, go work elsewhere.
This post was edited on 5/6/20 at 6:55 pm
Posted by dlmast87
Amish Country
Member since Dec 2007
1961 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:55 pm to
Let's just add a 0 to everyone's bank account and be done with it. Unreal.
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
49214 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:56 pm to
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“Grocery clerks didn't take that job at relatively modest wages thinking they were saving the world,” said Rep. Ann Kuster (D-NH)
Then they should have quit. Other workers would have been found.
Posted by saint tiger225
San Diego
Member since Jan 2011
49214 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:57 pm to
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Its fricking stupid and an insult to everyone whose job was ordered closed by the government’s overreaching shut down orders. There’s millions of people who’ve lost their jobs or business due to government ordering them shut down for 2 months and counting. I’m sure most of those people would’ve loved to have had their job considered essential so they could’ve kept working and bringing home an income.
Great point.
Posted by TigahJay
New Orleans
Member since Sep 2015
11403 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:57 pm to
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Yes, because $762 a week after tax unemployment is so close to $25,000 for people mostly in already high paying jobs.


That’s not what I meant...I think people are misunderstanding my intention of the post. People keep talking about how low paid workers at businesses have no reason to work or go back to work because of the government checks getting sent out now for equal to or more what they normally make. The people who stuck it out should see some benefit.
Posted by tiggerthetooth
Big Momma's House
Member since Oct 2010
64718 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 6:58 pm to
quote:

“Grocery clerks didn't take that job at relatively modest wages thinking they were saving the world,


Im thankful for grocery clerks, but this is some major hyperbole.
Posted by tigernnola
NOLA
Member since Sep 2016
3589 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 7:00 pm to
Election year is a bad time for a crisis. That idea is absurd ! But then, one of my favorite movie lines, “ Impossible .... but doable”. I would not disregard anything in this partisan congress.
Posted by tigersbh
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2005
13398 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 7:02 pm to
Only 1 Republican supports this nonsense. Vote red!
Posted by rphtx
CO
Member since Apr 2018
1574 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 7:10 pm to
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If I had any college aged kids I’d tell them to get their arse to the grocery store and get a job tomorrow.


I'm an essential healthcare worker. I paid for my kids school and loans and it would follow that I would want to be the one paid back. They are in college, hence not working at a grocery store. Neither they, nor I would qualify. Good luck. I am however opposed to anyone getting reimbursed for anything at all for having to work during this cold season.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
60220 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 7:12 pm to
What if you’re an essential with a real job like welding that pays better than college jobs?
Posted by thejudge
Westlake, LA
Member since Sep 2009
15253 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 7:13 pm to
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What about essential workers that have already paid their loans?

Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
99045 posts
Posted on 5/6/20 at 7:13 pm to
I’m going get half an mba!
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