The check going out to everyone needs to be immediate. It can not be delivered three months from now. The majority of people in the US live paycheck to paycheck.
This can not be a one-time payment. The payment has to be every month until the lockdown is no longer necessary. Or even a few months after that, considering job losses are widespread. Numerous businesses thought it prudent to push their workers onto unemployment benefits.
I am not opposed to bailing out the airline industry. But that can wait a few months. No matter how many tens of billions you pump into that industry, no one is flying now. But it is good that the government is seeking equity for the money.
The magic trillion that magically appears to give trillion-dollar zero-interest loans to banks is free money. And if it is not free, give the same to ordinary people. Give everyone a zero-interest $10,000 loan. Also, no matter how much money you pump, people are not going back to work for several more weeks.
The biggest whole is it is missing the international dimension. No matter how much you pump the American economy, if the rest of the world stays out, this economy will not rise up again. If America can dole out two trillion to America, it should be able to dole out at least 20 billion to the world's poorest. And the best way would be direct payments to each individual.
"Could Yogi not have arranged even a bus for us, Is it because we're? Poor?"-Rajneesh, is walking 247Km on foot to Bareilly. "Poverty will kill us before the virus"- If we airlift Indians how can we abandon millions of our poor. If states wont, let the Army. My #Mojo report pic.twitter.com/mZhRPO5bQf
The US has done more raw testing, but not per capita. The Us has tested 1-in-1,090 people; South Korea has tested 1-in-170 people. This is a failed response by your administration.
Why haven't the Democrats picked a person - Pelosi, Schumer, Mayor Pete!, anyone! - to do live TV briefings, along with a group of scientists+economists, on the crisis every night, immediately after Trump finishes his daily lie-fest? What's the argument against doing it? WHY NOT? https://t.co/Wje9FQV06i
This virus is teaching us that from now on, living wages, guaranteed health care for all, unemployment & labor rights are not far left issues, but issues of right vs wrong & life vs death.
— Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II (@RevDrBarber) March 26, 2020
I will be doing a News Conference live from the @WhiteHouse at 5:00 P.M. (Eastern) to discuss the mtg of the G20 Leaders that took place this morning at 7:55 A.M. by World Teleconference. Also, my 12:00 P.M. Teleconference call w/50 Governors, plus Territories, will be discussed.
Universal Basic Income would rescue self-employed and gig economy workers from the catastrophe currently enveloping their lives https://t.co/9Pz9huVcHo
चिन,कोरिया र जर्मनीलेअत्यधिक Corona Test Kits प्रयोग गरेर कोरोना सङ्क्रमितको शुरुको अवस्था मै परिक्षण गर्दा मृत्युदर कम भएको रहेछ!नेपालले समय मै Test Kits प्रसस्त ब्यबस्था गर्न सक्ने होभने कोरोना रोकथाम हुनसक्छ! चिन र कोरियासङ्ग यसको निम्ती सहकार्य हुनु जरुरी छ @PradeepgyawaliK
Millions of Americans are just one paycheck away from poverty. For many more, missing a 2nd or 3rd means financial ruin. Who do you trust most during this crisis? The answer for me is simple: the person who has done it his entire life.
Xi Jinping urges ‘stronger international cooperation’ and quick action to fight coronavirus pandemic and stave off global recession https://t.co/vBvrqhHKrG
President Trump's 10 most outrageous lines on coronavirus President Trump has held daily pressers with his coronavirus task force to let the public know what he and the administration are doing. Chris Cillizza goes through 10 of Trumps mos... https://t.co/9e3oEtzJdK#Video#USRCpic.twitter.com/0zutj43wBr
— Top U.S. & World News🗽 (@USRealityCheck) March 26, 2020
LATEST: Chicago's popular Lakefront Trail has shut down, blocking access to the extensive trail and park, after too many people congregated and violated social distancing guidelines, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says. https://t.co/cTYc4Mj5Utpic.twitter.com/GiCfMyz4mD
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bill to give airlines $58 billion in aid, including payroll support. The bill has restrictions on stock buybacks, dividends and executive pay, and allows the government to take equity. More here: https://t.co/a3gG0IOxu1pic.twitter.com/cRo3jQFXAn
To clarify, $1200 checks are ONLY going to some w/social sec numbers, NOT immigrants w/ tax IDs (ITINs).
Thanks to GOP, these checks will be cut off the backs of *taxpaying immigrants,* who get nothing. Many are essential workers who pay more taxes than Amazon.
What Trump + Senate GOP have done is hold hospitals, working people, and the vulnerable hostage so they could get in $500 billion (that will be leveraged into $4T) in corporate welfare.
Without the Wall St giveaway, GOP refuses to fund hospitals & unemployment. It’s inhumane.
Tbh, a one time check of $1200 is like giving someone a glass of water while their house is on fire! And to be clear it does not help seniors or people on disability either.
It's not quarantine but virus sharing center. Bed should not be kept in close proximity. It will cause cross infection. Atleast there should be plastic curtains to segregate beds. pic.twitter.com/zTN8jI9Qgj
And I will he remembered as the best passing quarterback in Super Bowl history and the greatest artist since Raphael, if I can learn to pass and paint. https://t.co/79RqWUhdpw
Florida governor Ron DeSantis, not the brightest bulb in the chandelier, refuses to issue stay-at-home order for the state because some counties haven't reported COVID-19 cases. This may be because in some counties, 5 people or less have been tested.
It's *almost* astonishing that companies are so eager to make a quick buck that they'll skirt FDA regulation and buy up limited testing supplies to market unapproved at-home testing kits. @CongressmanRaja and I are investigating. The American people deserve answers. https://t.co/1fIbOZQCxZ
Nearly 3 dozen who attended Arkansas church event test positive for coronavirus. "Maybe you assumed that it couldn’t happen to you, just like I did," the church pastor wrote in a social media post. https://t.co/AU0YMzTSnX
A must-read, clear-eyed, top-to-bottom look at coronavirus by @edyong209 that chronicles the failure that has been the American response. But it ends with possible embers of hope for the future. “Pandemics are democratizing experiences.” https://t.co/6OI0iyrAlB
I recently went to LGA after learning ICE was flying 6 minors from Texas to New York, in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak. I then wrote to ICE demanding to know what precautions they are taking to keep these children and everyone else in their custody safe. We deserve answers. pic.twitter.com/DM6o91D3WY
— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@RepAOC) March 26, 2020
Workers who are providing essential public services deserve hazard pay and adequate safety equipment. I applaud the members of @teamsters Local 249 who are standing up not just for themselves, but for workers everywhere. https://t.co/3qqgnLDuzD
Rajan also talked about a possible second or even third wave of the coronavirus outbreak, saying all eyes should be on China to track the progress.#RaghuramRajanhttps://t.co/0zTM4e3Keu
