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Offer Upgrade  User ID: 77995120  Belgium07/31/2020 05:48 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | $600-a-week unemployment benefits expire, posing fresh danger to Trump's re-election The Senate left town Thursday with no action on aid that has been an economic lifeline for millions of out-of-work Americans struggling in the pandemic. WASHINGTON — A crucial week on Capitol Hill that began with a rocky Republican rollout of a coronavirus relief package ended with a complete breakdown in negotiations, threatening to deepen the perils of an already embattled President Donald Trump. The Republican-led Senate adjourned Thursday for a long weekend with no action on COVID-19 relief, all but ensuring that a $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit would expire Friday. The payment has been a financial lifeline for more than 20 million out-of-work Americans. The U.S. recorded its worst quarterly economic contraction ever Thursday — during a week when the national death toll from the virus topped 150,000 [link to www.nbcnews.com (secure)]  Last Edited by Dangerous Times on 07/31/2020 06:16 AM |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76082665  United States07/31/2020 05:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 75163461 United States07/31/2020 05:53 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heartless Democrats Reject Short-Term Deal Ahead of Unemployment Deadline [link to thehill.com (secure)] |
| BRIEF
User ID: 39607259 United States07/31/2020 05:55 AM  Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you believe it's a sin to be irresponsible? It's not a commandment, but I believe it is... Greed and selfishness is about the only reason people are not prepared... Those that didn't have time to prepare, because they just moved out, or what have you, will be the true victims... I never forgive and I never forget I am a licensed firearm holder. I will, under protection of law, use lethal force if attacked.  |
| Zero/Alpha Sunray
User ID: 79207563  Australia07/31/2020 06:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you believe it's a sin to be irresponsible? It's not a commandment, but I believe it is... Greed and selfishness is about the only reason people are not prepared... Those that didn't have time to prepare, because they just moved out, or what have you, will be the true victims... There are only 4 types of sin Thought Word Deed or Omission This is a sin of Omission Last Edited by zero/alpha sunray on 07/31/2020 06:07 AM |
| Dangerous Times
(OP) User ID: 77995120 Belgium07/31/2020 06:07 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heartless Democrats Reject Short-Term Deal Ahead of Unemployment Deadline Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75163461 [link to thehill.com (secure)] this will create mega social unrest .... |
| Dangerous Times
(OP) User ID: 77995120 Belgium07/31/2020 06:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you believe it's a sin to be irresponsible? It's not a commandment, but I believe it is... Greed and selfishness is about the only reason people are not prepared... Those that didn't have time to prepare, because they just moved out, or what have you, will be the true victims... not good indeed ... this is one of the badest years for the us in decades really... fingers crossed for times to come. |
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| Miss Bunny Swan
User ID: 77309559  Norway07/31/2020 07:05 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 77082964 United States07/31/2020 07:10 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
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| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78496554  Canada07/31/2020 07:16 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | $600-a-week unemployment benefits expire, posing fresh danger to Trump's re-election Quoting: Dangerous Times The Senate left town Thursday with no action on aid that has been an economic lifeline for millions of out-of-work Americans struggling in the pandemic. WASHINGTON — A crucial week on Capitol Hill that began with a rocky Republican rollout of a coronavirus relief package ended with a complete breakdown in negotiations, threatening to deepen the perils of an already embattled President Donald Trump. The Republican-led Senate adjourned Thursday for a long weekend with no action on COVID-19 relief, all but ensuring that a $600 weekly federal unemployment benefit would expire Friday. The payment has been a financial lifeline for more than 20 million out-of-work Americans. The U.S. recorded its worst quarterly economic contraction ever Thursday — during a week when the national death toll from the virus topped 150,000 [link to www.nbcnews.com (secure)] he should extend the 600 to the election at least |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 78496554 Canada07/31/2020 07:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79178057 United States07/31/2020 07:17 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Food is the first item on the budget, and next is rent...how can you have anything else and not pay rent? People mishandle their money because they are selfish and stupid... Rent should come before anything, including food. That's my belief and how I did it when I first started out on my own. I bought 1 pkg of chicken, a sack of potatoes and a few cans of green beans. I ate for 6 to 7 days on that. Ate the same thing daily. Swept carpeted floor with broom, didn't even splurge for a vacuum. So many ways to save money but you absolutely MUST have a roof over your gead before anything else. Kinda the reason I make them one category for people familiar with a budget...starting out they need to see what each thing costs, but after awhile that's no longer necessary... But the bail outs, QE and welfare checks for the rich and "capitalists" since 2008 will continue on. |
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| REBEL ROUSER
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| Catnip
User ID: 78245071 United States07/31/2020 07:26 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you believe it's a sin to be irresponsible? It's not a commandment, but I believe it is... Greed and selfishness is about the only reason people are not prepared... Those that didn't have time to prepare, because they just moved out, or what have you, will be the true victims... not good indeed ... this is one of the badest years for the us in decades really... fingers crossed for times to come. How many blew the money on fun things instead of saving as much of it as possible for when this panic ends, especially if they had lost their job because of this false pandemic? "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79178057 United States07/31/2020 07:28 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Socialism for the rich, bootstrap capitalism for everyone else. I get a chuckle everytime I picture a Banker or Wall Street Investor holding a welfare check in their clenched fist, towering over the little people, yelling at them to put on their bootstraps, you are on your own, handouts are for socialists! If you are rich, you are to big to fail. If you are poor, you are to little to save. |
| Catnip
User ID: 78245071 United States07/31/2020 07:29 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | why the hell would he be tampering with his own chances of being re-elected right now? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78496554 stupid move on trump's part Um, it's Congress who wants to end the $600 if they don't get what they want out of that bill, which is to enrich their themselves and their friends. Stupid people blame Trump when it's Congress that holds the financial ball. "When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change" |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79178057 United States07/31/2020 07:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79178057 United States07/31/2020 07:33 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Don’t give wall st or billionaires any of the money it should go to the people, everyone should get like $25,000 . Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76895991 Those that carry water for the rich say the poor do not save, they just spend their money. The rich invest it in stocks which are all global these days so the rich are paying to create and expand companies in slave labor countries. Give the money to the poor and they spend it right away locally and helps this country. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 76551647 Australia07/31/2020 07:35 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Socialism for the rich, bootstrap capitalism for everyone else. I get a chuckle everytime I picture a Banker or Wall Street Investor holding a welfare check in their clenched fist, towering over the little people, yelling at them to put on their bootstraps, you are on your own, handouts are for socialists! If you are rich, you are to big to fail. If you are poor, you are to little to save. |
| Anonymous Coward User ID: 79178057 United States07/31/2020 07:40 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | why the hell would he be tampering with his own chances of being re-elected right now? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78496554 stupid move on trump's part Um, it's Congress who wants to end the $600 if they don't get what they want out of that bill, which is to enrich their themselves and their friends. Stupid people blame Trump when it's Congress that holds the financial ball. We have seen this game over and over. When your team mascot is in power, does not matter if red or blue, they are powerless to all the bad things that happen and take credit for all the good things that happen. When the "other team" is in power, they are 100% responsible for everything not only bad in Washington DC that happens but even when your cat dies. I am 70 years old and seen this same song and dance over and over. |
| TWash
User ID: 74860467 United States07/31/2020 07:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Heartless Democrats Reject Short-Term Deal Ahead of Unemployment Deadline Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75163461 [link to thehill.com (secure)] That's how you write a fucking headline! |
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