Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with Free Testing for All

Re:Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with F... by ApolloFortyNine on Thursday March 12, 2020 @01:55PM (#22559672)

I haven't run the numbers on giving every employee 2 weeks of paid sick leave and 3 months of paid medical leave.

But I find it really hard to believe this adds up to only several billion dollars, given there are over 150 million employees in this country.

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Re:Nancy Pelosi Says House Will Pass Coronavirus Bill with F... by crooked-v on Thursday March 12, 2020 @02:03PM (#22559766)

So, bump that up to $50 billion a year. What does it matter? The Iraq War cost $157 billion per year with no impact on the day to day lives of US citizens, so we can obviously afford that much without needing to stress about it.

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