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Re:Fed to inject $1.5T to prevent ‘unusual disruptions’ in m... by tw04 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:34PM (#22561423)
>Case in point? Media reports that bill forcing employers to provide sick leave failed to pass because of evil Republicans. What you won't see on the news is the nuance that such a bill can't be passed without possibly bankrupting small businesses.

The bill literally includes the funding to pay for sick leave. That's why it's a FUNDING bill - I think you're confused about who is being mislead by propaganda.

Meanwhile, the GOP is trying to insert language about abortion into the bill because...?

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Re:Fed to inject $1.5T to prevent ‘unusual disruptions’ in m... by malandrew on Thursday March 12, 2020 @04:48PM (#22561565)
The full text has not yet been published on congress.gov to verify who is paying and I can't find the full text elsewhere.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/341...

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6150...

However, the press release from Murray and DeLauro makes it sound like businesses are paying: https://www.help.senate.gov/ranking/newsroom/press/coronavir...

If you have a primary source that shows that government, not businesses, are paying for the costs of sick leave as it relates to S.3415 and HR.6150, please share it.

I also can't find a single search result that includes the term abortion as it relates to either S.3415 or HR.6150.

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Re:Fed to inject $1.5T to prevent ‘unusual disruptions’ in m... by malandrew on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:38PM (#22563591)
It's honestly mindblowing that hacker news has reached the point where a comment asking for primary sources and evidence is downvoted.
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Re:Fed to inject $1.5T to prevent ‘unusual disruptions’ in m... by so_tobeclear on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:03PM (#22561702)
Cheers

And all I could think was 'it's a PATRIOT act...'

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Re:Fed to inject $1.5T to prevent ‘unusual disruptions’ in m... by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:13PM (#22561797)
Duh. Babies cost money and parents will do almost anything to keep it alive. Or at least bare minimum mandated by law. In either case, it is a sacrifice to the god of economy./$
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