Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other basics, report finds

Re:Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other b... by wbronitsky on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:25PM (#23013380)

This argument elides the fact that the US government is giving away plenty of money that these people could use on food and rent. They are just giving it to people who don’t need it.

While you’re busy arguing that the shutdown is the problem, our government is literally giving the taxpayers’ money to billionaires.

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Re:Millions of Americans can't afford food, rent and other b... by fzeroracer on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:59PM (#23013633)

I mean, this is literally the problem. We had a ton of money pumped into the stock market which went directly into the hands of wealthy shareholders and just the other day when someone brought up the idea of doing UBI at minimum, people asked 'but how are we going to pay for it'.

It's only going to get worse too as places reopen and workers are forced to either go back to work and risk their health or lose their unemployment.

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