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Re:Hazard pay in focus as essential workers earn less than t... by CydeWeys on Thursday July 02, 2020 @11:17AM (#23714173)
Paying out next year upon filing taxes doesn't do a lot to keep people afloat who are unemployed now. That's long enough to end up on the street.
Re:Hazard pay in focus as essential workers earn less than t... by sangnoir on Thursday July 02, 2020 @12:43PM (#23715133)
All you said is true, but this is the mechanism Congress decided to distribute the money (a universal, early tax refund for 2020), and that are its failure modes - some people will get it later than others if the government doesn't currently have their information on file, or only has paper returns.