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lawhawk3/03/2021 7:58:45 am PST

re: #143 Dangerman

GOP opposed acting on relief after House Democrats passed a relief bill in May 2020. They dragged their feet and did nothing until December when they were all but forced to act as benefits ran out.

Now, they’re doing the same exact thing, all while claiming that relief isn’t necessary, that the cost is too high, and that this will have bad outcomes.

They can’t actually identify the bad outcomes because there aren’t any. It helps tens of millions get relief from the damage done by these same treasonweasel GOPers who blocked action for months and whose every response to the pandemic has to make some aspect of it worse than it otherwise should be.

Cost? Yeah, it’s costly. But doing nothing is worse.
Cost? The cost will be recouped from higher economic activity and rebounding economic growth and reduced unemployment more than 2 years faster than otherwise. It gets people back on their feet now.

States get financial stabilization thanks to infusion of funds to defray the costs of slower economy and businesses that are no longer operational thanks to the pandemic (bankrupt, out of business, reduced size/capacity).

Mind you, states moving to reopen too fast too soon like TX and MS are courting another wave of outbreaks by going 100% mask free and opening 100%. That’s just obscene. Heck, even reopening major venues to 10% or 25% as NY or NJ are about to do is problematic because an insufficient number of people have been vaccinated and that interior spaces are still where the disease can spread easily - especially while eating, drinking, or singing without masking and social distancing.