Andrew Yang: What Congress can do to avoid a new Great Depression

By artappraiser on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 3:38pm |

Wrote an Op-Ed about the need for Emergency Cash Relief to avoid a new Great Depression. Congress get your act together - for the sake of our country and millions of families. #EmergencyMoneyForThePeople https://t.co/RSAaZczWWh
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) July 2, 2020

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/02/perspectives/andrew-yang-coronavirus-aid-direct-payments/index.html

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I find this chart to be worrisome. Even in a month in which it seemed like virus suppression was going well, we had another big spike in permanent layoffs.

This confirms my biases that this is a major, brewing problem. So what's the counterargument or benign rationalization? https://t.co/EEUBZlHLKc
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) July 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 5:49pm

I dont know why this is such a partisan issue - people all across the political spectrum need this immediately. #RentReliefNow https://t.co/GKDmhwn7vg
— Joe Ogiba (@joe_ogiba) July 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 6:16pm

A 47-year market vet explains why he sees the economy's 'super-cycle' hurtling towards depression — and lays out his case for an 80% stock plunge later this year
— Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 7:21pm

we are all in this together, don't gloat, MOURN that they made this mistake. Like Andrew Yang, we need to try to figure out how we can ameliorate the damage

Southern states like Texas, Florida, and Arizona dared a pandemic virus to hit them in the face.

The pandemic virus obliged.https://t.co/q6gQd67bQJ
— "Rabbits are easy to litter-train" Smith (@Noahpinion) July 2, 2020

or we are all in deep shit and yes that includes all colors of skin. They are important parts of the national economy! Not to mention if we can't get some more immigrant health care workers soon, you can fuggeaboutit health care, as large numbers of American doctors and nurses quit out of exhaustion and depression soon.

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 9:14pm

More orphans soon? Then there's the lasting damage of child abuse, oh joy...

I’m really sick of being a parent today. It has been FOUR MONTHS since anybody other than me and my wife have been responsible for them.

It’s hard. I feel like non-parents have no idea how hard it’s been.
— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) July 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 9:21pm

Comes to mind, though, how they used to do it: chores, chores, chores. Milk the cows, feed the chickens and geese, hang the wet clothes...and the older ones take care of the younger ones, clean them, change the diapers, groom them, dress them,...parents got other shit to do...

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 9:25pm

Church bingo? Running the still? Overseeing the afternoon shift at the juvie farm?

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 9:26pm

Here's more on the meme that working parents are inessential:

I released the primal scream that we -- and countless other parents for whom this situation isn't just untenable, it's impossible -- have been feeling since March. https://t.co/3MqKC5hSOe
— deb perelman (@debperelman) July 2, 2020

Thing is: the argument that whatever else you do is inessential compared to parenthood, it has logic, if you chose parenthood, it should be your #1 job. Just that you thought you could always earn enough to sub-contract the work out, well, surprise, life doesn't always follow the plan!

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 9:37pm

Well, that #1 job thing is a very recent attitude, leading to helicopter parents, fights at soccer games, etc. And there are Real questions how much Is healthy, how much dampens important growth of independence and tolerance of (gasp) boredom, filling their time theirselves, balance of non-academic interest, along with the missed adulting stuff that many adults no longer do.

Of course survival in the thirties meant something. Even for kids. And those Korea parents keeping the shop going while the kids play on the sidewalk? Not #1 enough?

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/02/2020 - 11:06pm

This is a shameful move. Now is the time for employers to have empathy for families juggling work and caregiving.

It's long past time for President Trump to show some leadership so we can get this virus under control. https://t.co/Z2DsWMCcLf
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 5:06pm

Pittsburgh has become the 12th partner of “Mayors for Guaranteed Income”. https://t.co/rrGru6Dmqh
— bill peduto (@billpeduto) July 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 12:05am

Let me be clear: There’s no victory to be celebrated when we’re still down nearly 15 million jobs and the pandemic is getting worse, not better. https://t.co/60inyb1vT9
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 2, 2020

Donald Trump styled himself as a wartime president. But now it seems this president has surrendered. He has waved the white flag and left the field of battle when we need him most. It's unacceptable.

We need real leadership. Right now. https://t.co/2T3WbFLYV3
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) July 3, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 5:10pm

The HEROES Act provides $875B for state & local gov'ts, $100B emergency rental assistance, and a $75B homeowner’s assistance fund to cover housing expenses.@senatemajldr you are the one thing standing between millions of Americans and their own livelihoods. https://t.co/OFi0g3EKdq
— Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (@RepDMP) July 3, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 5:22pm

Andrew Yang: What Congress can do to avoid a new Great Depression

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