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[Farmall]

I read that when it came out as an additional $600.00 total not each week but I don’t collect ....YET

[alltatup]

Govt's making a lot of big mistakes with money these days, not handling the distribution justly in the least.

[alltatup]

Way I see it, they're just behaving like the prez and all his rich cronies... real patriots...

I think your niece is smart not to go back.

[Gingerbeard]

'We' is a colloquial word. When used in a sentence like, 'We are Borg', it doesn't mean all of us are Borg. It refers only to those who are Borg. As we all know, no two people are alike. Same views but different reasons.
'We' is a nit-picked word. Like 'believe'. 'I believe that is correct'. 'Do you believe or know it to be correct?' If I believe I know the answer, I know I know the answer.
People refer to other people as, 'that.' 'Who is the person that slapped my ass?' Is not correct. 'Who is the person who slapped my ass.' is correct. People are not objects referred to as 'that'. Pets and trees and poop are that. People are who's.
How about ASAP. That doesn't mean now. It means as soon as you get a chance, please...

There are some folk who are on assistance through no fault of their own. Without 'free' money, there would be a lot more crime and homelessness and hunger going on. There are those who are taking 'free' money because of a lifetime of working or have been a part of an organization that helps those who find themselves unable to work. Some want to slide on government assistance. Some want to go back to work and shove the stimulus up someone's nose. Some are not in position for either.

[SoOrbudgal]

crunchyfrog my daughter is also a RN she is picking up shifts left and right. I wish she could take 2-3 days off but she refuses and yes she makes excellent income. She got no handouts ( except we helped her when she worked and put herself through college) she's our hero. So i'm with you and your daughter hard hard work it is.

[Rwise]

A friend is on unemployment since just before this shit hit the fan. When it hit they upped what he gets by $600.00 each week! Thats more than he makes working! He has not been called back, yet. WTF?
But it doesn't end there, Food Stamps or SNAP, some are getting maxed out, some are not getting anything, some say they get an extra $600 a month. IDK I dont use those (or qualify for them) Why does one person get it and not another? How do they choose?
And all of these get that $1200.00 on top of that!

[crunchyfrog]

My niece is one of those who is making more money on unemployment and stimulus money so she refused to go back to work when her job opened up this past week. The employer sent her a check and she says she is not going to cash it until after the unemployment money and stimulus money run out as it would prevent her from being on unemployment. Then she says she is going to cash it once this mess goes away. A real patriot. Meanwhile, my daughter is a nurse who is on the front lines of this but is getting her hours cut because she normally is involved with scheduled procedures with some emergencies. I told her to do the right thing, get all the hours you can and volunteer for work in the ER so she can try to keep up her hours. She gets a little frustrated with her cousin at times because what she is doing seems like thievery to her (and to me too). Do I want my daughter to be like my niece, no and nor do I want to be this way. The thing is there are a whole, whole, whole lot of people like my niece...

[SoOrbudgal]

I do not share the belief of socialism. I'm in the belief of working hard doing your best don't like your pay get a better skill can't find a job try working 2. I'm all for helping hand up just not for life. Free handouts leads to lazy life " why work when I get more off unemployment " temporary to most go back to work after this shit storm ends. Else you reap what you sow. America was not meant to be a socialist communist country. Hardworking laborers ruled by the big rich families built this country into what it is. Nothing is free we the working class payed for all and were taxed heavy so you can get a free ride?? Oh hell no

[alltatup]

herbgrower That's an interesting take on the development of capitalism as the evolving expression of human nature; I would totally agree with you there. To me there's not much difference between pope Alexander VI (a Borgia, naturally) and the Sackler family or the prez for that matter. I mean, there's lots of historical differences, but the drives and goals are the same.
The same behavior existed prior to capitalism, which has given rapacity and sociopathic disregard for human (and all other forms of) life its current global expression.

[Obi-Wan]

I mean no disrespect, but you use the term “we” as if everyone shares the same beliefs. Capitalism, Socialism, Communism, Imperialism, Fascism, my way is better than your way-ism....I’ll share a table with you without a second thought about your political affiliation just the same, we may disagree and I’m ok with that. But...we’re all here on earth and the virus affects all of us just the same so I don’t really see how politics matters in this moment. It’s just something else to divide us in a moment when we should be united....JMO...

[Gingerbeard]

Humanism? That's a bold one. Atheism or apostatism?

[herbgrower]

Capitalism is in my opinion not an idea but a human nature now. I am a socialist but you can't underestimate power of money and the privileges that comes with it. There is no utopia, there never was and there never will be. The world has always been this cruel, we just thought our surrounding world was like that but with 21st century we know it's the same everywhere.
However only few good people make up for the most of the cruelty at least that's what I saw reading back human history. I think we all need new but very old school -ism in current times; Humanism!
I like to quote L.R. Knost on that note, "It's not our job to toughen our children up to face a cruel and heartless world. It's our job to raise children who will make the world a little less cruel and heartless." I imprinted this for if and when I become a father.

[Gingerbeard]

Nowhere did I say I thought it was okay to put profits before people alltatup. I said, "Has to be..." Isn't that a true statement followed by a solid example? No profit, no business. No business, no advancement. Then we're a Coke bottle utopia. Can I call it 'sociopathic tendencies?' If so, yep. People who make real big decisions have real big fucked up decisions to make.
What are my sweeping generalizations? I used the word 'all' once about the 1%. That's the only clue I can see to making any sort of generalization. I googled my error. It should be 1% control 80%. When I said, "Weed companies are product contributors..." that doesn't say all companies. Asking people about things they buy?
Let's hear it for non-profit organizations! I'm absolutely serious. Honest NPO's have to figure money in their budget to pay non-volunteers and have to plan if they're going to need to hire anybody else for the next year. Expansion. Technically, not a profit. But what else is it but money for expansion that will create more money for the NPO?
I keep reading what I wrote. Anything not factual without going off on tangents, my dove?

[Gingerbeard]

Rwise I know no advertisements. God created the remote control for three things: the mute button, channel surfing, and as an extension of a man's penis. Wonder what the ladies think about that.

[Rwise]

Television was free until they found out folks would pay for it. Not me! I hate advertisements, yet I used to work for TV Guide which made $6,000,000.00 a minute from adds. But what you gonna do?