Battle brewing over how to get more relief money to Americans

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Battle brewing over how to get more relief money to Americans
By Naomi Jagoda - 05/05/20 08:32 PM EDT

A fight is emerging in Washington over how best to get more money into people’s pockets to weather the coronavirus pandemic.

President Trump is making a payroll tax cut a priority for a future recovery package, but Democrats, as well as some Republicans, are not keen on that idea. Democrats argue that a better option is to provide Americans with direct payments like the ones mandated by the $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package Trump signed on March 27.

Trump described a payroll tax cut as a must-have for the next coronavirus relief bill during a Fox News virtual town hall on Sunday.


“We’re not doing anything unless we get a payroll tax cut,” he said. “That is so important to the success of our country.”

Reducing payroll taxes is an idea championed by conservatives with connections to the president. They argue that it could be a way to encourage people to work after Congress passed an expansion of unemployment insurance that has resulted in some people receiving more money in unemployment benefits than they would be receiving in wages had they not lost their jobs.

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https://thehill.com/policy/finance/496286-battle-brewing-over-how-to-get-more-relief-money-to-americans

[bilo]

A fight is emerging in Washington over how best to get more money into people’s pockets to weather the coronavirus pandemic.

It's easy, end the shut downs.

We don't have a problem with availability of ventilators.

We don't ha ve a shortage of hospital beds.

We have treatments that are effective.

We know about masks and washing hands.

Those that are fearful, or at high risk, can stay home. Those that are not fearful should be free to live their lives.

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[massadvj]

A fight is emerging in Washington over how best to get more money into people’s pockets to weather the coronavirus pandemic.

It's easy, end the shut downs.

We don't have a problem with availability of ventilators.

We don't ha ve a shortage of hospital beds.

We have treatments that are effective.

We know about masks and washing hands.

Those that are fearful, or at high risk, can stay home. Those that are not fearful should be free to live their lives.

Could not agree more.

The quarantine has done nothing and will do nothing to reduce the number of people who will die from Coronavirus.  It just stretched the period of time out from a shorter duration to a longer duration.  Meanwhile, the quarantine has caused an increase in deaths from other causes as it has caused untold damage to our economy, which will result in greater deaths from overdoses, domestic violence, suicide and other deaths related to economic hardship.

[bilo]

Could not agree more.

The quarantine has done nothing and will do nothing to reduce the number of people who will die from Coronavirus.  It just stretched the period of time out from a shorter duration to a longer duration.  Meanwhile, the quarantine has caused an increase in deaths from other causes as it has caused untold damage to our economy, which will result in greater deaths from overdoses, domestic violence, suicide and other deaths related to economic hardship.

I'm with you 100%.

Also, we are seeing the destruction of people's life long dreams. Not all small businesses are going to be coming back. Often people who have a small business made tremendous sacrifices in order to start the business and build it up. Now some are not only going to be out of business, but they will be bankrupted.

It's time for everyone to just "man up".