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In a zero-based budgetting system, maybe. But given that any opponents will just present such a change as a huge additional expense and very much big government
by mtsr 7y ago
In a zero-based budgetting system, maybe. But given that any opponents will just present such a change as a huge additional expense and very much big government, do you really expect it to get much support?
- jurassic 7y agoWhen the first of the 535 members of Congress succumb to the virus, I think it will be pretty motivational for the survivors to enact policy change. The median age of serving Senators is ~66, so if a non-trivial proportion are infected I think we can expect a lot of deaths.
- wyldfire 7y agoSome incarnation of "paid sick leave" is likely to emerge [1], though I'm a little pessimistic -- probably would have a sunset clause. POTUS tiptoed around this yesterday: "We're also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where they're not going to ever miss a paycheck." IIUC "Paid sick leave" maybe via tax credit or some other subsidy. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/upshot/coronavirus-paid-sick-leave.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/10/upshot/coronavirus-paid-s...