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How about something a bit more targeted? Do we really need to give software engineers working from home extra cash?
by cycrutchfield 7y ago
How about something a bit more targeted? Do we really need to give software engineers working from home extra cash?
- fma 7y agoThat software engineer would spend it elsewhere in the industry, likely some non-essential. That hourly worker w/o a job will pay rent and food. Software engineer...a carwash, new lawn equiment, or hell even a vacation. Giving an airline a tax break won't drive them more customers. Giving their customers more money will give them customers.
- cycrutchfield 7y agoWhat? Nobody is going to be flying anywhere soon, regardless of whether you give everybody $1000.
- fma 7y ago$1000 a month per person...Trump has announced at least 2 months of it. I have my salary still. My wife and I get $4000 of free money. What do you think we're going to do with it? You need to think long term what this money can do.
- nimih 7y agoSoftware engineers are a tiny fraction of the population, and any money given to them can always be recouped via taxes anyways. The added bureaucratic/administrative complexity on such a time-sensitive measure just doesn't seem worth it.
- int_19h 7y agoHow much are you willing to pay to make sure that it's targeted? 30% overhead is not uncommon for means-tested welfare.