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Incentivizing people to stay home was a bug, not a feature. There is absolutely nothing that suggests the federal government is interested in doing this on purp
by dfxm12 6y ago
Incentivizing people to stay home was a bug, not a feature. There is absolutely nothing that suggests the federal government is interested in doing this on purpose (and we might see a lot more people outside if the eviction protection measures aren't revisited by the end of the month). Quite the opposite - the message has constantly been that they want to get people out working as soon as possible in deference to "the economy", public health be damned.
Your local government's response and motivations might be different, but I largely doubt it.
- gboss 6y agoThe federal government is made up of many different actors with different goals. The $600 unemployment pandemic bonus was only added to the relief package because of the house democrats insistence. I think it’s hard to believe that was not their goal.
- danaris 6y ago> Incentivizing people to stay home was a bug, not a feature. > There is absolutely nothing that suggests the federal government is interested in doing this on purpose These are two separate statements, that do not necessarily correlate. That the government may not have intended the benefit to incentivize people to stay home (thus improving public health) does not mean that people staying home and improving public health is not a feature for the vast majority of people.