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The fact that this is not discussed more, or that congress and the president have already "moved on" is so frustrating. The president should be making distribu

by syspec 6y ago

The fact that this is not discussed more, or that congress and the president have already "moved on" is so frustrating. The president should be making distributing this aid, and fixing the unemployment benefits mess his priority for these people. Instead he's doing a photo op with cans of beans in the Oval Office, and another photo op down the street with a bible he holds like an alien artifact

salmon30salmon 6y ago
Trump messed up a ton in this crises, and has a lot to answer for. This is not one of them. Unemployment is almost all within the remit of the individual states. The government approved additional payments to each state, but the state government is responsible for dispersing and managing the unemployment system.
- mindslight 6y ago
  Fiscal and monetary policy are under the purview of the federal government. Individual states are stuck between a rock and a hard place - needing to ramp up spending to respond to the crisis, while receiving much less tax revenue. States can only respond by taking on more debt, further compounding the cause of this financial jam. Hence red states passing the pain downwards by turning the screws on workers. The current response just takes us further into the debt spiral, making the next crisis even worse - if we're lucky enough to have a next one!
  - taylodl 6y ago
    Most states are required to have a balanced budget, which makes sense seeing as how they don't have the monetary tools available to the federal government. The state budget has to be balanced at the end of the current budget cycle. States have different budget cycles - 1 year, 2 year and 3 year. Many states have dipped into their rainy day funds. For states whose budget cycle ends this year - this could get really ugly.
- syspec 6y ago
  I'm saying he should be using the power of the bully pulpit, to help coordinate the fixing of this issue, not selling beans

by syspec 6y ago

salmon30salmon 6y ago

Trump messed up a ton in this crises, and has a lot to answer for. This is not one of them. Unemployment is almost all within the remit of the individual states. The government approved additional payments to each state, but the state government is responsible for dispersing and managing the unemployment system.

mindslight 6y ago
Fiscal and monetary policy are under the purview of the federal government. Individual states are stuck between a rock and a hard place - needing to ramp up spending to respond to the crisis, while receiving much less tax revenue. States can only respond by taking on more debt, further compounding the cause of this financial jam. Hence red states passing the pain downwards by turning the screws on workers. The current response just takes us further into the debt spiral, making the next crisis even worse - if we're lucky enough to have a next one!
- taylodl 6y ago
  Most states are required to have a balanced budget, which makes sense seeing as how they don't have the monetary tools available to the federal government. The state budget has to be balanced at the end of the current budget cycle. States have different budget cycles - 1 year, 2 year and 3 year. Many states have dipped into their rainy day funds. For states whose budget cycle ends this year - this could get really ugly.
syspec 6y ago
I'm saying he should be using the power of the bully pulpit, to help coordinate the fixing of this issue, not selling beans