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> for most unemployed Americans, wrong. It's 100% wrong as of today (the article is from May), as the $600 supplement has expired and won't be renewed. In fact
by jellicle 6y ago
> for most unemployed Americans, wrong.
It's 100% wrong as of today (the article is from May), as the $600 supplement has expired and won't be renewed. In fact I'm not sure why HN is discussing an expired, won't-be-renewed program as if it is current.
- dragonwriter 6y agoBecause it's actually being debated right now as to whether to replace it with the same, less, or nothing, and setting perception about particular ways is in the interests of people who want a particular outcome of that debate to either occur and not have its supporters politically punished at the upcoming election, or, OTOH, to not occur and have its supporters punished at the election.