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I will keep this short but I think paying predermined sums like the $600 is a terrible idea. the number of people for whom this is exactly the right amount is

I will keep this short but I think paying predermined sums like the $600 is a terrible idea. the number of people for whom this is exactly the right amount is tiny, all it generates massive imbalances between those for whom this is too much and those for whom this is too little (or causes all kinds of unintended consequences) I read the a story with the two cashiers, one got laid off, the other not. The one that did not get laid off had to show up to work during the early pandemic when everyone was freaked out, worked eight hours a day then, at the end of day took home less than the second one that got laid off and stayed home all the while.

throwanem 6y ago
You're not wrong. It's been a clusterfuck. Where we differ is that you seem to argue what makes sense is to return to status quo ante, and I don't see how that makes any kind of sense when the clusterfuck we're arguing about is a side effect of the order-of-magnitude larger clusterfuck that is the economic effect of the ongoing pandemic, and the US government's ongoing and in my opinion frankly treasonable mishandling of said pandemic. Please excuse my language. At the moment I can find no word in my lexicon which is both less vulgar and still able to capture my depth of feeling.