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> a couple of infrequent Covid stimulus checks is the equivalent of paying people to not work. Even minimum wage pays a lot more than Covid checks. Author is f
by 908B64B197 5y ago
> a couple of infrequent Covid stimulus checks is the equivalent of paying people to not work. Even minimum wage pays a lot more than Covid checks.
Author is from Canada. The welfare checks given there were 2K per month since the beggining of the pandemic. And that's exclusing other welfare programs.
- smnrchrds 5y agoYou could get CERB/CRB for a maximum of 54 weeks, so just over a year. Those who started collecting CERB right at the beginning of the pandemic would have run out of it more than nine months ago. And that's before the programs ended in October.