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A large percentage of the population relies on school for childcare. No childcare = no work = no money. A large percentage of those families didn’t have elder

A large percentage of the population relies on school for childcare. No childcare = no work = no money. A large percentage of those families didn’t have elderly in the home or visiting. For them, in-person school was critical.

wing-_-nuts 3y ago
...and hence why we helped those people who were unemployed and had children.
- pc86 3y ago
  "Helped" as in the $600 stimulus checks people got that was supposed to cover groceries for 6 months while they couldn't pay rent?
  - wing-_-nuts 3y ago
    more the unemployment benefits and the massive child care tax credits, yes.
    - hattmall 3y ago
      > massive child care tax credits massive? lol. It was like an additional $300 a month.
  - Workaccount2 3y ago
    There was a rent moratorium in most places. People were not paying rent.
- infamouscow 3y ago
  We? Who is we here?
  - px43 3y ago
    US taxpayers I guess.
- sbrother 3y ago
  We did? No, we didn't. Source: had young children during the pandemic and just finished paying back debt I accrued from having to quit my job.
  - trealira 3y ago
    There was this "Child Tax Credit" during the pandemic: https://www.whitehouse.gov/child-tax-credit/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/child-tax-credit/ It sounds like you might have missed out on it due to not knowing about it, which would be unfortunate.
    - zdragnar 3y ago
      Tax credits aren't very helpful when, as the parent post noted, they had to quit their job to stay home.
      - trealira 3y ago
        You're right. I didn't make the connection. My bad.
op00to 3y ago
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- afavour 3y ago
  Percentage of parents that died from COVID doesn’t compare to the percentage of parents that require school to take care of their kids during working hours.
  - op00to 3y ago
    "sorry timmy, dad lost his job because he can't work. enjoy being poor until he gets a new job!" "sorry timmy, dad lost his life because he was forced to work. enjoy being poor and an orphan!"
    - afavour 3y ago
      If we’re debating theoreticals, “Sorry John, Timmy died when he was left at home unsupervised and his 14 year old neighbour didn’t notice he hit his head”

wing-_-nuts 3y ago

...and hence why we helped those people who were unemployed and had children.

pc86 3y ago
"Helped" as in the $600 stimulus checks people got that was supposed to cover groceries for 6 months while they couldn't pay rent?
- wing-_-nuts 3y ago
  more the unemployment benefits and the massive child care tax credits, yes.
  - hattmall 3y ago
    > massive child care tax credits massive? lol. It was like an additional $300 a month.
- Workaccount2 3y ago
  There was a rent moratorium in most places. People were not paying rent.
infamouscow 3y ago
We? Who is we here?
- px43 3y ago
  US taxpayers I guess.
sbrother 3y ago
We did? No, we didn't. Source: had young children during the pandemic and just finished paying back debt I accrued from having to quit my job.
- trealira 3y ago
  There was this "Child Tax Credit" during the pandemic: https://www.whitehouse.gov/child-tax-credit/ https://www.whitehouse.gov/child-tax-credit/ It sounds like you might have missed out on it due to not knowing about it, which would be unfortunate.
  - zdragnar 3y ago
    Tax credits aren't very helpful when, as the parent post noted, they had to quit their job to stay home.
    - trealira 3y ago
      You're right. I didn't make the connection. My bad.

op00to 3y ago

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afavour 3y ago
Percentage of parents that died from COVID doesn’t compare to the percentage of parents that require school to take care of their kids during working hours.
- op00to 3y ago
  "sorry timmy, dad lost his job because he can't work. enjoy being poor until he gets a new job!" "sorry timmy, dad lost his life because he was forced to work. enjoy being poor and an orphan!"
  - afavour 3y ago
    If we’re debating theoreticals, “Sorry John, Timmy died when he was left at home unsupervised and his 14 year old neighbour didn’t notice he hit his head”