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Sounds like Democrats and Republicans are united in not liking Trump's proposed stimulus (my personal opinion is that with the 10-year treasury at 0.5%, some fiscal stimulus may be warranted, and I think payroll holidays make sense)


BC

I think most everyone is in agreement that some stimulus is a good idea.  The question is how to get it to those who do (or soon will) need it most.  I'm thinking about servers, bartenders, drivers, etc. who stand a good chance of losing income or losing their jobs outright if people stop going out or are legally prohibited from doing so.  For those people, a small tax cut does nothing.  Ditto for all the contractors and gig workers.

A much better idea is to just send checks to everyone.  Ultimately, I think something like this has to happen, otherwise we're soon going to end up with a brobdingnagian number of evictions and foreclosures.  There are loads of people who are one or two missed paychecks away from homelessness.  Tax cuts won't help them.

[burger]

Sounds like Democrats and Republicans are united in not liking Trump's proposed stimulus (my personal opinion is that with the 10-year treasury at 0.5%, some fiscal stimulus may be warranted, and I think payroll holidays make sense)


BC

I think most everyone is in agreement that some stimulus is a good idea.  The question is how to get it to those who do (or soon will) need it most.  I'm thinking about servers, bartenders, drivers, etc. who stand a good chance of losing income or losing their jobs outright if people stop going out or are legally prohibited from doing so.  For those people, a small tax cut does nothing.  Ditto for all the contractors and gig workers.

A much better idea is to just send checks to everyone.  Ultimately, I think something like this has to happen, otherwise we're soon going to end up with a brobdingnagian number of evictions and foreclosures.  There are loads of people who are one or two missed paychecks away from homelessness.  Tax cuts won't help them.