Covid Relief Bill thread

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Anonymous wrote:I work in healthcare so I'm fortunate to have a job. I know many have lost their job and I feel for them. However, we are desperate to hire in healthcare. You don't have to be a nurse or other healthcare professional. We are desperate for people to work as transporters, registration clerks, patient care assistants, safety sitters, phlebotomists, dietary techs, housekeepers... the list goes on and on. These are all jobs that offer a few weeks of OJT and you're good to go.

I don't understand why people who have lost their job are not applying for these positions. They are not highly paid, we pay in the $13-18 per hour range plus shift and weekend differential, but some money and benefits is better than no money and benefits. Oh, and benefit cost is sliding scale based on wage so the cost to insure yourself is zero and to insure your family is kept low.

First of all, that pay range is atrocious.

Secondly, if you're working for a healthcare provider, you are exposing yourself to COVID infected patients.

Thanks Einstein, the people working in healthcare didn't know that.

Someone thinks it's worth it to sacrifice your life for $13/hr, while individuals like Joel Osteen are banking big bucks for doing nothing. So, yeah, someone out there apparently didn't know that.

The point is, if you lost your service industry job, there are other jobs out there. Maybe we should all quit our jobs and do nothing because of you know, COVID.

Why not? That's what Joel Osteen is doing, and he has a $200K Ferrari to show for it.

Maybe you should open a mega church and report back here and let us know how it's going. In the meantime, does Osteen know he lives rent-free in your head?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I work in healthcare so I'm fortunate to have a job. I know many have lost their job and I feel for them. However, we are desperate to hire in healthcare. You don't have to be a nurse or other healthcare professional. We are desperate for people to work as transporters, registration clerks, patient care assistants, safety sitters, phlebotomists, dietary techs, housekeepers... the list goes on and on. These are all jobs that offer a few weeks of OJT and you're good to go.

I don't understand why people who have lost their job are not applying for these positions. They are not highly paid, we pay in the $13-18 per hour range plus shift and weekend differential, but some money and benefits is better than no money and benefits. Oh, and benefit cost is sliding scale based on wage so the cost to insure yourself is zero and to insure your family is kept low.

First of all, that pay range is atrocious.

Secondly, if you're working for a healthcare provider, you are exposing yourself to COVID infected patients.

Thanks Einstein, the people working in healthcare didn't know that.

Someone thinks it's worth it to sacrifice your life for $13/hr, while individuals like Joel Osteen are banking big bucks for doing nothing. So, yeah, someone out there apparently didn't know that.

The point is, if you lost your service industry job, there are other jobs out there. Maybe we should all quit our jobs and do nothing because of you know, COVID.

Why not? That's what Joel Osteen is doing, and he has a $200K Ferrari to show for it.

Maybe you should open a mega church and report back here and let us know how it's going. In the meantime, does Osteen know he lives rent-free in your head?

DP You don't get a $200K Ferrari by joining a mega-church. You get it by founding a mega-church, never paying taxes, drawing an immense salary, and banning hurricane victims from your sanctuary.

[Anonymous]

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Thank you for doing your job Congress

[Anonymous]

The $500m for Israel or any other foreign country is not part of the relief bill.

They jammed the relief bill together with a bunch of appropriations bills to pass it as one big omnibus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The $500m for Israel or any other foreign country is not part of the relief bill.

They jammed the relief bill together with a bunch of appropriations bills to pass it as one big omnibus

Why are foreign countries getting millions from us and our citizens are losing jobs and going hungry?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The $500m for Israel or any other foreign country is not part of the relief bill.

They jammed the relief bill together with a bunch of appropriations bills to pass it as one big omnibus

Why are foreign countries getting millions from us and our citizens are losing jobs and going hungry?

A very small percentage of the annual budget goes to foreign aid each year. We are far and away the richest country in the world and we give less aid proportionally than most developed countries. A lot of the aid we give is spent in the US. For instance we give billions in foreign military financing, which is spent on US military contractors. Giving aid to LDCs helps prevent conflict by stabilizing those countries which saves us lots of money in the long run. We've also paid for many of the peace deals such as Israel/Jordan, Israel/Egypt, Sudan etc.

[Anonymous]

Why are we giving all this money to other countries? For things that have nothing to do with Covid?
https://www.opindia.com/2020/12/foreign-aid-pakistan-democracy-gender-programs-covid-relief-bill-usa-house-senate/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The $500m for Israel or any other foreign country is not part of the relief bill.

They jammed the relief bill together with a bunch of appropriations bills to pass it as one big omnibus

Why are foreign countries getting millions from us and our citizens are losing jobs and going hungry?

A very small percentage of the annual budget goes to foreign aid each year. We are far and away the richest country in the world and we give less aid proportionally than most developed countries. A lot of the aid we give is spent in the US. For instance we give billions in foreign military financing, which is spent on US military contractors. Giving aid to LDCs helps prevent conflict by stabilizing those countries which saves us lots of money in the long run. We've also paid for many of the peace deals such as Israel/Jordan, Israel/Egypt, Sudan etc.

$453 MILLION for the Ukraine???? WTF

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The $500m for Israel or any other foreign country is not part of the relief bill.

They jammed the relief bill together with a bunch of appropriations bills to pass it as one big omnibus

Why are foreign countries getting millions from us and our citizens are losing jobs and going hungry?

A very small percentage of the annual budget goes to foreign aid each year. We are far and away the richest country in the world and we give less aid proportionally than most developed countries. A lot of the aid we give is spent in the US. For instance we give billions in foreign military financing, which is spent on US military contractors. Giving aid to LDCs helps prevent conflict by stabilizing those countries which saves us lots of money in the long run. We've also paid for many of the peace deals such as Israel/Jordan, Israel/Egypt, Sudan etc.

$453 MILLION for the Ukraine???? WTF

...to buy weapons from us and defend against Russia. Ukraine borders our NATO allies and is being de-stabilized and attacked by Ruasia. There's also yens of billions for the wall, space force, Trump's deal with Sudan, and tax giveaways for NASCAR and the Kentucky Derby. Considering all that, aid to Ukraine seems both well spent and cheap.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The $500m for Israel or any other foreign country is not part of the relief bill.

They jammed the relief bill together with a bunch of appropriations bills to pass it as one big omnibus

Why are foreign countries getting millions from us and our citizens are losing jobs and going hungry?

A very small percentage of the annual budget goes to foreign aid each year. We are far and away the richest country in the world and we give less aid proportionally than most developed countries. A lot of the aid we give is spent in the US. For instance we give billions in foreign military financing, which is spent on US military contractors. Giving aid to LDCs helps prevent conflict by stabilizing those countries which saves us lots of money in the long run. We've also paid for many of the peace deals such as Israel/Jordan, Israel/Egypt, Sudan etc.

$453 MILLION for the Ukraine???? WTF

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Defense against Russia. It's not charity.

[Anonymous]

Yes but why are we doing ANY of that in a Covid bill? Shouldn't aid to foreign nations be a part of an aid to foreign nations bill?

[Anonymous]

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes but why are we doing ANY of that in a Covid bill? Shouldn't aid to foreign nations be a part of an aid to foreign nations bill?

They wrapped the Covid bill into the omnibus spending bill.

[Anonymous]

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Yes, but that came with the stupid liability shield which was a non-starter.