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Originally Posted by nfotiu
It should at least be a lower income cut off. It makes no sense to be giving these checks to salaried white collar workers working from home. Taking the money from unemployment boosts/extensions and giving it to people not affected seems like the worst possible idea. A one time payment of $2000 does not help the people who are really hurt one bit, and 75% of those checks will go to people not financially affected.
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Agreed.
If my wife and I receive a disbursement, I'm going to push for us to donate the entire amount to food banks and any other charitable group that will help the unemployed at the moment.
It's a tough situation, and I don't know that blindly throwing money at the problem is the best answer. Some of that money will go directly to families in need. Some of it will simply be used to pay for credit that has already been spent. Much of it will sit in people's bank accounts without fully circulating in the economy. I'm not sure how to fix that last part.