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A single $1200 stimulus check, massive unemployment over 8 months.
How are people staying alive?
I don't understand.
- One of the things that sucks is that businesses are shut down in the markets in which people can least afford to not be working (SF, NY, LA, etc)MondoMorphic
- How are people paying rent? I don't get itnb
- There's been a trickle down NB. Big wins for everybodyPhanLo
- I've been burning through any and all savings I'd had.colin_s
- Wear your masks and shut upi_was
- In a strange twist of 2020 fate, everyone won the lottery, picked an accumilator on the dogs and horses, inherited millions, and struck oil in their garden.face_melter
- For real I thought 40% of the country was one medical bill away from homelessness. What happened?nb
- nb the extra $600 unemployment saved my ass but ran out for me with this month's rent.colin_s
- I too am surviving just from a few scraps. It’s pretty dire, but I’m good at getting by on nothinghardhat
- Unemployment insurance still exists AFAIKyuekit
- I don't think the severity has been widely covered; The current White House is def. hiding any stat it thinks will make them look bad...evilpeacock
- They added a $600 weekly benefit on top of whatever your state offers for a while.yuekit
- The unemployment $600 add-on (and the later $300 3-week one) have definitely propped things up, more than the $1200. But I'm still losing savings for bills.evilpeacock
- I see a huge divide in online news and perception regarding "everything is fine" vs "I'm about to lose everything". Not sure what the real numbers are.evilpeacock
- Yeah I think you're right...the media doesn't convey the reality of what people are going through.yuekit
- We can't just start showing live footage from medical front lines (HIPPA rules); At best it's been morgue freezer trucks or mass burials shot from drones.evilpeacock
- Its not like there is no safety net...there is unemployment and also programs such as food stamps. But the cost of living is so high for a lot of people in USAyuekit
- I have family who are front line medical; My reduction in steady mograph/design work means jack to the folks dealing with intubation, etc.evilpeacock
- that it can be a disaster if your income suddenly cuts off even with all these measures.yuekit
- UI is helping and my state (WA) has good resources; But even with the CARES extension it'll run out by EOY.evilpeacock
- Deathboy sent his socialist welfare handout back to the government. He's a legendary freedumb fighter.utopian
- The local paper had a list of all the restaurants that have gone bankrupt (we are at 10% cap), it's sad and terrifying.formed
- The dominos, just like the subprime, starts at the bottom, but it'll hit the banks and WS soon enough. The day of (financial) reckoning isn't far.formed
- The wealthy will swoop in and buy it all up for pennies. Home Depot, Walmart, large restaurant chains, etc., will be all that survives.formed
- I haven't worked since May. Ive been extremely lucky, My wife works in healthcare, we had just refinanced our house.fooler
- Stimulus checks helped a little, unemployment helped a little more. Im homeschooling 2 kids so working isnt even an option right now.fooler
- I didn’t lose my job and if I did I don’t qualify for any assistance so it was unclear how others were surviving. I forgot about regular unemployment insurance.nb
- Not driving, no gas, no clothes allowance, no eating out, no happy hours all helped save too.fooler
- Wifey lost her job in june, had 4 months savings, shit is dwindling. About to liquidate some assets. Nobody gives a fuck about us on the hill.BonSeff
- Stonksscarabin
- Yeah. If my wife would lose her job we’d be f’ed and living off our 401ks which would fuck us even more in the long run and in taxes.fooler
- My wife works at a non-profit that serves a local school district; The entire lockdown she's been *busy* getting food/bandwidith to all the needy families.evilpeacock
- I run my own business and qualified for a PPP loan, most of which should be forgivable. I can't work full-time with two kids at home right now.nocomply
- Without that loan, it'd be looking a lot more dire. But even with it, I worry about how we'll make it through 2021.nocomply
- hot moms signing up for their own onlyfans accounts?microkorg
- 33 notes, no one said bootstraps? son, i am disappoint. so hot right now.imbecile
- I make my own avocado toastscarabin
- Coca-Cola helps a lot, at least for mei_was
- I am working 12 hours a week. My wife is working 12 hours a day. We are VERY lucky. Not sure what will happen in Jan when my bosses PPP loan is all done.lemmy_k