The Friday Feels
July 24, 2020
Happy Friday!
Today, we’re going to try something a little different. We’re going to provide a series of statements, and we want to see if you agree or disagree with them.
Then, we’ll end the week by deciding what type of pizza reigns supreme in the Tinaverse and do our weekly check-in to see how everyone is feeling.
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Results from July 23, 2020
Question 1: The Coronavirus Aid Response and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which added $600 per week from the federal government to state unemployment payments, is set to expire on July 31. Should the federal government extend this added unemployment payments?
The extra $600 on top of unemployment at this point is a dis-incentive for someone to go back to work. They are, in many cases, making more on the stimulus money than they were working. Why go back to work when you can make more staying home. Things have opened in every state, companies are hiring, time to cut the extra dollars. The government can't afford it nor future generations who are going to have to pay it all back.
The argument that unemployment is disincentivizing people from working is moot because the whole point of shutting down the economy and paying people to stay home in the first place was to slow the spread of the virus. On that front, we’ve clearly failed miserably. Moreover, instead of getting angry at people for earning more from unemployment benefits than they would from working a full-time job, get angry at the employers who don’t think their workers deserve a living wage. $600 a week might have been a living wage 50 years ago, but in 2020, it’s barely enough to get by. We’re hanging the American people out to dry just so the wealthiest among us can get even wealthier, and the fact that so many people are willing to go along with it is truly disgusting.
I am in favor of extending the $600 a week - but it should be accompanied by efforts to give people productive things to do in their towns and cities - a national work or service program. The $600 is very much still needed by a lot of people, but we also have major issues with violent crime, drugs, and overdoses that seem tied to a lot of people sitting around with no jobs and extra cash. It's getting really bad and media isn't covering it.
Plus the national debt is currently being at $27 trillion is enough reason to reject the bill too. For unemployment just put everyone up to what their pay normally would be if they were working and give them that. This doesn’t have to be a huge bill all at once.
Question 2: Federal law enforcement agents from the Department of Homeland Security have deployed to Portland, Oregon under the Administration's executive order to protect U.S. monuments and other federal property from protests. How do you view these deployments?
The purpose of Homeland Security is “anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security and disaster prevention and management “. The National Guard is to help respond to “domestic emergencies “. Some of these protests are peaceful and some are not, but not to the extent that rock throwing needs to be met with government militia dressed in combat fatigues using tear gas on locals. This is dangerously close to a personal army w a vendetta. I suggest the National Guard, if required at all.
these poor cities will get some relief after being under siege for so long. it is horrible what has been happening at the hands of domestic terrorists. they should stop burning down federal properties and committing federal crimes if they don't want to be arrested by federal agents. it's that simple!
Our government has truly gone too far with the deployment of federal agents. The cries of Trump's fascism seemed extreme to me in 2016 but they do not anymore. I am sad for our nation and its citizens
Question 3: Do you believe federal law enforcement agents should wear military-style camouflage on domestic operations?
I think the federal officers should dress in camo so they are not confused with local law enforcement. That said, the federal gov’t should not be sending troops into cities unless requested by local/state officials. Federal gov’t chose to keep their hands off with Covid, then they should do the same with the public protests not on federal land.
We should chew on the fact that the “conservative” party in America is simultaneously arguing in favor of “states rights” when it comes to legislating about women’s bodies and deploying the federal military into states in order to “take control.”
Question 4: Finally, on a significantly lighter note, one of our users wants to know: What's the proper way for toilet paper to be placed on the holder?
The only legitimate reason to have the loose piece of TP facing the wall is if you have pets that play with the roll and you don't want to clean it up every time. Otherwise, it's just not right.
I think the answer to this depends on if you have a cat.
I think it does.
Question 4: The person who replaces it gets to choose.
How often do you change an empty toilet paper roll...or do you let someone else do it ?😊
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