#UnEmployment

Jordan Weissmann 🗽

JHWeissmann

So, this is a potentially problematic interaction between Congress's expanded unemployment benefits and the way it structured the small business rescue. As pointed out to me by an event space

Conor Dougherty

ConorDougherty

In the meantime, I wrote a story about rent, which has puzzled me so greatly.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/31/business/economy/coronavirus-rent-landlords-tenants.html The first week of the shutdown, something like a third of renters didn&

Michael Linden

MichaelSLinden

No, Trump did not have a particularly strong economic record even before the pandemic. Economic performance under Trump was, in lots of ways, a little worse than under Obama.A THREAD.Let's

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Another 1.1 million people applied for unemployment insurance (UI) last week. That includes 787,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 345,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. 1/

Valerio De Stefano

valeriodeste

I created this class about “Labour and social protection in times of Coronavirus” and i thought to share a video of the class too, to start a discussion on labour

Trinh

Trinhnomics

Good morning: Let's talk about where we are in terms of recovery in Asia, the Eurozone and the USA.Below is manufacturing PMIs. Note the following:* US contraction less than Eurozone

Governor Roy Cooper

NC_Governor

Updates from Gov. Cooper’s COVID-19 briefing:https://twitter.com/NC_Governor/status/1252655868568457217 Today I want to share some information about a new Executive Order and some information about the budget proposal we have been working on

On The Other Side Of The Rain

SeaTerrors

I live on unemployment currently and get 465 a week, I support me and my roommate with our petsWe don't pay rent so we're VERY luckyWhen I had what was

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

This rally should be viewed as Trump’s toxic public prayer for chaos and division in our land. He has stoked a cold civil in America for 3 years and now

Anonynurse Practitioner

ArthurNonymous

If you're for mask *mandates*, you should have no problem with condom mandates, forced vaccinations, tobacco bans, and alcohol prohibition. To save lives. Just like masks, doing these things will

I.B. Trollin

Kofimagne

I feel like sharing a testimony. Y’all ready? Earlier today brother @kirkfranklin’s song “Lookin Out For Me” was in my spirit. So I played it on repeat and am still

BlackWomenViews Media

blackwomenviews

Thread: Today I'll be debunking the Trump's Platinum Plan SCAM with receipts. It's asinine to believe a 2 pg PDF when Trump's 4 yr Nationalist record proves hostility towards

TheCyberChick

warriors_mom

Wanted: People who know half century-old computer language so states can process unemployment claims: there are still 220B lines of COBOL in use today. 43% of banking systems are built

Laura Michet

lmichet

paying people to stay home during the pandemic is NOT "free" money. It's compensation for the hardship the govt absolutely must expose people to in order to end the pandemic

Kaz

katspat

Unpopular opinion: we should never prop up businesses with government handouts. Ever. We should 'let the market decide' on whether a business is viable or not. However, we should be

mike schussler

mikeschussler

South Africa has the 10th highest tax to GDP ratio in the world! SA has a higher tax burden than the UK, Canada & Israel.SA pays a fifth more taxes