On: The richest Americans became 40% richer during the pandemic

[chuckee]

Strange how the Paycheck Protection Program didn't directly pay workers who didn't get paychecks, but had to go through their employers instead.

[dntrkv → chuckee]

That's what the unemployment was for, and it was quite generous. $1200/month on top of the existing unemployment benefits, plus the stimulus checks.

Most low wage workers earned more on unemployment during COVID.

[newbamboo → chuckee]

It turns out, businesses contribute to political campaigns. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/planned-parenthood-paycheck-pro...

[_lz4k → newbamboo]

which would be wild if at the end of the day politicians didn’t still have the last say