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And in states where recreational marijuana is legal, it seems to be more than just coincidence that the highest concentration of stores are in urban/black neighborhoods and said stores tend to market themselves aggressively even though smoking reportedly increases the risk of contracting COVID-19 and/or exacerbates it if contracted.
This seems to go hand in hand with every single Democratic Presidential candidate favoring free healthcare of illegals. Meanwhile, uninsured and underinsured individuals are encouraged to get coverage through the Marketplace (aka ACA aka Obamacare) where premiums are anything but affordable without qualifying for subsidies. The Dem's answer to that is Medicare for all(tm) with few details about who will pay (tax everyone with money, of course!) or how it will work (if you like your insurance you can still keep it... yeah right).
I feel the most for people that opened, purchased, or otherwise assumed control of a restaurant in the past 12 months and now have debt to pay off when their going concern came grinding to a screeching halt with no restart in sight in most locations. Even unemployment and PPA funds won't necessarily come close to covering loans/rent or other fixed expenses that still come due even with a closed building.
@JosephStalin - Out of curiosity, would people be required to use this money to support local restaurants or can they simply to buy whatever food they please? For most budget-conscious people, $66 -- depending on costs of living -- can be enough for up to a week's worth of groceries for one person. I can't see the state having the desire or resources to strictly monitor compliance with using these stipends soly at restaurants. Still, nothing surprises me when it comes to California.
I saw you mention that earlier. I imagine this is in part because of California's high costs of living. If you're truly interested in taking advantage of this program, I'd say go for it. I'd rather see the money go to people that can truly benefit from it than NEETS who expect to live off of endless gibs.
The way funding presently works, some states -- especially larger states and those with large urban areas -- end up being donor states (states who pay more out than they receive back). Donor states have cried about this for years and federal politicians often run on a platform that promises doing more to close the donor gap within their states, but it's difficult at best to change the funding formulas that result in this. Cuomo is free to point out how much being a donor state sucks, but political blackmail isn't going to solve the problem.
It's not surprising to see her opening an industry ran by her union colleagues; she doesn't want them too angry at her. IIRC, the industry has wanted to remain operating since the start and assured the governor they could use social distancing and other precautions to make it work for them. Let's hope they make good on that so that Michigan's numbers improve enough to allow other businesses and industries to gradually open up in some fashion in the coming weeks.
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A scrip program would make more sense than handing out cash or its equivalent and expecting recipients to use it as intended.
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