Still playing dumb, so I'll remind you.No, you’re wrong. Either you’reor confusing me for one of the callous idiots who argued against the unemployment bonus. Never once did I ever dismiss the concerns of the “essential” workers who didn’t qualify for pandemic unemployment assistance.
What I think you might be recalling are the exchanges I had with those who said that the unemployed shouldn’t receive anything if essential workers were excluded from the pandemic aid. My position then, which I still stand by, was that those who lost their jobs as a result of the pandemic shouldn’t be penalized because of the admittedly unfair allotment of aid. Their criticisms, which were certainly valid, should have been directed at Congress.
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When democrats were fighting to have hazard pay included in the stimulus bill you were claiming that they were holding up progress when unemployment bonuses needed to be extended. You said hazard pay wasn't important enough to fight for, and that those people already had jobs and needed to make it work.
You said democrats deserved to lose for fighting for hazard pay.
or confusing me for one of the callous idiots who argued against the unemployment bonus. Never once did I ever dismiss the concerns of the “essential” workers who didn’t qualify for pandemic unemployment assistance.
