Discount retailer says low-income households feel more ‘financially constrained’ than six months ago

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  • Krauerking@lemy.lol
    16·
    4 months ago

    I got “unemployed” during Covid and saw everyone bragging about how awesome it was that the federal government was providing extra money and it was like working a good job…

    My state let me know they had run out of unemployment insurance several decades ago and I would get just the federal money, reduced down to the state amount, minus the state and federal tax from each check.

    Yeah I got so fucked over it’s still a shock that people say they legitimately came out better with more money.

    • LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.orgEnglish
      31·
      4 months ago

      bragging about how awesome it was that the federal government was providing extra money and it was like working a good job…

      Revolt hush money. I’m sure this was ran through a simulation at some prior time, “how can we pacify a domestic population that might reject what we’re about to do to them?” Money, of course.

    • GraniteM@lemmy.world
      1·
      4 months ago

      You should have seen my fucking face when I was on unemployment and I found out that I had to pay income tax on my unemployment checks. Like… what the fuck? Why didn’t you just give me less money to begin with?!

      • Krauerking@lemy.lol
        3·
        4 months ago

        Yup

        Edit: well with big blue cities that pride themselves on how helpful they are despite being also bullshit panderong that don’t even show up to vote in local elections.