83% of #NYC #restaurants are unable to pay July rent. Restaurant closures are going to be apocalyptic in coming weeks. Legacy of the lunatic #lockdown: killing off an entire industry. http://archive.vn/6sF0n #news #FactsMatter
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Harris County has had 86,563 cases, 36,073 active cases, and 905 deaths from #CCPVirus. Yet Cy-Fair ISD teachers think the virus is a death sentence. Parents, just homeschool. Teachers are too stupid to do their jobs. https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/cyfair-news/article/Cy-Fair-teachers-protesting-district-s-reopening-15472360.php?cmpid=hpctp #news #education #FactsMatter
The federal government spent almost $250 billion on enhanced unemployment benefits from early April to the end of July, the Labor Department said, as millions of workers were laid off amid the pandemic.
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The #FPUC stipend paid out $250 billion--roughly $18 billion per week. Moral hazards aside, that was spent in the regular #economy. Allowing the stipend to lapse would have contracted the economy. That's the can #Trump kicked down the road. https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-government-sent-workers-nearly-250-billion-in-600-a-week-jobless-aid-11597091188 #news
"It ain't no fun when your stomach hurts from hunger. It ain't no fun — especially in a pandemic," said one South Carolina woman who lost her home.
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The #eviction moratorium was only a bandaid solution at best. Rent still needs to get paid, and landlords need to be able to make a profit. People who can't pay the rent on a place can't stay in it indefinitely. Legacy of the lunatic #lockdown https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/evictions-south-carolina-signal-dire-straits-renters-nationwide-homelessness-looms-n1236224 #news
