A man worth $69.4 billion is against stimulus payments. Meanwhile: "The bottom 20% by income have no savings accounts....Limited savings isn’t only an issue for low-income families. Quite a few middle- and high-income families have no savings cushion to fall back on." https://twitter.com/AlisonTrollop/status/1245760898754478086
As I've written endlessly, I've worked for & dated wealthy people. Very wealthy people. His and Hers matching Rolls-Royce Ghost wealthy. I am not an expert, but as an amateur anthropologist, I attest to the fact that the uber-rich have no concept at all of how average folk live.
The NYT op-ed team feels that "This Deal Is Good Enough." Meanwhile, the NYT news analysis feels that "it comes too late to prevent lasting damage to many families and businesses." However, the NYT business section understands that the "money will take time to start arriving."
You can just hear the rich people talking to themselves at their $1000 a meal dinner parties. "We gave them $600 to live on for three months. What more could they possibly want?" https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/eat-indoors-at-the-French-Laundry-Napa-15543509.php
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