THIS IS A MASS LAY OFF. Once the employers are allowed to call them back to work, the lay-off is over and they are no longer qualified for unemployment. The end of the lay-offs depends on the Governor's declaration to end the protective methods. If an employer continues lay-offs beyond the Governor's declaration, the AID ends. The lay-offs would continue under normal unemployment dynamics or if this emergency ends with four months of unemployment, the workers may not have additional benefits.
The bill allows employers to borrow money to pay their employees directly and they then have the loan turn into a grant if indeed the employer paid his employees in anticipation of keeping them. That isn't even approaching unemployment.
It sounds to me the Republicans are stalling the bill because they only want to provide a Christmas payment to Wall Street. This is the problem with Republicans, they make things up and don't see the needs of the people.
The US Senate needs to pass the bill to support the American workers.
NOW. There is no reason for the delay. No state will end the emergency at the same time.
The American LABOR FORCE won't be seeing the benefits of this bill for weeks if not months. They need their unemployment during the waiting time.
The Republican Senate can argue about a Christmas gift to Wall Street later.
I wish this was a YouTube video. I saw her this morning.
By David Edwards
Former Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina (click here) says she opposes a $500 billion corporate bailout fund that is included in the Senate’s coronavirus relief legislation.
“I must say I am not a fan of the $500 billion in corporate bailouts,” Fiorina told MSNBC on Wednesday. “I’m all for the very creative work that it looks like was done to support small businesses, working families, individuals, to extend unemployment insurance as well as safety net programs. I think the corporate bailout should have been left for another day.”..
