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Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 02:40 PM Mar 2020

How to Prepare for the Trump Recession with Robert Reich

There is most certainly going to be a Trump recession, however, for many of us it may not be called a major depression, (managing the population through newspeak) but a rose by any other name.

It is best to start thinking early about how you are going to surf this one and make it through. Obviously, plans are going to have to change big time, but starting now is essential. That is, if you have something.

This short is more along the lines of our general management of this and what will actually be needed, (not the Trumpian Doughnut Factory response).

Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich explains what we must do to prepare for the looming recession caused by the coronavirus outbreak and the Trump administration's botched response.

While corporations got a $500 billion windfall, working Americans got a measly one-time $1,200 check to get by during this months-long crisis. With 3.3 million people filing for unemployment in a single week, it's time to start preparing for the inevitable recession ahead. We need to strengthen and expand unemployment insurance so that no worker gets left behind, strengthen public assistance, and protect food stamps.





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We need Auntie Maxine's proposal passed yesterday SheltieLover Mar 2020 #1
Trumpcession. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #2
Yup! SheltieLover Mar 2020 #3
I certainly hope he's got Dem leadership's ears. lindysalsagal Mar 2020 #4
And now they are on to an infrastructure slush fund JCMach1 Mar 2020 #5
It looks like that club... Newest Reality Mar 2020 #6

SheltieLover

(57,073 posts)
1. We need Auntie Maxine's proposal passed yesterday
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 02:43 PM
Mar 2020

$2K/mo thru crisis!

But repukes won't allow it because they got their slush fund first.

lindysalsagal

(20,692 posts)
4. I certainly hope he's got Dem leadership's ears.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 03:58 PM
Mar 2020

Such a smart, good man, and always easy to understand.

Biden should appoint him.

JCMach1

(27,559 posts)
5. And now they are on to an infrastructure slush fund
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 03:58 PM
Mar 2020

Pelosi needs to stand firm that unless there is guaranteed support through this crisis for families (including measures for rent/mortgages) there will be no infrastructure agreement.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
6. It looks like that club...
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 04:03 PM
Mar 2020

You know, the one we are not members of, is looking to decide how big the slush fund is and who gets to make snowballs with it.

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