Nearly half of states do not have enough funds to pay all those unemployment claims

My other post stated that there is an assumption that $1200 is a one-time thing but can you be 100% certain about that, especially if this situation lasts? Is that where the snarky snobby attitude is coming from? But even if it is a one-time thing, what if they gave $0? What if the government didn't give a single fuck. That's why I said some people are acting very entitled. When you grow up dirt poor, you appreciate whatever you can get. Someone who didn't grow up poor is more likely to act like $1200 doesn't help at all. That pays my rent for me and my father to not be on the street another month. I just can't see how that isn't significant. My post also mentioned that this situation also shows how many people are living beyond their means in the first place, don't have any savings and/or are would have had trouble regardless if the pandemic would have not existed. It's not all 100% the governments fault. It just isn't. This situation just exposed a lot of cracks for many others; you can say wages are a factor and of course many other problems in the country but it's just not 100% someone or some entities fault always. There's still some personal responsibility involved. You knowing what being poor is like would understand. You had to make choices, sometimes difficult ones to survive, to have something for the next day, next week. And you were attacking me. You made an assumption and got a quick "gotcha" moment to get upvotes. Of course it's upsetting when seeing that shit after going through so much in life to get where my dad and I are now. You still don't seem grateful for the $1200, even if it doesn't guarantee you won't struggle for the next few months. I'm grateful for it. Because rarely did anybody give my father financial help; not $20, not $10.

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