[donovanian]

> It would mean to ignore the weakest in society (maybe lay them off?) for the benefit of a few at the top.

As though almost all the unprecedented levels of pandemic relief in the US haven’t gone to anything but people that need relief.

[xmprt]

A lot of the early pandemic relief went to large corporations looking for cheap loans.

[reaperducer]

Fortunately, a lot of them were publicly shamed into giving it back.

Meanwhile, hundreds of billions of dollars went to people making less than $75,000 a year. Seems like a good chunk of the relief went to those most likely to need it.

[donovanian]

The bills passed claim they're for "relief", but if you examine the contents much of the spending doesn't even occur this year.

> Only about 5 percent of that total is funding public health efforts related to the pandemic, according to the nonpartisan number crunchers at the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB).