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Working From Home - Impacts of Coronavirus
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james_s:
A loan is just a loan, even if the interest is zero it's still a loan and doesn't make up for the lost profit due to inactivity. Sooner or later it's time to pay the piper.
Stray Electron:

--- Quote from: rgarito on March 17, 2020, 05:46:21 pm ---

Apparently the feds are talking about a $1000 check being mailed to most Americans, but that wont last long and by the time it gets through all the red tape, it'll be amazing if much is left.

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  The problem with mailing everyone a $1000 check is that most of them will take it and blow it within a few hours on a big screen TV or other non-essential.  Also many will travel somewhere to spend it.  This is not the time to encourage people to go out shopping. I would much rather the government simply apply a $1000 credit to everyone's tax bill so that they effectively keep their entire pay check and/or unemployment check and that the credit will get paid out gradually and not all at once which would simply encourage people to waste it.
SiliconWizard:

--- Quote from: Sal Ammoniac on March 17, 2020, 03:34:38 pm ---All of Silicon Valley is now officially on lock-down. No one is allowed to travel except for "essential activities", which are narrowly defined to include visits to healthcare services, grocery shopping, and a few other things. All restaurants are closed except for take-out and home delivery. All other non-essential businesses are shut down for the duration. This runs through at least April 7th.

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Something similar over here.
Oh and now you need to carry some kind of declaration with you in which you state the date, what you're out for and you need to sign it. :-X
james_s:
I don't know that I'd even notice $1000, it would cover almost 2 weeks of my mortgage, and that's if they didn't take taxes out of it first. If I found myself needing to find a job it wouldn't buy much time. It's a nice gesture I suppose but it's a bit like seeing someone in a boat with a large hole in the hull and tossing them a roll of duct tape.
SilverSolder:

It would be reassuring to know that billions are being spent on developing a vaccine!
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