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CrispyQ

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8. Federal aid for unemployment ends in July

Reply to swag (Original post)

Mon Jun 22, 2020, 02:03 PM

Jun 2020

and by October the corporations who took relief money can start laying off workers. The fed has all but guaranteed they will prop the stock market up, at least until Election Day. Too many Main Streeters gauge the economy by the DOW, and not by how much a hundred bucks buys you at the grocery store.

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Yikes! k&r for visibility. n/t Laelth Jun 2020 #7

Federal aid for unemployment ends in July CrispyQ Jun 2020 #8

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