Can’t get what you don’t ask for. First time I’ve ever created a petition
Feel free join me or write your own letters to your representatives
I’ll send another to Florida senators
To whom else do I reach out to?
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📨 Last delivered to @USRepKCastor#FL14#sayfie#flapol#COVID19
We are up to 70 members of Congress who are supporting @TimRyan@RoKhanna@aoc $2,000 a month relief bill! Let’s get this done for the people! Here are some of the members of Congress to contact if you happen to live in their district: @RepRichardNeal MA - 1. @AndyKimNJ NJ-3
I'm keeping a list of all sitting members of Congress who have sponsored, cosponsored, or expressed support in recurring cash payments. Here's that list which you can subscribe to and more easily contact everyone.
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Scratch that -
just received the $600 federal unemployment benefit directly into my bank
Now time to see how how it will take to receive the retroactive pay from the day the bill was signed
Florida’s unemployment benefits process says anyone who lost their job since March 9 will receive retroactive payments, regardless of when their application was successfully submitted
The $600 federal portion is to be issued by a check / card via mail separate from state funds
You wanna know whats fucked up?
We have countless millions of ppl losing their jobs, and it will only get worse
Ppl are struggling, depressed, wondering whats next, how they are going to pay the bills
While Congress keeps extending their vacation
WAKE UP
#PeopleVsCongress
Isn't it amazing how Congress believes in safety first when it comes to their own health, but when it comes to the health of all of us, it's about getting back to work for the good of America? It's #PeopleVsCongress trending time. They need to treat us like they treat themselves.
@MyLifeIsMunitz Physically safer, men are. There’s a grim reality that most men can easily overtake most women with little effort. Most of us women are at the mercy of the established social system ie laws, education, customs & curtsies to keep women safe from men
Florida unemployment update
4 weeks later the application finally approved. Payment to be deposited soon it says
What is unclear now is:
1) whether payments will include the 4 weeks from the start of the job loss
2) when the $600 CARES money will be distributed
@Mevsnormal Regardless of the cause, I was relieved that I could finally explain that her classroom behavior was a result of her medical condition and teachers had to help her instead of punish her. The teachers seemed relieved too because there is little they can do w/out a doctors note
@Mevsnormal We did testing with a vision specialist to get her medical accommodations like extra time on assignments. I would have never linked her attention problems w/out the help of our eye doctor I also found out lazy eye runs in my family after talking to family members
Good thing I didn’t rely on the email method to reset my @FLDEO unemployment password pin
Finally got an email 4 weeks later
Kind of depressing reminder that it’s been 4 weeks with no income and unemployment benefits are still pending
It shouldn't take this much effort on a daily basis every day for years to persuade people that they have a right to life and that the resources they need to live cannot be withheld from them, regardless of how much awesome work the witholders want them to do. #CongressPassUBI
When I think about how many times I had to defend the #FreedomDividend to people and explain EXACTLY “How are we gonna pay for it!?”
But NOW...we are spending trillions and nobody seems to care AT ALL where the money comes from because it’s for businesses...🤯
#CongressPassUBI