[Kidd Lex]

Originally Posted by ghak99

It has been interesting to watch.

I know a few who are living higher right now than they ever have in their life. They're sitting at home making more money than they did working their normal 25-30 hours while picking up school program provided lunches and a weekly USDA food box. If you get someone to sign a paper, you can pick up other people's boxes as well. I've seen what is in these school lunches and boxes and it definitely adds up fast. Two of them are also taking advantage of a church sponsored program for evening meals. They're also still getting their regular child support checks. They've flat out said there's no way in hell they're going back to work until they're absolutely forced to.

I also know several "essential" employees who never recieved a day off through the mess while working for less than they could have made if they had just managed to get fired. If anything, their jobs got harder than they were, and all for the same pay.

There is a serious divide that's been driven and some people are going to remember this deal for a long time.

Articulated what I apparently couldn't. The Government would do well to address those essential workers with some form of incentive/compensation.