COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

superchuck500 said
The income thing really depends on the local cost of living (and housing cost is the key factor) and whether the $150K is earned by one person or two (if it’s two, there are additional costs such as childcare, and twice the costs associated with working - like commute costs, work clothes, etc) . There are localities where $150K made in total by two people is very limited.

Those places are the ones with the higest population densities which are also the places being impacted the most by the virus. New York, San Fransisco, Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago.

It's amazing how many friends in cities wondered how I could live in rural Mississippi just a couple months ago that are suddenly envious. Several gun control friends have made statements about how they are coming to my house while my right leaning friends are upset that the Democrats are standing in the way of socialist fiscal policy.

The goepolotical psychology covid introduced has been nothing short of good entertainment in an otherwise horrible situation. It has absolutely stripped people of core beliefs in such a short period of time that most haven't had a chance to realize it.

I know plenty of people making well over that $150k level living paycheck to paycheck. If will be a miracle if all of them don't go bankrupt and that $1500 check wouldn't be enough to solve problems for a single one of them even in the short term.