I agree with you. I'm offering what I expect as a compromise - $250-350 flat - and should have made that clearer. I personally think the best and easiest solution right now is a flat $400-600 benefit with federal UI extended until Jan 31 until better systems can be put in place. Leaders had months to come up with creative plans and wasted it. If we see a benefits gap of more than 3-4 weeks, then we could see some serious societal problems.
Long-term an 80% wage replacement with a minimum combined federal/state of $7.25/hr or $290/wk would be ideal. I would require states to provide a minimum of $250/wk benefit for fully unemployed with a max of at least $400/wk to participate in the federal program.
PPP was a massive payout to the wealthy yet people have said little about it. I've posted an example awhile back of a $100k sole-proprietor getting $18k compared to the general population getting only $1200 or the unemployed getting $1200 plus UI of $2400/mo. Small companies made out like bandits on PPP. I would much rather see people collecting federal UI than businesses getting fat checks.