Surferboy567
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Haven’t they been negotiating with the unions behind the scenes? They’d probably know
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Haven’t they been negotiating with the unions behind the scenes? They’d probably know
NOPE! Lol nope nope nope. They’ve put off meeting with the union reps saying ‘no reason to meet because no new info’
I feel like we're awaiting a trial verdict. No one knows anything but this long deliberation isn't boding well with me.
21stamps
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Oh that’s good. My parents are 70,71 dad’s health deteriorating, though he keeps acting like it isn’t. I really hope they can do their trip at some point if cancelled. Their age/health is the only reason I allowed it during soccer season. Summer is just too hot for them.
Still holding out hope that it will open in time.
Clamman73
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But that plant was sold?
Trump lashes out at General Motors over ventilator shortage
President Trump on Friday lashed into General Motors over a critical shortage of lifesaving ventilators amid the coronavirus pandemic.nypost.com
Yes - to Lordstown Motors, who plans to make electric vehicles.
There was even a tweet about it in May '19.
My prediction is that they were waiting for this bill to pass so that they can say that their furloughed employees can collect unemployment... They did right by their employees for the last two weeks and I can only hope that they will continue to do so… But we shall see
So, wait. Is there some reason he's been prone to attacking GM? I'm out to sea on this but just wondering.
21stamps
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What is the lowest hourly rate at WDW, and what percentage does Florida pay out for unemployment benefits? (not counting the $600 in the bill)
We do know it isn’t opening on Wednesday.
I know, Martin! (Said like Forky)
That part I don’t know… I know that unemployment caps out at $275 a week for 12 weeks in Florida. But I don’t know what the lowest hourly rate is… I think somewhere around $10-$12 an hour? But that is just me basing it off of what I knew from a couple years ago. I don’t think it’s gone up to $15 here yet
Disstevefan1
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Just guessing, but back in (2007?), GM was bailed out by taxpayers whereas the other US automaker, Ford did NOT take the bail out (if I am remembering correctly).
easyrowrdw
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Random question: were you forced to make fastpasses for morning, mid-day, and afternoon? A friend is going at the same time and she told me that's what it made her do. I'd never heard that and it didn't sound right to me. They have military tickets, but I don't imagine that would matter.
Ah, ok. Well, I'm sure the continued attacks are working.
21stamps
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I just looked it up, you’re correct on the $275.
If WDW employees are furloughed or laid off, many will actually be bringing home more than if they were working.
What a genius bill.
Andrew C
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I just looked it up, you’re correct on the $275.
if employees are furloughed, many will actually be bringing home more than if they were working.
What a genius bill.
it is not necessarily the bill’s fault. From what I understand, updating some of the antiquated systems that the states use for unemployment insurance in order to deal with this issue would take far too long. The money to everyone would be delayed
DisneyCane
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Let me boil this down. "Do nothing and let people do what they want."
My goodness. You live in a country with millions of laws already. If you want to make your own decisions without someone else to intervene to protect you from yourself you need to go buy an island and declare yourself an independent territory. Otherwise, get used to the rules. If we listened to all the REAL prisoners they, too, would claim their freedom is being taken away. Perhaps you would like them to be released and be TOLD not to murder and rape, but ALLOWED to make their own decision? Perhaps they can move in next door to you?
That is not a valid analogy. People who commit crimes like murder and rape harm others intentionally. However, people who are deemed mentally incompetent are treated instead of sent to prison.
In the case of this disease, it is acceptable to order me to be quarantined if I have the disease and am known to be able to spread it. If I disobey the quarantine order I am essentially choosing to purposely put others at risk.
The measures being taken to control this disease order people that are not infected to give up their freedom because they might become infected. Only after they become infected can they put others at risk.
Before somebody brings up asymptomatic or pre-symptomatic transmission, in the past few briefings, Dr. Birx has basically said that they still don't know the methods of transmission. She speculated that there was a possibility that the spread in NYC is due to heavily touched metal surfaces.
The measures that are being taken assume that there is essentially an invisible cloud of virus surrounding every person infected that will easily spread to another person breathing within 6 feet of them. None of this has been proven or explained by leading infectious disease experts.
If these measures are to continue, extreme effort must be put into quickly understanding the transmission, especially amongst the asymptomatic and pre-symptomatic. Significant spread by those categories of patients is the only justification for any of the current measures. If spread is determined to be almost completely by symptomatic (however mild) patients and surface transmission, none of these measures are justifiable. If the latter is the case, screening people for symptoms when entering any publicly accessible building with large capacity and workplace and then isolating and testing anybody with a symptom until they test negative would be the proper way to control it.
While it would be unsettling to be temperature screened and observed before entering Walmart, it would be far preferable to being holed up in my house trying to avoid insanity by arguing about it on this forum.
21stamps
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I know. It’s just a bit sickening nonetheless. A percentage of income would have been better than needlessly throwing money away.. but I understand that would have taken too long...repeat sentence 2.
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