What Is The Plan when Covid is finally beaten and 10-20-million Americans are still out of work

[stopbush]

with no chance of finding a job because their old jobs are gone forever, they’ve been out of work “too long” for recruiters to take them seriously, and they’ve grown “too old” to be considered employable in a job market wracked by rampant ageism?

Many of these Americans will have exhausted their savings and taken on high levels of debt to survive the pandemic. What happens once the pandemic is declared “over?” When unemployment beneits are no longer extended, when relief checks from the Feds are in the rear-view mirror? When the eviction moratoriums are a thing of the past?

Do we throw them out on the streets and let them starve?

Again, what’s the plan?

[applegrove]

1. Infrastrucure. Green energy capacity. Recycling.

[Laelth]

18. I can't build bridges or windmills at this stage of my life.

Anybody got a job for me? It won’t be infrastructure.

-Laelth

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Reagan did

(throw them on the streets, that is) And he wasn't half as evil as the repuq of today. And that is saying alot, because Raygun was extremely evil.

[TwilightZone]

3. Here:

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/personal-finance/biden-jobs-plan/

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/15/biden-covid-relief-measures-and-long-term-plans-to-boost-jobs.html

And from his campaign:

https://joebiden.com/build-back-better/

Was your question rhetorical or were you truly unaware of any of this? These proposals and plans have gotten a lot of press.

[WarGamer]

5. In defense, vague plans from a campaign are different

than proposed legislation drawn up by Committees...

[stopbush]

13. I see nothing in those plans aimed at the elderly population, do you?

[WarGamer]

4. this question is the PERFECT explanation of why...

We need a progressive government to move into the future.

With Republicans it'd mean $600 social security checks, cat food and cutting prescriptions in half.

President Biden needs to start taking the cash out of the wealthy hides of our homegrown Billionaires.

One-time 5% wealth tax. 1% annual Wealth Tax. Per-Transaction Wall Street fee. Capital gains taxed as regular income.

That's a start.

[onecaliberal]

6. If you've been paying attention Biden is beginning to address

The economic devastation left by trump and republicans. You should post your Republican talking points somewhere else.

[stopbush]

10. Excuse me? I've been a Dem my whole life, first voted in 1972.

Don’t give me that “RW talking points” bullshit.

It’s a legitimate question based on long-term negative effects of the pandemic and tRump’s botching of our response to the same.

Next time, try answering the question, rather than pulling a RW stunt.

[maxsolomon]

12. No one can answer your questions without conjecture or speculation.

Do you think Biden can? He hasn't been on the job a month yet.

Maybe you should lay out your plan.

[onecaliberal]

21. I did answer and so did other people here.

[Blasphemer]

7. One step at a time...

Trump left behind the biggest mess for his successor of any president since FDR took over from Hoover. First, we actually need to beat the pandemic (which we cannot take for granted with variants popping up). Then we have to make sure we retain the Senate and the House. Without that, it'll be impossible to implement any plan Biden comes up with.

[ansible]

8. Look at California right now and its homeless situation

There's your answer.

[stopbush]

11. I live in SoCal. Things are not good here. We can't even get the vaccine

in Orange County.

[onecaliberal]

22. Cant get it in Fresno county either.

Supposedly LA is giving 5,000 shots a day. Fresno county is getting 8,000 shots PER WEEK.

[sarcasmo]

9. Universal basic income now.

[Baked Potato]

16. Agreed.

[Laelth]

19. +1 n/t

-Laelth

[PoiBoy]

23. +10,000... n/t

[drray23]

14. You must have missed the many times Biden articulated this

during his campaign and more recently in his latest town hall as a president. It is one of his chief concern. He outlined several proposals ranging from infrastructure, green energy to initiatives connected to combating covid as part of the 1.9 trillion package that is going to pass under reconciliation.
There are many articles detailing the plans, for example

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2021/02/07/biden-covid-relief-plan-could-restore-jobs-2022-yellen-says/4430126001/

or
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/02/15/biden-covid-relief-measures-and-long-term-plans-to-boost-jobs.html

[Baked Potato]

15. The Plan is Democrats will do the heavy lifting as always--

Democrats will tackle social issues such as LGBT policies. Democrats will decriminalize cannabis. Democrats will try their damn best to repair the ACA. Democrats will try to pass an Immigration Bill. Democrats will tackle Homelessness. Democrats will try to raise the minimum wage. Democrats will continue to eradicate Covid. Democrats will try to get relief to Student Loan borrowers.

Democrats will try to repair some of the terrible problems T***p and his complicit Repubs caused here and abroad.

In short, Democrats will Govern while battling opposition from Republicans.

IMO, the United States of America is ripe for enacting a UBI. A UBI will save Americans from ruin. A UBI will get Americans out of extreme poverty, to include older Americans on Social Security as their only income. UBI will be a standard driver of the economy during fluctuations and job loss due to AI and Automation.

Republicans have no answers for anything. They are only in government to grift or stop progress. Their policies only benefit a fewer and fewer portion of the population. Republicans are a danger to the health of America.

[dweller]

17. I hope there is a resurgence

of locally owned restaurants as we’ve lost too many in the past year
and so many people need and want that social experience

✌🏻

[myohmy2]

20. more money...

...more money, more money...

...we should worry about that when we get there...until then

...more money, more money, more money...

...

[Demonaut]

24. TBD

[leftstreet]

25. DURec

Excellent questions