#covid stimulus

[deadgodjess]

(sauce)

#prison system #prison industrial complex #covid stimulus #it's almost like we keep people desperate on purpose #real life writes the post

[stlhandyman]

#covid conspiracy #covid vax #covid stimulus #covid vaccine #covid #tw covid #covid 19 #covid pandemic #covid fourth wave #cdc #pandemic #pfizer #bill gates #covid19 #covid truth #monkey pox #debunk this fauci #fauci says cnn #Dr bris

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

The Biden administration announced a series of measures Thursday to track down and punish fraudsters who scammed billions of taxpayer dollars that were supposed to provide relief to Americans during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Biden is pledging $1.6 billion to bolster law enforcement manpower and new programs that will be used to prosecute scammers, prevent fraud, and provide assistance to victims of identity theft.

“We want to not only capture them and get their funds, we want to send a signal to them that you can run, but you cannot hide,” said Gene Sperling, a Biden senior adviser who is overseeing the implementation of the COVID-relief plan.

THE LATEST

• The administration’s plans call for creating 10 Department of Justice “strike forces” that will include U.S. attorneys and other law enforcement officials to investigate COVID-relief fraud and help recover stolen tax dollars. The teams will target criminal syndicates and other major fraudsters. Three strike forces already are in place and have recovered millions of dollars in stolen relief funds, officials said.

• The administration also will propose increasing the statute of limitations to 10 years for fraud involving the pandemic Unemployment Insurance program, which has been hit especially hard by scammers.

• Some $300 million will be distributed to inspectors general at the Small Business Administration, the Department of Labor and the staff of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, a government watchdog over pandemic spending. The money would be used to hire investigators and make sure they have the resources needed to pursue specialized cases of pandemic fraud.

• In his proposed budget to be released next week, Biden will offer a package of legislative reforms to prevent, detect and recover payments made improperly through the Unemployment Insurance program.

• Federal grants would be made to states to help modernize their information technology systems to enable them to respond more quickly to fraud, decrease erroneous payments and provide more efficient claims processing.

• New initiatives also would be put in place to identify victims of identity theft, including an early warning system to stop potentially fraudulent transactions before they occur and a one-stop shop to report identity crimes.

WHY IT MATTERS

The federal government distributed more than $5 trillion in pandemic relief under programs approved by Biden and former President Donald Trump. The money was distributed quickly, leading to an increase in fraud and other improper payments, such as those that shouldn’t have been made or were made in the wrong amount.

The Government Accountability Office reported last month that the extent of fraud in COVID-relief programs is not yet known but that the Unemployment Insurance program alone was believed to have made more than $60 billion in fraudulent payments.

From March 2020 to last January, at least 1,044 people pleaded guilty or were convicted of defrauding COVID relief programs, the GAO report said. Federal charges were pending against another 609 individuals or entities for attempting to defraud COVID-relief programs.

Also, the federal government gave $5.4 billion in COVID aid to small businesses with “questionable” Social Security numbers, the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee reported in January. The watchdog identified nearly 70,000 questionable Social Security numbers used to obtain pandemic aid from two programs run by the Small Business Administration.

WHAT'S NEXT?

The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee has opened an investigation into fraud in COVID-relief programs. The committee held its first hearing on the subject last month.

Sperling, however, said the administration’s anti-fraud package isn’t a direct response to the GOP investigations. Most of the proposals were being prepared before last November’s election, he said.

#us politics #news #usa today #2023 #president joe biden #biden administration #ppp loans #stimulus checks #pandemic response #covid relief #fraud #Gene Sperling #identity theft #Department of Justice #Unemployment Insurance #Small Business Administration #Department of Labor #Pandemic Response Accountability Committee #Government Accountability Office

[judasvibe]

Hey, I'm interested in learning more about the economy. Do you maybe have any recommendations (e.g. books)? Thanks :)

hmm i don't know that i have that many resources dedicated to 'the' economy, a book i read recently which i found really informative (but does not provide a positive outlook at all on the future, i'm warning you) is the great demographic reversal by Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan. if any of my followers have good intro resources to list here feel free....

i'm not an economist by any means, i have an engineering background. my layman's understanding of economics is mostly founded on basic notions like currency inflation, demand and supply (by far not 'dead' or a 'cliché' like some leftists will say - this still rules everything and especially if supply is limited the effects are felt hard), difference between elastic and inelastic demand, and tax policy (highly country specific). and these concepts extend beyond currencies themselves; you have to think about it for every asset category you can: housing, stocks, labor, tax base, etc.

i do think also to become economically literate you need to have a baseline ability for quantitative eyeballing - what expenditure categories are likely to be larger or smaller than others? where can the money be sourced, is the source base likely to have sufficient funds for it or not ? which items can an economy afford to spend more on, or not? if it does, or does not invest the money, why? it's also obviously at any large enough level a matter that is heavily interconnected with politics.

#for example a lot of people said 'inflation' made US prices high during covid #but inflation always hits hardest 8 to 18 months after the currency oversupply (stimulus money). #during covid itself high prices were result from sourcing difficulties due to supply chain breakdown from less international traffic #and if companies have high supply uncertainty for a product they will raise its price if they continue to sell it. that is normal.

[tybutler]

Do you know you can get free government money if you had a business during the pandemic? Click here and find out more. You don't have to pay no money and if you don't get paid we don't get paid:

#free government money #government grants #government subsidies #ertc assist #entrepreneur tax credit #taxes and taxation #pandemic #relief #financial assistance programs #money for business #covid business relief #entrepreneur government programs #government stimulas relief #tax subsides #free money for business #business recovery funds #economic stimulus package #business support services (nec)

[jbfly46]

Sue the U.S. Treasury via the Federal Tort Claims Act for negligence in not doing their due diligence when distributing COVID-19 economic relief.

#covid 19 #covid pandemic #economy #stimulus #us debt ceiling #artificial intelligence

[saltiestgempearl]

@galaxee23 I don’t have the energy to describe all the undescribed images on your reply, but please understand that income tax is not the only tax. Sales tax is a thing too.

I’m sorry that the idea of poor people getting basic medics needs met fills you with such rage, but don’t come to me telling me that it’s impossible when every other developed country outside the U.S already has some form of universal welfare and manages just fine.

#I’m so tired #you’re trying so hard to prove to me that some people don’t have to pay income tax #when I never claimed that wasn’t the case #god #also I’m absolutely flabbergasted that you looked me in the eye #and tried to tell me that because of the COVID-19 stimulus expenses #welfare is now a larger portion of the budget than military #holy shit holy shit #are you deluded or willfully ignorant I have no idea

[ennovance]

Nagging about the gifts ?

In reversal, U.S. to heighten efforts to collect billions in unpaid covid loans

The administration will try to recover an estimated $30 billion in unpaid loans made to small businesses during the pandemic, months after federal watchdogs said the lenient approach risked violating the law.

https://wapo.st/3S92kWZ

#consumer #stimulus

https://x.com/mohossain/status/1680261931175690242?s=46&t=GtuOmoaTjOwevz2JidiiDQ

#covid pandemic #stimulus

[tv-knows-you-com-inc]

Employee Retention Credit (ERC): Get Up to $26,000 per Employee - 

https://tvknowsyou.com/erc.html

#youtube #employee retention credit ERC COVID-19 pandemic financial support stimulus PPP loans Cares Act business owner filing process expert advisors

[chipjrwibignaturals]

anyway! ive recently developed some weird ocd-esqe symptoms i think

#like. I doubt it’s Full Disorder level but it’s definitely new #the most common is like. after touching stairway railings? the skin that Touched the rail becomes Off #and anything THAT skin touches gets that same ‘off’ contamination so I just end up holding my hand out awkwardly #til I can like. wash/hand sanitizer it #(if I had to guess the cause it’s latent grad stress + covid/disease concerns + registering the stimulus of th railing differently/stronger) #ALSO the one that caused this post which was like. There Is A Bug On My Back. #idk like a good percent of the time I can probably just rationalize it away but doing the Fix (like the hand washing) comforts me more so. #oh ​well! guess we’ll deal w this later! (puts in a little box)

[moyalucom]

Where Are Our Admirals and Generals in Our Time of Need? Carter: Transgender Individuals Allowed

Where Are Our Admirals and Generals in Our Time of Need? Carter: Transgender Individuals Allowed

On Thursday, June 30, 2016, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter held a press conference and announced what may be the most controversial–and outlandish–change to military service perhaps in our nation’s history: transgender individuals will now be allowed to enlist and serve openly in our country’s armed forces–effective closest. In fact, they will be assisted in their medical requirements to change…

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#where are #where are covid #where are economic impact #where are forever #where are kia #where are pennies #where are stamps #where are stimulus #where are tax #where are unemployment

[bathask]

au 5Gチャンネルデータプレゼントキャンペーン100MB当選。今回参加賞無いが病院入院Wi-Fi無く助かる先の抽選。迫るかかりつけ医の精神科での新型コロナワクチン接種4回目心配。大人の発達障害アスペルガー/自閉症スペクトラム障害ASDで通院の精神科。光るもの興味診断基準作業所光の縞々感覚過敏発作へ

#pixlr #autism spectrum disorder #snapseed #high functioning autism #uqモバイル #au 5gチャンネル #free promotion #data traffic #4th vaccination #ワクチン接種予約 #covid 19 #sensory overload #visual stimulus #visual dominance #striped pattern #light and shadow #high contrast #strong contrast

[globalcourant]

Investors look ahead to Jackson Hole

Investors look ahead to Jackson Hole

The 10-year Treasury yield moved lower on Monday as investors looked ahead to the Jackson Hole economic symposium. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note was down about 2 basis points at 2.968% at 6:14 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond traded lower by 1 basis point to 3.21%. Yields move inversely to prices, and a basis point is equal to 0.01%. The yield on the…

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#ahead #Bonds #Breaking News: Markets #business news #Central banking #Coronavirus #COVID-19 #Economic events #Economic outlook #Economic stimulus #Federal Reserve Bank #Government debt #hole #investors #Jackson #Jerome Powell #Joe Biden #Markets #Medium Term Notes #Personnel #prices #U.S. 10 Year Treasury #U.S. 2 Year Treasury #U.S. 30 Year Treasury #U.S. 5 Year Treasury #U.S. Treasury bonds #United States #World Markets

[frostyreturns]

A while back I argued tik tok was a hypnosis and brainwashing app because its function hits all the major components of hypnotizing someone: distracting audio/visual, music, repetition, eroticism etc. A lot of people think of being hypnotized only as falling into a deep sleeplike trance but there's also low level hypnotism where you may not even notice a shift in consciousness. The idea is that all of these things in conjunction relax your mind, puts your criticial thinking on pause and increases your susceptibility to accepting a desired message.

Well now I learned that tik tok "sludge" videos are a thing where they play multiple videos all at once, which also demonstrates the hypnosis rule of 7. 7 points of stimulus overloads the brain and reduces focus, because nobody can keep focus on 7 things at once your brain just kind of unfocuses making it more likely that a subliminal suggestion can take root. So if you have 2 or 4 videos playing all at once you have 3 different audio outputs, 5 different visuals it forces your brain to tune some things out and not process it with your higher cognitive functions. Hypnosis is all about making you think that something you think was your own thought when really it was given to you without your knowing. This doesn't mean these videos have to contain some hidden message...the videos themselves are just a way to soften you up mentally for videos and messages that follow...which also get curated to you.

What are the messages people are getting. I've heard for example people who were noticing they were getting fed trans topics on tiktok and were at first like...wtf this isn't for me...who then became trans. I don't use the app so I don't know what kind of propaganda people get served a lot but I'm sure its not good. Makes me wonder how much of a factor it was in peoples behaviour during covid. People were absolutely not in their right minds.

And once again even the name tik tok evokes the concept of a metronome which is a common visual and auditory tool used in hypnosis. Your phones are literally brainwashing you. Do not let your kids use tik tok.