(07-27-2020, 08:42 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(07-27-2020, 08:29 PM)Sammy Wrote: The underline needs more of your attention. The majority were employed, or in School. You wouldn't equally have time to protest nightly as they have been if you had a commitment to your families financial needs ... Because you have a job to support your family. You don't get free money. Or, are you saying I am wrong? Most of these protestors are getting government aid for being unemployed. We made this mess by paying them more than they would have made to work for a living (Like Us) ... So now they have nothing to do with their time than protest instead, and make $more$ ... I'm really close to investing all my money in "Protest" ... Because it has a better chance than my current investments do. Used to be Hard Work meant financial stability ... Now, the more you whine means the more you are given to stop whining.

That is a neat story, but I doubt it is true.
Unemployment in the state of Oregon peaked in April.
It has come down slightly in the past 2 months.
True, we are paying some of these people to sit at home, but it's just the normal stimulus payments, not the extra unemployment payments.
only the people who lost their jobs in March and April are getting those extra payments, and if they ever turn down work, or fail to look for work, they will no longer get those payments.
And all this is also true in Florida anyway. It's true in most states. The law works the same, and the job losses due to the pandemic are about the same. If extra unemployment benefits explained everything, then the protests in Florida would be just as bad as those in Oregon.