We Need a People’s Bailout and the Senate Stimulus Package Is a Joke

Politicians are attempting to buy our forgiveness as cheaply as they can

Miles Howard
GEN
Published in
6 min readMar 24, 2020

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Senator Mitch McConnell walks toward the Senate Chamber on March 23, 2020. Photo: Barcroft Media/Getty Images

TThere’s going to be a bailout. Or something. As Covid-19 continues to spread across the United States, non-essential businesses are shutting down, people are losing their incomes, unemployment websites are crashing, and of…

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Miles Howard
GEN
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Writer covering life-work balance, recreation, and how politics shape both. Bylines at VICE, NBC News, WBUR, Southwest Airlines, Boston Magazine, and The Nation