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On the 1st day, the first day of application for the second basic disaster income in Gyeonggi-do, office workers in an office in Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, are applying for disaster income through their mobile website.

Gyeonggi-do citizens are showing various reactions to the online application for the second basic disaster income in Gyeonggi Province, which started at 9 am on the 1st. On-line,’cool tips’, which are conducive to households, were passed on, and criticism was poured out as a “good faith policy.” “Because it’s not the first time… ”For opinions

One of the main variables of the secondary disaster basic […]

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The unity narrative from President Biden did not appear to filter down to Bernie Sanders, who introduced recent $15 minimum wage legislation in the Senate last week and has vowed to pass it with a simple majority if it will be necessary. “If we cannot get enough Republicans to vote for this legislation under regular order, we cannot simply take no for an answer,” Sanders said. How about trying a unifying alternative?

A $15 minimum wage divides the country into winners and losers. It sets white suburban teens, who tend to keep their jobs, against disadvantaged minorities, who often lose […]

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A report by Alexander de Roo from Vereniging Basisinkomen While public opinion is slowly opening to the idea, the debate around Basic Income in the Netherlands got a new push due to a scandal in the welfare state benefit scheme. The upcoming March elections will be decisive in advancing the cause. One major achievement in 2020 year was that Vereniging Basisinkomen ordered a third opinion poll about Basic Income support in May. The result was encouraging: 36% in favor and 32% against, while 32% could not make up their mind . Four years ago 40% in favor and 45% […]

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Rev. Wendy Hamilton declared her candidacy for the delegate seat at a Jan. 30 ceremony in D.C.’ s Lincoln Park near Capitol Hill. (Photo courtesy of the Hamilton campaign) A Protestant minister who was ordained at the Metropolitan Community Church of D.C., which is part of the worldwide LGBTQ Christian denomination Universal Fellowship of MCC Churches and who describes herself a strong LGBTQ ally, has announced her candidacy for the D.C. Congressional Delegate seat in the city’s June 2022 Democratic primary.

Rev. Wendy Hamilton, who would be challenging longtime D.C. Congressional Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton if Norton runs for re-election, […]

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CHIP SOMODEVILLA AFP United States President Joe Biden is on Monday due to hold talks with a group of 10 Republican senators over their $600bn coronavirus relief proposal – a plan that includes a stimulus check of up to $1,000 .

The offer tabled by the GOP senators is less than a third the size of Biden’s $1.9tn American Rescue Plan (ARP), and significantly reduces the maximum stimulus check eligible Americans would receive . In the president’s economic-aid proposal, the third round of checks would see people get up to $1,400. GOP senators’ plan reduces ARP stimulus check by $400

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None of the demands raised by trade unions incorporated, says BMS

Several central trade unions, including the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-affiliated Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh, said the Budget was against the interests of workers, while promoting those of corporates.

The All-India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) said the Budget repeated earlier announcements made by the Minister.“The workers and farmers are ignored in favour of looters of our national assets. The Budget continues in the direction of selling our public sector banks, disinvesting LIC up to 75% and pursuing the disinvestment and privatisation moves in the already announced profit-making public sector enterprises and […]

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Budget 2021 MORE FROM THE AUTHOR

The coronavirus pandemic led to financial problems for many. As disruptions upturned sector-after-sector, people lost jobs and uncertainty deepened. Health impact of the COVID-19 pandemic introduced unexpected expenses to personal budgets. Middle class would be expecting sops in the Union Budget 2020-21 to help overcome these problems. If anything, middle class taxpayers would expect certain tax reliefs so that they have more money in their hands out of their paychecks.

In the Atmanirbhar Bharat package announced last year to fight the economic impact of COVID-19 pandemic, the basic tax exemption limit was raised […]

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