You can see who didn’t read the article by their responses. Of course since this is the third major disaster in national news that had the same narrative, it’s getting harder to believe it’s a mistake.
These are one-time payments for immediate needs, not total compensation and support after the disaster. The same thing happened after the Maui fires. The federal government gave them immediate money to do stuff like buy new clothes, get baby supplies, and eat out in the immediate aftermath of losing their home, but there were other programs to provide housing and ongoing support while things are rebuilt.
To be fair, the article doesn’t really mention anything about the various sources of total compensation to victims, and does repeat “one-time payment” four times. Based on just this article alone, you’d get the impression that $770 is the total compensation.
It would have been nice for the author of the article to outline other sources of compensation for victims, and how some Republican senators and members of congress are holding this disaster relief hostage for political reasons.
Oh good, problem solved. I was worried these people would actually get some help.
LA Public Library has a great list of resources including mutual aid for the fires.
Reddit-ass post with the complete smugness of being confidently incorrect.
But this is help. I get that you think it’s not enough but this is just one small part of all of the things that are happening. No one is saying that this is all they can get so idk what the attitude is all about.
So glad they can get groceries for a month.
That’s exactly what it’s for so yes? Would you rather them not get it?
So are they?
