{"id":560,"date":"2021-01-26T13:31:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=560"},"modified":"2021-01-26T13:31:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T18:31:58","slug":"new-beginnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=560","title":{"rendered":"New beginnings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">published in the Republican January  2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the first things President Joe Biden wants to tackle is the COVID-19 pandemic and&nbsp;economicalfallout. &nbsp;His American rescue plan will include $1400 direct payments to many Americans in need&nbsp;and&nbsp;will also include funding for vaccines. &nbsp;His plan will also reopen schools and provide support to state and local government. &nbsp;Another part is to extend unemployment benefits and paid leave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Biden\u2019s&nbsp;proposal will not disinclude anyone from receiving stimulus payments. &nbsp;It also calls for eliminating subminimum wage. &nbsp;He said, \u201cWe can do these bold, practical things now. &nbsp;If we invest now, boldly, smartly and with an unwavering focus on&nbsp;American workers&nbsp;and families we will strengthen our economy, reduce inequity and put our nation\u2019s long-term finances on a more sustainable course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Disability&nbsp;advocates&nbsp;are concerned about one area that was overlooked, which is Medicaid home&nbsp;and community-based services. &nbsp;In the past, there has been a push for extra funding due to service providers having to struggle with higher costs resulting from the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hopefully in the coming months, we will see some positive changes to make everyday living to be easier for those struggling with the pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>published in the Republican January 2021 One of the first things President Joe Biden wants to tackle is the COVID-19 pandemic and&nbsp;economicalfallout. &nbsp;His American rescue plan will include $1400 direct payments to many Americans in need&nbsp;and&nbsp;will also include funding for vaccines. &nbsp;His plan will also reopen schools and provide support to state and local government. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":561,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions\/561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}