A lot of focus is on the Presidential election, and rightly so. The past four years have been nothing if not controversial, and the vote matters this year, maybe more than ever.

Unfortunately, it's providing cover for what has been (by far) the most feckless government institution for decades. That would be Congress, where the latest word is that there is a "near zero chance" there will be any additional stimulus payments for the 30M unemployed before the election. As rules preventing foreclosures and evictions expire, people are going to start getting booted. Many of these people literally don't have job opportunities due to COVID.

To be clear, I think both sides of the aisle are equally complicit here. Neither side is willing to compromise, and that is an absurd way to behave at a time like this. It suggests to me that they don't care about the people they represent at all, and they're more concerned with political grandstanding than doing their duty to the people who put them there.

Frankly, I think the $600/week was excessive, and it was probably a mistake with hindsight, because it set an unsustainable standard and paid most recipients more than they earned working. (Bad idea.) McConnell's $300 is a little low, but even that would help a lot more people stay afloat.

Anyway, like I say every election, vote them all out. Their performance has been pathetic for far too long.