From the New York Post:

Over 43,000 US millionaires will get ‘stimulus’ averaging $1.6 million each

At least 43,000 American millionaires who are too rich to get coronavirus stimulus checks are getting a far bigger boost — averaging $1.6 million each, according to a congressional committee.

The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) act trumpeted its assistance for working families and small businesses, but it apparently contains an even bigger benefit for wealthy business owners, the committee found.

The act allows pass-through businesses — ones taxed under individual income, rather than corporate — an unlimited amount of deductions against their non-business income, such as capital gains, The Washington Post said. They can also use losses to avoid paying taxes in other years.

Moar sauce:

https://nypost.com/2020/04/16/43k-us-millionaires-will-get-stimulus-averaging-1-6m-each/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=mail_app

Heard about this on Rush Limbaugh earlier today. Just keep on pissing anons off…that’s the ticket!

The World Health Organization is warning that drinking alcohol makes people more susceptible to the coronavirus, and is urging governments to uphold, or even strengthen, restrictions on buying booze.

In a statement this week, WHO’s Regional Office for Europe said that alcohol consumption “compromises the body’s immune system and increases the risk of adverse health outcomes. Therefore, people should minimize their alcohol consumption at any time, and particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.”

It also pointed out that excessive drinking can lead to a host of other harmful outcomes, including domestic violence, risk-taking behaviors and depression.

The health organization also stressed that alcohol definitely does not protect from COVID-19, calling the claim that high-strength alcohol can kill the virus “a dangerous myth."

“Alcohol is responsible for 3 million deaths a year worldwide,” WHO said. “Existing rules and regulations to protect health and reduce harm caused by alcohol, such as restricting access, should be upheld and even reinforced during the COVID-19 pandemic and emergency situations.”

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, we should really ask ourselves what risks we are taking in leaving people under lockdown in their homes with a substance that is harmful both in terms of their health and the effects of their behavior on others, including violence,” Carina Ferreira-Borges, WHO Europe’s program manager for alcohol and illicit drugs, said in a statement.

Moar Sauce: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/who-urges-restrictions-on-alcohol-sales-amid-pandemic-warns-drinking-can-make-coronavirus-worse-2020-04-15