State Roundup: Dem leaders push $520M in relief targeting small biz, vulnerable Marylanders
The State Senate Jan. 22, 2021. MarylandReporter.com photo
DEMS PROPOSE $520M TARGETED RELIEF PACKAGE: Senate Democratic leaders Wednesday unveiled a $520 million coronavirus fiscal relief package aimed at helping both the state’s small businesses and its most vulnerable communities survive the pandemic, Bryan Renbaum of Maryland Reporter writes.
The Senate’s “Recovery Now” plan runs a wide gamut of priorities: sending millions to food banks and fire departments; wiping out utility and rental debt for a few thousand families; awarding grants for businesses, artists and nonprofits; paying $1,000 to tens of thousands of people stuck in limbo in the unemployment system; restoring buses and trains to pre-pandemic service levels; and funding “wellmobiles” to administer doses of the coronavirus vaccine, Pamela Wood of the Sun reports.
These were not teenagers posting photos on social media – psychologists say teens have a developmentally appropriate level of egocentrism – but rather adults motivated by the misguided notion that what they are doing is an act of heroism or bravery.
“They re proud of it. They post about it because this is something that they want the world to see, said Alexandra Stratyner, Ph.D., a psychologist who practices in Manhattan. In fact, they re domestic terrorists, but they believe that what they re doing is a valiant, brave act.”
“Speaking from principles of cognitive psychology, this (mentality) has been reinforced by the messages of the president, she added. They believe that what they re doing is what their leader wants them to do.”