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    COUN 2143

    14 June 2020

    Argument Analysis

    Since the COVID 19 pandemic many countries have suffered greatly. People have had to

    quarantine themselves to their homes in fear of catching the disease. People are having to go

    social distance inside stores and businesses are only allowing so many people in a store or

    restaurant at a time. Due to the case that people have to stay six feet apart and restrictions on how

    many workers can be working at a time many people have lost their jobs. This has caused an

    economic travesty for many across the world. People have been worried about being able to pay

    bills and even just buy food. Some countries business have been hit hard, but some have found a

    way to keep the business flowing. Due to this the employment rate has fluctuated greatly. 

    Slovakia and the United States are just two, of the many, counties who have had to

    change due to COVID 19. The largest change that many have had to make is the sudden job loss.

    There are many people who were middle class workers who have suddenly lost their jobs and

    been pushed to lower class; however, this may be just for the time being, but it has greatly

    affected people's lifestyles. Both Slovakia and the United State experienced the effect of

    everyday people losing their jobs. For Slovakia there were two large decreases, in late April and

    early May, under the baseline. The United State experienced a large decrease, in late May, under

    the baseline. Both of the countries did eventually even out and even began to increase, but there

    were still steady drops here and there.

    Both counties are considered high income counties, but with the exception that the United

    States currency holds about twenty-five cent more value. The average annual income for the two

    countries is about twenty-thousand-dollar difference. Therefore, when COVID 19 hit the United
    States employees would be out more money than the average Slovakia employee. Although the

    money value and pay between the two countries is different they both still helped to compensate

    workers who had lost their jobs. The Slovakia government stated that “The state will pay up to

    80% of wages of employees, but not more than 880 euros per month, to companies affected by

    the crisis. [...] companies will have a choice between the Kurzarbeit or a plan that would

    compensate companies with falling revenue up to full salary, but be capped at 540 euros per

    employee per month.” (Update) The United States on the other hand created a bill that “includes

    $1,200 checks for most Americans and additional money for laid off workers.” (Long) Slovakia

    clearly made a more rational decision. Instead of just offering checks to workers for a set price,

    like the United States did, Slovakia actually created a way to help the companies as well as the

    employees. Due to this issue the Slovakia government has helped to preserve companies and

    even went two percent over their baseline in early June. The United States on the other hand has

    yet to increase, in fact they are sitting at a negative sixteen percent decrease in the workplace.

    Many self-employed people are losing their businesses, and in recent events workplace building

    being demolished has set the United States back even further.

    There is a clear connection between the economics and funding of employees based on

    countries and the COVID 19 mobility. Yes, much of the difference is how much money a county

    has and the population, but the culture in the country is a huge part as well. The way these two 

    countries' cultures responded was in completely different ways. Slovakia was looking out for the

    best interest of the people, but also the economy. The Slovakia government noticed how business

    would fall, because of COVID 19 and wanted to find a way to help keep the business alive, big

    or small ones. The United States on the other hand was just worried about ensuring the people

    who had been laid off due to COVID 19 were able to still pay their bills, but were not really
    concerned about the fact that many local and self-employed businesses could eventually go out

    of business. 

    Work Cited

    Heather Long, Alyssa Fowers. “A Record 3.3 Million Americans Filed for Unemployment

    Benefits as the Coronavirus Slams Economy.” The Washington Post, WP Company, 26


    Mar. 2020, www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/26/unemployment-claims-

    coronavirus-3-million/.

    “UPDATE 1-Slovak Government to Expand Help to Firms Hurt by Coronavirus.” Reuters, 

    Thomson Reuters, 14 Apr. 2020, www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-slovakia-

    business/update-1-slovak-government-to-expand-help-to-firms-hurt-by-coronavirus-

    idUSL5N2C252G.

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