They are cutting the $300 a week benefit that they never wanted their citizens to have in the first place over their regular unemployment check….(Let alone the original $600)….
Of course this action does have a political part to it in that President Biden and Democrats ARE getting good approval numbers for helping people thru a rough health and economic time thru ‘Big Government’….
Republican policymakers have long opposed these heightened unemployment payments and unanimously voted against extending them earlier this year. But party leaders nationwide have grown more emboldened in recent days, particularly as the U.S. government on Friday released new data showing the economy added only 266,000 jobs in April….
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Many Democratic lawmakers stress the payments remain necessary because families are hurting and parents simply cannot afford to return to work in the absence of accessible, affordable child care. In some states, Republicans also have ended their participation in pandemic relief programs that benefit those who drive for Uber, deliver for Grubhub or otherwise participate in the so-called gig economy, further troubling congressional advocates for heightened unemployment aid…
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The new political dispute over unemployment reflects the broader concern — and growing confusion — about the health of the U.S. economy as businesses reopen, states lift restrictions and doctors continue their push to vaccinate as many Americans as possible against the coronavirus.
Those developments count among the early achievements of the Biden administration, which attributes some of the gains — and a steady drop in the number of newly unemployed Americans — to the $1.9 trillion stimulus law that was passed in March. Biden has also sought to secure roughly $4 trillion in additional spending to repair the nation’s infrastructure and bolster federal safety net programs, believing big government investments can close the country’s persistent economic gaps…..
Note…
Some jobs are affected by the pandemic and aren’t back yet….
Some people will NOT go back to work in place they feel would put them harms way health wise…
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School’s are not open fully across the country calling for someone to stay home with virtual learning young student’s….