“Enhanced” Unemployment Benefits Run Out Today – IOTW Report

“Enhanced” Unemployment Benefits Run Out Today

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Enhanced pandemic unemployment benefits, which include $300 weekly bonus checks as well as coverage for freelancers and the long-term unemployed, expire today. Over 11 million people will be affected, with around 7.5 million losing benefits entirely.

Some two dozen states chose to pull the plug on federal aid during the summer, with governors claiming that the extra unemployment insurance was disincentivizing residents from taking available jobs. Out-of-work residents in at least 12 states have taken legal action to try to get that pandemic relief aid reinstated, arguing that they’ve been unable to pay basic expenses, including rent. More

17 Comments on “Enhanced” Unemployment Benefits Run Out Today

  1. The blue half of states that let this play out will now see a jump in employment. Of course Biden will take credit for it, but it’s simple economics. My guess is that many of these lazy ones have a bit of a cushion and will put off getting a job until 2022 – but now is the right time to get a job if you are a minimum wage earner.

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  2. Thank God.
    Maybe businesses will be able to hire enough people within the next month.
    That had to be the most business killing communist controla virus plandemic idea ever.
    Trying to put small businesses out so big donating corporations could swoop in.

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  3. Mrs. RMM and I will be going away for a few days. We received an email from the hotel telling us not to ask to check in early because they are very short staffed. It is not (necessarily) that people don’t want to work, but rather nobody knows if the provincial government will shut down hotels again. Nobody want to move to this resort town just to have their job disappear.

    It is all part of the plan to get everyone dependant on the government. If the government can reduce the population at the same time then so much the better in their eyes.

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  4. I’ve been retired for 11 years and considering the mass availability of jobs, might be willing to go back to work for extra spending money. But if it required me to be masked and/or vaxxed, forget it.

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  5. I suspect a rise in crime rates, before a rise in job rates.
    It’s amazing how hard some people work to not have a job.
    Scrap prices are up, so are catalytic converters.

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  6. Big sign in WalMart as you walk in, there’s a big sign that says “WALMART IS HIRING 20,000 STOCKERS AND DISTRIBUTION EMPLOYEES – APPLY TODAY!” Every where I look there’s a “We’re hiring” sign in the front window. There’s no reason for any one to be on unemployment. Time to get back to work and pay taxes. Break their dinner plate and see how fast they get a job.

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