(The Center Square) – Someone on unemployment in Wisconsin can, for now, make almost $35,000 a year without lifting a finger. The state’s largest business group says no one in Wisconsin can afford that.
Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce on Tuesday called on Gov. Tony Evers to end the federal pandemic-related unemployment benefit program.
“We cannot afford to allow able-bodied workers to remain on the sidelines while thousands of jobs are available today,” WMC’s Kurt Bauer wrote in a letter to the governor.
Bauer said Wisconsin has about 100,000 open jobs, but not nearly enough people to fill them. more
You cannot blame some for staying home on UI.
Who wants to work at a business that makes you wear a fucking mask all day and stay six feet apart from everyone?
Until they stop the Covid BS a return to normal won’t happen.
Dems don’t want normal.
Paying out unemployment is very expensive for the states. I see that CA has a surcharge now on payroll taxes. It is a sensible move to stop paying out unnecessarily.