A Lifeline For The Unemployed Is About To End In Half Of U.S. Here's What's At Stake [npr.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 6/9/214:00 AM

By Scott Horsley, National Public Radio, June 7, 2021

The United States is about to embark on a big national experiment with 4 million unemployed workers serving as guinea pigs. And it all centers on $300 a week.

The payment was intended as a lifeline for millions of Americans who lost their jobs during the pandemic: an extra $300 a week on top of regular unemployment benefits.

But now 25 Republican governors say the payments must end, with four states acting as early as this week. With vaccines rolling out and the economy reopening fast, they believe the payments are discouraging people from looking for work, leaving businesses begging and job openings unfilled.

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