Poltico Article on Relief

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White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Sunday reiterated that the Trump administration and Senate Republicans won't extend a $600 boost in unemployment benefits in a forthcoming coronavirus relief package.

In an interview on ABC's "This Week," Meadows argued the original unemployment insurance measure, which has begun expiring, shouldn't be extended because it "paid people to stay home" and disincentivized unemployed people from finding work. The administration has instead pushed for an unemployment provision that would replace up to 70 percent of workers' wages.

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Well you guys are getting what you want. I'm happy people are getting 70 % of their previous income.

Our country has a long way to go even despite this. My biggest problem with this effort is that it assumes that everyone is not looking for work and just collecting unemployment. While that is a concern, most people know unemployment is temporary. It was never going to last forever.

I don't believe the economy will just restart back to what it was pre-covid. Multiple industries have been gutted and jobs with them. I understand you all like to act like tough-guy conservatives, but reality isn't always black and white.

Many people lost jobs by no fault of their own. Red and Blue states have suffered from this. Why can't you all see that the damage has been bipartisan and that our solutions need to consider the possibility that economic growth will probably be slow until we reach closure with Covid and move forward.