re: What Moron Made Unemployment More Lucrative Then Working

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It ends July 31

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Has any federal hand out program NOT been extended ?

If anything, it shows how poorly paid the majority of America is. I recently saw an article in Forbes that stated that "low income" is anyone that is paid less than 847 a week. I tend to agree-- housing and other costs of living are going up faster than wages are.

If you go out in Baton Rouge today, you will notice traffic is nearly back to normal. Why? People have money, some for the first time in their working lives. It is a shame.

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On a related note, I can tell you that some employers are doing very shady things. Know of a situation wherein employer has not necessarily laid off some employees but neither has employer allowed said employee(s) to come in and work. Employer got a bit angry with someone who sought to take advantage of the federal relief available because, per employer, "it was going to screw up their efforts to get a grant". Read into that what you will.

Off the top it reeks of serious problems, perhaps even outright fraud. I suspect much of this is going on.

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I am a small biz owner, I am still waiting for my loan. It's a dang shame that many companies were receiving loans and doing shady things to get them. I'll be lucky if I am able to stay afloat over the next few months.

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What Moron Made Unemployment More Lucrative Then Working

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Republican senater Ben Sasse offered this amendment to the stimulus bill:

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Purpose: To ensure that additional unemployment benefits do not result in an individual receiving unemployment compensation that is more than the amount of wages the individual was earning prior to becoming unemployed.

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48 Rs voted yes
2 Rs voted no
46 Ds voted no

The amendment failed. Even when the republicans have a majority they still cave to democrats.

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Employers can easily incentivize workers to return by offering a raise that outbids the new unemployment benefits.

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So someone in Louisiana can get up to $247 weekly from Louisiana unemployment, then they can get $600 weekly from the federal government. Throw in the $1200 stimulus check. So in one month, my $13.50/hr employee just pulled in $4,588.

And you expect me, as a small business owner, to be able to compete with that?

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What Moron Made Unemployment More Lucrative Then Working

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All of them

Probably someone who has never had a real job: politicians

if unemployment is more lucrative than working, than I pity you

I agree. But some low wage earners probably just got $1200 + $500 per kid, $850/wk for 3 months, plus whatever other earned income credit, child tax credit, wic, la purchase card, tax credit housing, etc..

It's out of hand.

Whine when you're out of a job. Whine when you make too much out of a job. Only in America.