We extended an above-market 3 day a week part-time job offer to someone we were hoping could help us in the warehouse. Despite being out of work, they turned it down because their husband is getting $950/week on unemployment and they believe a $3400 stimulus check is on the way.
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1. Most Americans don't see the gravity of our economic situation 2. Americans don't save or plan for the future 3. Those checks might get spent awfully fast What a world.
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This extra $600/week in unemployment is basically encourage people not to work.https://www.businessinsider.com/stimulus-package-unemployment-benefits-increase-2020-3 …
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Replying to @moseskagan
I don't think so. I think the $600 is designed to help our economy and soften the blow.
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Think if you read about the negotiation, the $600 was Dems attempt to get unemployment to parity with working... Basically, undoing the normal incentive structure for unemployment (the one that's supposed to push you back to work). I agree that it's already causing problems.
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Ah, I see what you were saying now. Yeah, definitely not a good call by whoever was pushing for that. Turns out that if you pay people not to work, they won't work. Who could've guess that!
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I thought you meant "not work so as to avoid more virus transmission" - someone else raised that.
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