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Not only is this false, but if unemployment benefits are higher than worker wages, then wages are too low.

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Aug 2, 2020

Treasury Secretary Mnuchin tells @MarthaRaddatz “there’s no question” that $600 unemployment insurance is a disincentive to find a job in “some cases.” “There are cases where people are overpaid,” he adds when pressed about study refuting his argument. abcn.ws/318KVSh

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2:22 PM · Aug 2, 2020

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Well the negotiations are not over yet & the treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin has been the most decent person who has always been thoughtful about the American Workers & their families. And I am very hopeful that he will do the Justice in the following Week along with Others .

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You would think a person with billions of dollars would realize how little $600 is these days.

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Dependency on the Gov't for your livelihood is never good. Stop advocating for it...

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Business owners are shutting the doors, jobs with not be there.

fed upaton Stacey Abrams Saved Democracy

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and, there are no jobs to get back to. and, those "greedy, lazy" people know what the admin is saying about them...and doing to them. Its as if the admin thinks their vote won't count.....

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I would need that extra $600 to go with the $370 Wisconsin weekly benefit, just to maintain my current salary. And I will be losing my health insurance, as well.

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You do not live in reality.