I was on U.I.once for ten weeks.In that time I did nothing to stimulate the economy. I used the money for paying bills and buying absolute necessities.No one on UI thinks, or should be thinking, about a new dishwasher, gas grill, trip to the Cape or anything that is not a necessity. Buying hamburger,pasta, toilet paper, and soap is not going to jack the GDP in any meaningful way. This argument for continuing UI past 99 weeks is not only arguable, it’s completely bogus.
They aren’t arguing for past 99 weeks now, when you see ‘tier 5’ mentioned that’ll be past 99 weeks. This stuff going on right now is just to fund tiers 1-4 which only cover 26-99 weeks still.