Posted on 05/14/2021 6:50:52 PM PDT by 11th_VA
More than 2 million workers could see their jobless benefits slashed or eliminated altogether next month as more states opt out of federal unemployment programs. Some of the hardest hit will be out-of-work Black Americans.
“The states are giving them 30 days to find a job,” Andrew Stettner, an unemployment insurance expert and senior fellow at the Century Foundation, told Yahoo Money. “Most of those workers won’t find a job within those 30 days. Most of them are going to have zero in unemployment benefits.”
Those workers stand to collectively lose $10.9 billion, averaging out to potentially thousands of dollars per worker, money that also won’t flow into those states’ economies, according to an analysis by the Century Foundation.
Eighteen states so far plan to cancel the pandemic-era jobless programs. Alaska and West Virginia were the latest states to opt out on Friday, a move gaining steam among Republican governors following last week's disappointing jobs report.
“More than 50 local employers have posted recruitments, and the response has been very positive. Employer demand for workers is outpacing job applicants,” Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Dr. Tamika L. Ledbetter said in a statement on Friday. “For those seeking employment, the time is now.”...
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Well, this could cut inflation off at the knees, or just bring us into that ultra fun stagflation. ;)
Almost every restaurant, fast food place, bog box store, etc. in my are is hiring. No excuse not to find something.
How many extensions have people received?
Where is government supposed to be perpetual allowance giver?
Repeal the 19th. Thats what got us in this mess, this gynocracy welfare state.
Well in Indiana there are WE ARE HIRING signs in just about every business window. Indiana needs to stop all unemployment benefits now
Tough break.
Same here in northwest counties of Indiana.
Party’s over kiddies, back to it.
CC
Good.
The smart ones have grabbed the jobs, answered the help wanted signs and left the extra unemployment benefits behind.
“Some of the hardest hit will be out-of-work Black Americans”
Same old line they always use for anything they’re against.
“Some of the hardest hit will be people who don’t want to work”
Fixed it.
Sucking at the gov teat is addictive. Time to go cold turkey and get your ass of the couch. Put the pipe down and get a job.
The Federal supplement ends July 10th here in Arizona. I’m surprised our otherwise worthless Governor signed it. I bet there will be a sudden rise in employment around this date.
Wooohooo!!!!!
This will get those lazy s.o.b.’s back to work.
Help wanted signs everywhere.
“We need someone to make pizza.”
“I’m your man. Can I do it via Zoom?”
I love States’ rights.
Oh, and get a job.
Only for the Red States...
Blue states will keep sucking off the gov’t teet.
Here come the sob stories about lazy people who refuse to go get a job
Some of the hardest hit will be bong craftsmen, head shops, J&B Rolling papers, Swisher sweets ,Xboxes, cheap delivery pizza chains, Newport menthol cigarettes, king cobra lager, and inseminated white hos’ moving back in w/their proud parents.
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