A Lifeline For The Unemployed Is About To End In Half Of U.S. Here's What's At Stake
Republican governors are moving to end a $300-a-week pandemic lifeline for the unemployed in a controversial effort to push people back to work, with four states set to end them this week.
by Scott Horsley
Jun 07, 2021
3 minutes
The United States is about to embark on a big, national experiment, with four million unemployed workers serving as guinea pigs. And it all centers on $300 a week.
The payment was intended as a lifeline for millions of Americans who lost their jobs in the pandemic: an extra $300 a week on top of the regular unemployment benefits that are normally paid out.
But now 25 Republican governors say the payments must end, with four states acting as early as this week. With vaccines rolling out and the economy reopening fast, they believe the payments are discouraging
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