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Half of unemployed Americans saw their income double, even triple during pandemic shutdown
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Date: July 10, 2020 08:27AM
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-getting-more-money-from-unemployment-than-they-were-from-their-jobs/
$978 a week for some is triple what they were making.
The United States is not known for its generosity to the unemployed. But the coronavirus crisis has transformed our system for compensating jobless workers.
As tens of millions of workers suddenly became unemployed, Congress passed an expansive relief package with an unprecedented $600-per-week supplement for jobless workers. The goal was to replace their wages so they could survive the economic lockdown.
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$978 a week for some is triple what they were making.
The United States is not known for its generosity to the unemployed. But the coronavirus crisis has transformed our system for compensating jobless workers.
As tens of millions of workers suddenly became unemployed, Congress passed an expansive relief package with an unprecedented $600-per-week supplement for jobless workers. The goal was to replace their wages so they could survive the economic lockdown.
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Re: Half of unemployed Americans saw their income double, even triple during pandemic shutdown
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Unfair
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Date: July 10, 2020 09:12AM
While those who were on the front line got nothing for risking their lives.
Re: Half of unemployed Americans saw their income double, even triple during pandemic shutdown
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Date: July 10, 2020 09:36AM
Unfair Wrote:
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> While those who were on the front line got nothing
> for risking their lives.
A 99.24 percent survival rate is hardly risky. Most worthless and weak pandemic in history
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> While those who were on the front line got nothing
> for risking their lives.
A 99.24 percent survival rate is hardly risky. Most worthless and weak pandemic in history