Should the $600 Federal Unemployment Benefit be extended?

[skoda]

Another look at the money.

How many times have the Congress given the money to themselves or have they not worked and still got a paycheck?

USA is in debt and will always be. The numbers are complicating.

I believe the Covid if it has affected your job the People could survive on $300 week plus their money from UNEMPLOYMENT with police arresting and locking up those who loot, those are the deadbeats....

Open the flood gates! Let's let happen what one side is saying that contradicts what the other side is saying and let business go back to normal.

BTW: I have a friend who was in line to have the covid test and ran out of time left w/o getting test and went to another appointment. 3 days later she gets a call saying her test came back positive.

 

[Buster]

The hidden fact behind the 600.00 payment...

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/20...medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

 

[PatsFan1283]

Not exactly true. The next pay period should have one week with the extended benefit.

Personally, I don't even know what Munchin is thinking with his we're going to figure out what everyone is making and give them 70%. Good luck with that. It was a complete clusterfuck for them to coordinate a straight dollar amount. Now he thinks they'll be able to do calculations on 30 million people?! Sure, good luck with that. They might have had some chance if they started 2-3 months ago. Ideally a means tested benefits program would be the fairest, but that takes time to take on a feat like that. I think Mnuchin is delusional.

Agree, seems like a huge stretch from a compliance standpoint but really no easy answer.

The best I could come up with was block grants to each state based on their UE rate or something and let govs deploy it properly. They know their populations best and what industries can't get back up and running.

 

[JavyBaez9]

Agree, seems like a huge stretch from a compliance standpoint but really no easy answer.

The best I could come up with was block grants to each state based on their UE rate or something and let govs deploy it properly. They know their populations best and what industries can't get back up and running.

Not that bad of an idea, but the states that need it most are the most incompetent. Like Illinois. Giving them money solves nothing, they'll spend it all on making sure illegal immigrants have free college or some shit. These states are insolvent because they waste money, not due to the lack of resources.

 

[metro]

this isn't a time to be splitting **** hairs .. blanket 600 across the board regardless of whichever stage your state is in ..

 

[Albatross]

Maybe for the folks who didnt recieve anything a nice tax break. That would be fair

 

[bodyforlife]

Agree, seems like a huge stretch from a compliance standpoint but really no easy answer.

The best I could come up with was block grants to each state based on their UE rate or something and let govs deploy it properly. They know their populations best and what industries can't get back up and running.

Actually Unemployment Benefits are a joint collaborative between the Federal Gov't and the States already as far as I know. States receive a certain percentage from the Fed and put in a certain percentage themselves, but they administer the program. An example of this is Texas had initially waived the requirement that people had to show they had looked for a job (the norm on this is like 3 attempts a week). When the economy started to reopen, they said they were going back to the way they were, meaning if you didn't attempt to find a job, you would be off unemployment. When things started going in the wrong direction, they reversed course on that and are back to people not being required to look for work.

I believe there are some guidelines set forth by the Federal Government, but differing policies depending on the state one resides in.

 

[roadreeler57]

No it should not be extended we are 26 Trillion in debt...

 

[bodyforlife]

No it should not be extended we are 26 Trillion in debt...

Ok, and just nevermind on the broad base job losses and people in the 1/3 who are taking a pay cut even with the additional $600? Also, what do you think happens to everyone's net worth if we go into a recession (as many Economists predict)? Do you think society does not pay a price if people become insolvent? You can certainly pick your poison on this one. We have quite possibly a severe recession vs potentially hyperinflation in the future. I'll assume you want to go the recession route.

 

[bodyforlife]

I'm also trying to figure out what Republicans are thinking with the 70% replacement of wages. That proposal actually seems like it was written by Democrats.