Posted on 04/23/2021 12:49:05 PM PDT by karpov
WASHINGTON—Democrats on Capitol Hill are pushing for the White House to propose more generous and long-lasting jobless benefits on a permanent basis as part of the antipoverty package President Biden is expected to roll out next week.
In a letter sent to the White House Friday, nearly 40 Democrats said President Biden should propose implementing a series of new federal standards of unemployment insurance programs, which are largely run by states. They proposed increasing the amount of jobless payments, extending the duration of the weekly benefit, expanding the pool of eligible workers, and implementing a system that would more closely tie the payments to economic conditions.
Since the Covid-19 pandemic began, Congress has taken several temporary measures to bolster jobless payments, including increasing weekly payments and offering support to more workers. Most recently Congress extended a $300 weekly supplement until early September, among other steps.
But the lawmakers are seeking more permanent changes to the social -safety net program.
“The Cares Act’s emergency programs must be extended to support jobless workers for the duration of the current economic downturn, but we must also fix the underlying problems facing our [unemployment insurance] system so that it can provide economic security for all workers,” they wrote in the letter, referencing the $2.2 trillion Cares Act passed last year that first added a federal supplement.
The White House has been studying possible unemployment insurance changes, according to a person familiar with the matter, and Democrats on Capitol Hill have been discussing the issue with the administration. But it isn’t known if the White House will address the issue in their coming plan, which is expected to be released next week and includes more than $1 trillion in funding for paid leave, tuition-free community college, and universal prekindergarten.
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i’m gonna use my free money to embark on a endless world cruise..
How about you?
It’s part of the new MFLB Program.
The democrats want their Slaves back
Plantation must be refilled.
Should be tied to the condition that the recipeints be sterilized.
Sign in McDonalds
Sorry your order will take longer than usual. No one wants to work.
This would be an arrow through the heart of many, many small businesses. Ostensibly a compassionate act, but evil to the bone.
I will not take a single penny from the feds.
When they get enough of them they will release them on us
“I will not take a single penny from the feds.”
America’s last hold-out! You will cave. But, if you resist, can I have your government shekels?
Uncle Sam established a welcoming place for them. It's called Liberia. They must be encouraged to return to their home.
No, and no.
Just call it a UB-40.
If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it is Universal Basic Income. Even some Republican Congress critters are rumored to have signed on to make permanent enhanced direct payments for child EIC. Sadly merit no longer matters in woke America.
This would be an arrow through the heart of many, many small businesses. Ostensibly a compassionate act, but evil to the bone.
Who is going to build the cars and nice things for these RAT elites when everyone is on the dole?
“Who is going to build the cars and nice things for these RAT elites when everyone is on the dole?”
The Chinese
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