First, every unemployed person is not getting unemployment.
Second, I agree $600 was a wee bit high. I also agree if we waited for each state to cobble a program that can issue each qualified person 100% of their former wages, we’d still be waiting.
In my area there are also want ads. For Door Dash and the like, entry level jobs. It makes zero sense for those waiting to get called back to work, to take these jobs. They indeed would make substantially less than the enhanced UI payments. They have families payments etc.
The program was not intended to, and will not, run indefinitely. Under normal times, a lesser percentage UI payment is completely acceptable while searching for a similar position. Had the Dems not succeeded in keeping us locked down it wouldn’t be necessary to extend this.
DoorDash? In 2019, you could make $1200 a week, not easy, but it can be done. In 2020 with every one doing it, good luck getting $50 a day before gas, maintenance and extra insurance (most policies are for less than 15 miles per day, going to work and back, not as a delivery vehicle) on your vehicle. Only breaking even after these expenses are favored in.
When Amazon opened up delivery jobs in Denver, over 10,000 applications... they additionally still do Amazon Delivery Service Partner deliveries, using your own vehicle. A cargo van or large SUV is required. Claimed $18 to $22 per hour, but it’s the same scheme as DoorDash. You pay for your own gas, insurance and maintenance.