.@SenRonJohnson If your job is gone & not coming back, how do you “reengage in the economy?” If rent is due & you can’t afford to pay it, where do you go? If your kids are hungry & you have no money, how do you feed them? What you’re arguing isn’t wise economics; it’s cruelty.
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.@SenRonJohnson: "Why do our Democrat colleagues want to propose continuing $600 per week... that is preventing people, incentivizing people not to reengage in the economy so our economy can recover? It makes no sense."

Aug 2, 2020 · 10:24 AM UTC

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Marianne; This is why... numbers from Texas Extra unemployment benefits are like a raise to NOT work... Working: Earning $800/wk Working NOT Working: $416/wk standard unemployment plus $600/wk extra unemployment ______ $1016/wk NOT Working Total Who would want to work?