Correction, Please!
Liberals Seem Surprised When Incentives Against Work Hurt Economic Recovery
Item: The Washington Post, in a May 22 front-page article entitled “GOP fights new aid as joblessness skyrockets,” decried: “The Trump administration, top Republicans and powerful corporate lobbyists mounted fresh opposition Thursday to extended enhanced benefits to the growing number of Americans who are out of work, raising the prospect of significant cuts to their weekly checks unless lawmakers act by the end of July.”
The paper went into details about the extent of the job losses and then noted: “Over the span of nine weeks, more than 38 million Americans have filed unemployment claims across the country because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Further down in the article and continuing on page 15, the Post said: “Some White House officials and Republicans say the extra payments [$600 weekly, per a law passed by the Congress in March] are creating a disincentive for people to return to the workforce, potentially holding back the economic recovery.”
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