American Rescue plan made student loan forgiveness tax free: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/15/stu...rren-menendez-urge-biden-to-cancel-loans.html
Extend unemployment payments and nobody wants to work... despite jobs readily being available. Restaurant owners looking to hire more staff say, ‘No one wants to work’ https://www.cbs17.com/news/national...-to-hire-more-staff-say-no-one-wants-to-work/ Several places across Central Illinois are hiring, but they say they can’t find people who want a job. Nick Morganthaller, who owns two restaurants in Decatur, knows this better than most. He said business has picked up, but it’s been “impossible to find anybody that wants to come to work.” Morganthaller said he’s posted ads saying the restaurants are looking to hire more staff, but after one full month, he’s only received one application. He blames this on the government’s financial assistance. “The government has made it too easy just basically with all the stimulus money, and then the extra money on the unemployment, and then extending the unemployment for people that have just been on unemployment,” he said “They make more money to stay home than work.” Morganthaller said he and his staff have to work 12- to 14-hour shifts every day just to keep the business afloat, adding that the long hours “take a toll.” “My whole kitchen needs more help,” he said. “I’m glad that we’re closed on Mondays because we get a break.” Leah Stukins has run into similar problems. She also owns a restaurant in Decatur and said she’s opening a new one across the street from her other place in a few weeks. She’s trying to hire more people to work but hasn’t had much luck so far. “We’ve placed a few ads on the internet and have not gotten a lot of responses, so we’re going to try a couple other avenues and see what we can do because these are good positions,” she said. Stukins said as the weather gets warmer, she expects the restaurant to get even busier. She’s hopeful she’ll be able to hire more employees before the summertime. Local employment offices say there are too many jobs to fill and not enough people wanting to work, but they expect this to change when unemployment runs out. President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion relief package extended the $300 weekly unemployment benefits through Sept. 4. Before Biden signed the legislation last week, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell expressed concern about the unemployment benefits. “There is a concern about making it more advantageous to stay home rather than going back to work,” McConnell said earlier this month on Fox News Channel’s “The Story with Martha MacCallum.” The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to 770,000 — climbing from 725,000 the week before — in a sign that layoffs remain high even as much of the U.S. economy is steadily recovering from the coronavirus recession. A total of 4.1 million people are continuing to collect traditional state unemployment benefits, down 18,000 from the previous week. Including separate federal programs that are intended to help workers displaced by the health crisis, 18.2 million Americans were receiving some form of jobless aid in the week of Feb. 27, down by 1.9 million from the week before.
Now that Donald put everyone on the government's tit, it'll be tough for Biden to break today cycle. Why would you want to force service workers to reopen America during a pandemic anyway GWB? Don't you care to stop the spread?
Agreed, they should be getting at most 50% of their pre-pandemic income. There has to be an incentive to look for work.
I actually would support them getting 100% of their pandemic income for a period of time -- but when there are employers needing to fill their job roles locally then the percentage should be decreases and/or the payments stopped. Couple this with a requirement to interview for open positions each week. There is also the issue regarding the tremendous amount of unemployment fraud. Pandemic unemployment benefits fraud could top $200B, firm says Lawmakers have committed a total of $486B in funding for unemployment benefits, according to the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/pandemic-unemployment-benefits-fraud-could-top-200b-firm-says
I support 80% for like 1-3 months. Never 100%. It gives no incentive to find a job if it's 100%. It's cheaper to stay home since you don't need to drive to work, buy work clothes, etc.
I thought "unemployment benefits" only went to those that were actively looking for work ? Instead, you guys make it sound like people in the U.S. have been getting unemployment checks...sitting at home and not looking for jobs. I remember in college...friends that needed money...they simply went to the blood donation place and gave blood and volunteer for university medical / pharmaceutical experiments or psych department experiments (e.g. electrical shocks) for money. I even knew a medical student that worked at a strip club. Simply, students were not poor. wrbtrader