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In response to "Graham, et al. have stalled it with their problem of it helping people who got laid off. Now Bernie is threatening to hold it up too unless they stop -- nm" by decline

If I’m reading it right, their point is that people would get more pay from unemployment than they were getting paid by working.

Posted by Dano (aka dano) Mar 25 '20, 12:47

Haven’t fact check but it’s not just minimum wage. It was over $20 an hour. Of course that doesn’t count benefits that they may be losing as well.

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I don't get how that would work? Unemployment will pay 100% for four months is my understanding. - ty97 Mar 25, 12:51 1
- They say the way the bill is written it's your unemployment amount + $600 with no cap at what you were making. -- nm - Dano Mar 25, 13:16
right, but it's not like you can just decide to be laid off -- nm - decline Mar 25, 12:50

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