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<blockquote data-quote="dennishoddy" data-source="post: 3573375" data-attributes="member: 5412"><p>This isn't the stimulus money making this happen. </p><p>What is making this happen is the federal unemployment add on to the states unemployment payments, and the constant extensions to make it last longer. </p><p>Demonrats love making the workforce dependant on the government which is their plan and are "disturbed" that Red states are doing away with the fed payments so people will have to go back to work. </p><p></p><p>Some feel the enhanced unemployment benefits play a big role in people’s willingness to go back to work. The governors of South Carolina and Montana trace labor shortages employers are facing in their states to federal unemployment benefits and they are eliminating them in their states.</p><p></p><p>“At the current time, there are 81,684 open positions in the state of South Carolina. The hotel and food-service industries have employee shortages that threaten their sustainability,” <a href="https://governor.sc.gov/news/2021-05/south-carolina-return-pre-pandemic-unemployment-program-address-workforce-shortages" target="_blank">said </a>South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce director Dan Ellzey.</p><p></p><p>“While the federal funds supported our unemployed workers during the peak of COVID-19, we fully agree that reemployment is the best recovery plan for South Carolinians and the economic health of the state.”</p><p></p><p>‘There are 81,684 open positions in the state of South Carolina. The hotel and food service industries have employee shortages that threaten their sustainability’ — South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce director Dan Ellzey</p><p>South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, directed his state’s labor department to end all federal unemployment programs on Thursday. That includes the extra $300 a week jobless Americans are eligible to receive through September as part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan stimulus package. </p><p></p><p>Gig workers, independent contractors and self-employed people wouldn’t receive any benefits. These workers only became eligible for federal unemployment benefits through a CARES Act program known as Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA).</p><p></p><p>Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican, is taking matters one step further. </p><p></p><p>In addition to ending Montana’s participation in the federal unemployment benefits programs, effective June 27, Gianforte said the state “will launch a return-to-work bonus program, utilizing federal funds authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act,” according to a <a href="https://news.mt.gov/montana-to-launch-return-to-work-bonuses-return-to-pre-pandemic-unemployment-program-to-address-workforce-shortage" target="_blank">statement </a>released on Tuesday.</p><p></p><p>The program would pay a one-time bonus of $1,200 to people who get hired who were previously receiving unemployment benefits. A person must have been receiving unemployment benefit insurance as of May 4, accept a new job, and keep that job for a minimum of 4 paid weeks of paid work.</p><p></p><p>‘Nearly every sector in our economy faces a labor shortage’ — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte</p><p>“Montana is open for business again, but I hear from too many employers throughout our state who can’t find workers. Nearly every sector in our economy faces a labor shortage,” Gianforte said.</p><p></p><p>“Incentives matter,” he added, “and the vast expansion of federal unemployment benefits is now doing more harm than good.”</p><p></p><p>The Department of Labor did not immediately respond to MarketWatch’s inquiry about whether the state could legally repurpose funds that were set aside for unemployment benefits.</p><p></p><p>‘Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately one in four recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working’ — U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president and chief policy officer Neil Bradley</p><p>The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a lobbying group for businesses, <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-april-jobs-report-reveals-two-very-different-americas-2021-05-07?mod=mw_latestnews" target="_blank">agrees with McMaster and Gianforte</a>.</p><p></p><p>“The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president and chief policy officer Neil Bradley said in a statement on Friday.</p><p></p><p>“One step policymakers should take now is ending the $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit. Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately 1 in 4 recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working.”</p><p></p><p><strong>Other factors keeping Americans from returning to work</strong></p><p>Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think-tank, tweeted this in response to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce:</p><p></p><p>Zipperer said other factors, including fears about going back into the workplace and inadequate wages, play a role in the equation. “Hard to overstate the difficulty and stress a service sector job now requires: additional health and safety protocols, dealing with anti-vaxxers, serious risk of illness,” he wrote on Twitter.<strong> “Asking someone to work at pre-pandemic wages is asking for a real wage cut.”</strong></p><p></p><p>That last bolded comment by the progressive leftist liberal says it all. Why work when the government will pay you to stay home.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dennishoddy, post: 3573375, member: 5412"] This isn't the stimulus money making this happen. What is making this happen is the federal unemployment add on to the states unemployment payments, and the constant extensions to make it last longer. Demonrats love making the workforce dependant on the government which is their plan and are "disturbed" that Red states are doing away with the fed payments so people will have to go back to work. Some feel the enhanced unemployment benefits play a big role in people’s willingness to go back to work. The governors of South Carolina and Montana trace labor shortages employers are facing in their states to federal unemployment benefits and they are eliminating them in their states. “At the current time, there are 81,684 open positions in the state of South Carolina. The hotel and food-service industries have employee shortages that threaten their sustainability,” [URL='https://governor.sc.gov/news/2021-05/south-carolina-return-pre-pandemic-unemployment-program-address-workforce-shortages']said [/URL]South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce director Dan Ellzey. “While the federal funds supported our unemployed workers during the peak of COVID-19, we fully agree that reemployment is the best recovery plan for South Carolinians and the economic health of the state.” ‘There are 81,684 open positions in the state of South Carolina. The hotel and food service industries have employee shortages that threaten their sustainability’ — South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce director Dan Ellzey South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, directed his state’s labor department to end all federal unemployment programs on Thursday. That includes the extra $300 a week jobless Americans are eligible to receive through September as part of President Joe Biden’s American Rescue Plan stimulus package. Gig workers, independent contractors and self-employed people wouldn’t receive any benefits. These workers only became eligible for federal unemployment benefits through a CARES Act program known as Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican, is taking matters one step further. In addition to ending Montana’s participation in the federal unemployment benefits programs, effective June 27, Gianforte said the state “will launch a return-to-work bonus program, utilizing federal funds authorized by the American Rescue Plan Act,” according to a [URL='https://news.mt.gov/montana-to-launch-return-to-work-bonuses-return-to-pre-pandemic-unemployment-program-to-address-workforce-shortage']statement [/URL]released on Tuesday. The program would pay a one-time bonus of $1,200 to people who get hired who were previously receiving unemployment benefits. A person must have been receiving unemployment benefit insurance as of May 4, accept a new job, and keep that job for a minimum of 4 paid weeks of paid work. ‘Nearly every sector in our economy faces a labor shortage’ — Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte “Montana is open for business again, but I hear from too many employers throughout our state who can’t find workers. Nearly every sector in our economy faces a labor shortage,” Gianforte said. “Incentives matter,” he added, “and the vast expansion of federal unemployment benefits is now doing more harm than good.” The Department of Labor did not immediately respond to MarketWatch’s inquiry about whether the state could legally repurpose funds that were set aside for unemployment benefits. ‘Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately one in four recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working’ — U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president and chief policy officer Neil Bradley The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a lobbying group for businesses, [URL='https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-april-jobs-report-reveals-two-very-different-americas-2021-05-07?mod=mw_latestnews']agrees with McMaster and Gianforte[/URL]. “The disappointing jobs report makes it clear that paying people not to work is dampening what should be a stronger jobs market,” U.S. Chamber of Commerce executive vice president and chief policy officer Neil Bradley said in a statement on Friday. “One step policymakers should take now is ending the $300 weekly supplemental unemployment benefit. Based on the Chamber’s analysis, the $300 benefit results in approximately 1 in 4 recipients taking home more in unemployment than they earned working.” [B]Other factors keeping Americans from returning to work[/B] Ben Zipperer, an economist at the Economic Policy Institute, a progressive think-tank, tweeted this in response to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Zipperer said other factors, including fears about going back into the workplace and inadequate wages, play a role in the equation. “Hard to overstate the difficulty and stress a service sector job now requires: additional health and safety protocols, dealing with anti-vaxxers, serious risk of illness,” he wrote on Twitter.[B] “Asking someone to work at pre-pandemic wages is asking for a real wage cut.”[/B] That last bolded comment by the progressive leftist liberal says it all. Why work when the government will pay you to stay home. [/QUOTE]
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