GOP Considers Back-to-Work Bonuses
Posted on AllSides May 24th, 2020
From The Center
WASHINGTON—Senate Republicans are examining offering cash incentives for unemployed Americans returning to work, looking for an alternative to the extension of enhanced jobless benefits supported by Democrats.
Republicans are concerned that the current $600 a week unemployment payment—on top of state unemployment benefits—is so generous that it is discouraging people from going back to work and damping the economy’s reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. Democrats want to extend the payments, which are set to end in July, into next year, an idea Republicans have rejected.
“This will not be in...
Some content from this outlet may be limited or behind a paywall.
