#Unemployment

Thom Hartmann

Thom_Hartmann

1/ Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans are proposing to let employers injure or even kill their workers and bring back the three-martini lunch...in exchange for one measly month of extended

Hiba Bég

HibaBeg

Still using the word “Pappu” for RaGa... It’s one thing to say he’s not a good leader, it’s another to deem anything he says cretinous just because the govt. normalised

Zach Carter

zachdcarter

These negotiations are absurd. The country is on fire and the chief concern for Senate Republicans is that unemployed people have too much money.https://twitter.com/JStein_WaPo/status/1287762701507334151 Sure guys, the unemployment rate is

THE CITY

THECITYNY

1/ We recently launched a new service where we send out updates focused on renting & working in NYC during the pandemic. Our first worker update went out this week.So,

Elise Gould

eliselgould

Jobs day will likely reveal a false start to the recovery.The increasing spread of COVID-19 and the upcoming fiscal fiscal cliff point to long lasting economic pain.https://www.epi.org/blog/what-to-watch-on-jobs-day-a-false-start-to-the-rec

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

Ending or reducing the $600 Unemployment Supplement is cruel, hypocritical & stupid. 1/9 1st, it’s important to point out that one of the main objectives of the $600 UI addition

🇺🇸Norma Padrón

NormaPadron_

“We have to do better with Latinos” is *exactly why* neither party does “well” with Latinos. Today is not the day to dive into this, but is much needed conversation

Luke Henriques-Gomes

lukehgomes

Some points on this paragraph in the AFR today about the payments received by people on jobseeker. Firstly, the ANU found the average received by people on Newstart all sources

Gbenga Ajilore 🏃🏾‍♂️

gbenga_ajilore

This #JobsDay, there is good news & bad news. Good news: @toriamos is releasing Xmas musicBad news: We are ALL reaping the effects of the lack of fiscal policy for

Minesh Patel

minesh1112

Thread. Lots of discussion about a one-off payment to support people on #UniversalCredit, in place of retaining the £20 a week uplift. However, this would be challenging for three key

Jake Sherman

JakeSherman

We are in the beginnings of a full-blown legislative crisis. It's two days before Christmas. Congress is home. We're in a pandemic. Unemployment insurance runs out on Saturday. Govt shuts

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

So, there are 30 million Americans on unemployment benefits and only 5 million job offers; so Rs think we should slash benefits by 2/3 to force workers to take the

Joel Hills

ITVJoel

The here and now is grim but I can think of six reasons to be optimistic about an economic recovery:1) Vaccines are being rolled out at pace: The government wants

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

I don't know if anyone else has said this, but payroll tax cuts are the hydroxychloroquine of economic policy. They won't do anything to solve the employment crisis, but will

Rep. Don Beyer

RepDonBeyer

Mitch McConnell just wasted two months.If the Senate leaves tomorrow without extending enhanced unemployment benefits, tens of millions of Americans across the country will suddenly lose of most of their

Mark Warner

MarkWarner

It’s worse than I thought. Assuming that this executive order is constitutional, which is dubious, the President’s directive on unemployment insurance raids $44 billion from the Disaster Relief Fund to

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