@AOC ("Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez") wrote:
You can’t force people to work a job that doesn’t pay enough to live.
This isn’t hard. What’s the point in working a $7.25 or even $15/hr job if the childcare needed costs almost as much as one’s paycheck?
Letting PUA expire was based on fantasy, not data. We must restore it.
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@livrockeman ("Olivia Rockeman") wrote:
Employers and economists expected a spike in job applications after enhanced unemployment benefits expired on Sept. 6. That hasn't happened: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-09-20/employers-are-baffled-as-u-s-benefits-end-and-jobs-go-begging?sref=PJUU2CLn (w/ @katiadmi)