Last week, Jake LaTurner, candidate for Congress, said he thought the additional $600 in unemployment benefits to help those who have lost their jobs due to the COVID-19 pandemic are a bad idea.
LaTurner gave two reasons:
1. They pull down the economy by depleting U.S. coffers, and,
2. They keep the unemployed from looking for work because the expanded benefits add up to more than they can make out in the labor market.
“I’ve talked to business owners where they say the benefits are making it difficult for them to find employees because they are sometimes receiving a lot more in aid than they would working for them.