CNBCさんのインスタグラム写真 - (CNBCInstagram)「A $600 boost to weekly unemployment checks ended Friday, leaving many families wondering how to pay for rent, food and other bills this month.⁠ ⁠ Democrats want to extend the payments, yet Republican lawmakers have put up a roadblock to continuing the aid. They call it a disincentive to work, since some workers can make more from unemployment than their old jobs.⁠ ⁠ However, the $600-a-week supplement hasn’t been a disincentive to return to work and hasn’t stifled recruiting by employers during the current recession, new research suggests. Many out-of-work individuals were having trouble paying their rent and buying enough food to eat prior to losing the extra $600, according to weekly surveys conducted by the Census Bureau.⁠ ⁠ In fact, Americans receiving the subsidy are pumping money into the economy and supporting jobs, according to a number of economists. ⁠ “I’m not surprised at all that studies are finding that,” Till von Wachter, an economics professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said. ”[Republican] concern may be partly influenced by a philosophy and not facts.”⁠ ⁠ Full story at the link in bio.」8月5日 11時01分