Bad and Dumb Country

7.5 million people have been kicked off their unemployment benefits, even though the program has worked on every conceivable level. America!

Sep 7, 2021

Here is one thing we know about the unemployment benefits the government has been funding since the pandemic started: they helped lead to historic reductions in poverty and hunger.

Here is another thing we know about the unemployment benefits: ending them brings very few positives and a whole host of negatives:

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