Ocasio-Cortez Slams GOP for Lying About Effects of Unemployment Insurance (truthout.org)

Hammster said:

You said “You know why businesses can't get employees? They have....wait for it....OTHER JOBS!!!”. If people have other jobs, then the whole unemployment insurance issue is moot. If unemployment is low, then that’s great and companies are fighting for the same employees. If it’s high, then companies are trying to entice folks to get off their butts and go to work.

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Landon Caeli said:

How do you figure "unemployment benefits ended months ago"..? All that's happening is that they have ended offering new claims for COVID related job losses, and reset the normal payouts.

...Everyone's already on unemployment!

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ArmenianJohn said:

Well, looks like AOC is right yet again...
Ocasio-Cortez Slams GOP for Lying About Effects of Unemployment Insurance (truthout.org)

From the article:


Plenty of other reports are bearing out the truth of what AOC said here and what most of us have been saying all along:

• Unemployment benefits ended, but hiring did not surge in September (msn.com)
• With unemployment benefits cut off in many states, Americans returned to work, right? (msn.com)
  
• GOP governors who ended unemployment benefits failed to spur job growth, September numbers suggest (msn.com)

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ArmenianJohn said:

So what's stopping them from getting employees? Nothing other than their inability to compete for employees. And often that is based on a poor business model which can't be profitable for anyone. Those businesses deserve to go out of business, don't you agree?

But this thread is specifically about the fact that AOC correctly called out the GOP's incorrect claim of the reason for businesses being unable to hire people being unemployment benefits. That is not true and she correctly called it out. There are no more benefits for months now. You know why businesses can't get employees? They have....wait for it....OTHER JOBS!!!

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