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Originally Posted by JPhillips
If people are choosing not to work due to unemployment benefits at a level that is detrimental to the economy as a whole, we should have plenty of evidence of that. If nothing else, there should be a flood of people saying that's what they are doing.
I'm sure this is happening anecdotally, but where's the evidence it is happening in large scale?
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This is from the just-released AP article on the lower job growth this month and rise in unemployment:
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At the same time, optimism about the economic recovery is growing. Many Americans are flush with cash after having received $1,400 federal relief checks, along with savings they have built up after cutting back on travel, entertainment and dining out over the past year. Millions of consumers have begun spending their extra cash on restaurant meals, airline tickets, road trips and new cars and homes.
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On what planet is it sane to characterize money saved by people who are out of work as "extra cash" and to normalize spending that money on things that are luxuries?!
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