Monday, May 24, 2021

Federal, and state unemployment benefits total $650 a week...leisure and hospitality sector average pay is $477.

Uncle Sam Gets Set To Dig into Your Bank Account
"...Here’s another statistic — federal, and state unemployment benefits total $650 a week
However, in the leisure and hospitality sector, probably the worst hit area during the pandemic, average pay is $477. 
  • So you get $650 staying home, and $477 going to work.
That tells me that overly generous federal policies are discouraging work and encouraging staying home. That is not good, either. 
Which brings me back to the opening point. 
This is no time to be raising taxes and hiring twice the number of IRS agents to chase capital out of the country...Read all!

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