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Floridaâs already stingy unemployment benefits take another unneeded hit | Editorial
Cutting out the $300 weekly federal jobless benefit may hurt Floridaâs economy more than help. Hereâs why.
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Should Florida keep accepting the $300 in extra federal weekly benefits for unemployed workers? [ KEITH SRAKOCIC | AP ]
This article represents the opinion of the Tampa Bay Times Editorial Board.
Published May 27
In a decision that should surprise no one, Florida recently joined more than 20 other states in declaring that it would stop paying unemployed workers an extra $300 a week in federal pandemic benefits. The move would seem less heartless if the state wasnât already so chintzy with its unemployment payments. Instead, out-of-work Floridians will have to get by on no more than $275 a week, among the lowest state benefits in the nation.
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In the past few weeks, 22 states have announced they would end federal pandemic unemployment benefits, which pay recipients $300 on top of state benefits and are scheduled to run into September. (New Hampshire is the latest.)
Many of the states’ governors, all Republicans, made statements similar to that of Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina, who said the expanded benefits are “incentivizing and paying workers to stay at home rather than encouraging them to return to the workplace.” The U.S. Chamber of Commerce said the same.
Businesses of all types report that they are having trouble hiring despite high unemployment. But are expanded unemployment benefits really to blame?
Created: May 16, 2021 06:05 PM
The number of Americans filing for unemployment fell to another pandemic low last week. It s the latest evidence that layoffs are easing as the economy continues to recover.
But not everyone is rushing back to their own jobs some in Minnesota are entertaining other options.
While the world was shutting down during the pandemic, Minnesotans were busy filling out paperwork to open up their own businesses.
“When people get separated from their employers, whether it s through layoffs or any other circumstances, they will often go out and strike out on their own and start their own small business. Even if it s just them,” Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said.