Associated Press
Ohio’s Republican U.S. Senator is urging the state to stop providing the $300 weekly federal checks to unemployed Ohioans, which will stop coming September 6 unless another COVID relief package extends them.
Sen. Rob Portman (R-Cincinnati) said there are good jobs available but says many Ohioans won’t work because the federal jobless benefits are too generous.
“They are making more in unemployment insurance than they are on the jobs. On top of that, Congress recently passed legislation of that would be tax-free which gives those on unemployment insurance an additional advantage, Portman said.
Washington Post financial columnist Michelle Singletary told NPR s Morning Edition that there is no data to support this claim.
On feeding bears
Regarding âBears are becoming more common in NCâ (May 3), the article contains steps people can take to coexist with black bears.
The first step, as most of us know, is donât feed bears. Feeding teaches bears to view humans as a food source, which is not a good thing, for us or for them.
The article failed to mention that North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) allows hunters to feed bears. It is legal to feed bears for six weeks in the 25 mountain counties and year-round elsewhere. Hunters bait bears with corn, usually, and shoot them at the bait during open season.
By Premiere Networks
Apr 19, 2021
TODD: The $86 billion bailout. Did you hear about this? This is for Big Union. Multiple employer-managed pensions were part of the $1.9 trillion supposed covid bailout. The result is, you have people who possibly a lot of times were shut down purchasing new cars, getting their houses remodeled. You have in New York. They re talking about making New York City an agrarian culture, a farming culture!
There s mayoral candidates who say we need a $25 million food fund for illegal immigrants. You have in Oregon, they re saying, We want masks to be forever required. It s phenomenal what s happening. Now, in regard to these union measures, you see what s happening here to the actual workers, like the destruction of the economy that they rely on for their jobs.
Europe hits record highs, US dollar hits monthly lows
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Earnings, Covid boost European equities
European stocks edged ahead to fresh record highs in early trade before momentum slowed. Strong corporate earnings, the continued rollout of Covid vaccines and the promise of easy monetary policy for longer has driven demand for equities to all-time highs.
Markets are broadly upbeat about the prospects for the global economic recovery ahead of a full week of corporate earnings and the ECB rate decision on Thursday. There have been some impressive moves on the stock markets and now investors want to see these backed up by data.