Trump wants states to pay a quarter of his new unemployment benefit. States say they can't afford it

[Nevilledog]

Trump wants states to pay a quarter of his new unemployment benefit. States say they can't afford it.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-wants-states-pay-25-his-new-unemployment-benefit-states-n1236291

President Donald Trump is calling on states to provide 25 percent of the expanded unemployment benefit called for in his recently signed executive order.

But in states facing significant budget shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic, governors say the idea that they can pitch in for a quarter of the expanded benefits for the foreseeable future is misguided.

"The concept of saying to states, 'you pay 25 percent of the unemployment insurance' is just laughable," Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., said Sunday. "The whole issue here was getting states funding, state and local funding. You can't now say to states who have no funding, and you have to pay 25 percent of the unemployment insurance cost."

Maine Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, said Trump's action flies in the face of what states and localities have been pushing for — substantial budget relief.

"Asking states now to take on additional expenses is unresponsive to these needs and threatens important programs and services," she said.

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[LizBeth]

1. I read he was doing it well, cause Trump. But also he wants to take out of emergency fund

and state has to pay a percentage for him to take it out of that fund.

[RainCaster]

3. I want DFT to pay for his golfing holidays every week

You can't always get what you want.

But if you try sometimes, you just might find,
you get what you need.

[Johnny2X2X]

5. Next week people start really hurting

The unemployment check will be the full $1200 short for two weeks starting Monday. People are going to start to panic. And when they see that Trump’s EO money isn’t there either they will know who is to blame.