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In reply to the discussion: US Chamber of Commerce calls for ending extra unemployment benefits after disappointing jobs report [View all]Humanist_Activist
(7,670 posts)45. Fuck these ghouls, fucking parasites on society, profiting off of our hard work...
and now they have the gall to complain when some people make a sound financial decision that unemployment is better than working right now. They can go fuck themselves. When was the last time they did anything of value?
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US Chamber of Commerce calls for ending extra unemployment benefits after disappointing jobs report [View all]
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
May 2021
OP
I think with the extra 300/wk pay it takes a person to 15 an hour. I know I am getting more than
LizBeth
May 2021
#1
move to hawaii. loads of min wage tourist service jobs...but they defy supply and demand by
msongs
May 2021
#16
Not true. My son has still not been called back to work at a Major Wailua (Maui) resort
SamsDrink
May 2021
#31
Even with the federal supplement to UI benefits, many people are still in financial difficulty
Deminpenn
May 2021
#50
Sounds like you agree with the Chamber of Commerce that people are refusing jobs to stay on UI
MichMan
May 2021
#51
Please point out where in Ohio you can live on $20,800 per year before taxes
lonely bird
May 2021
#47
Really? Where, exactly? In the thousands of businesses that went under? And do these mythical jobs
niyad
May 2021
#23
Why should that not be a given?? Seems to me, and those who advocate for workers, that those are,
niyad
May 2021
#61
You're about as likely to get that dragon as you are the rest of the stuff on your wish list.
Jedi Guy
May 2021
#62
So, in order to get people to go back to work for starvation wages and no benefits
AllyCat
May 2021
#8
Ooh! South Carolina and Montana are canceling their federal jobless benefits!
Storybook612
May 2021
#9
How to identify a Trumper? Sign out front sez "can't find workers, unemployment pays too much"!
machoneman
May 2021
#12
The governments finances are honestly not infinite so without enough to offset that
cstanleytech
May 2021
#14
The chamber of Horrors can go pound sand, maybe they should get unemployment
turbinetree
May 2021
#19
"chamber of commerce" is no friend of workers. their priority is the businesses.
bullimiami
May 2021
#20
Instead, we should confiscate the fortunes of the "self-made" billionaires.
Midnight Writer
May 2021
#28
they are happy to cut benefits of any kind to 1000 people as long as it keeps just 1 person
wiggs
May 2021
#30
The 25% of people who make more money on unemployment than at their jobs
Sucha NastyWoman
May 2021
#40
Fuck these ghouls, fucking parasites on society, profiting off of our hard work...
Humanist_Activist
May 2021
#45