'Ted Cruz Spews Disgust At 'Waiters & Waitresses,' Who Don't Deserve $600 Unemployment Checks

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7. Dems initially proposed a benefit not to exceed wage, Repubs rejected it

Repubs said that state records and computers could not accurately determine full wage so a benefit based on the individuals last job wage would not be practical. So instead a calculation determined that the dollar amount needed to keep income at the same level, on average, was $600. They wanted to keep personal income at the per pandemic level to keep the economy from collapsing. So Dems dropped their individualized benefit and just said $600 for everyone. Now Repubs want an individualized benefit tailored for last wage of the unemployed individual, tho they want only 70%. And now Dems say, huh? You persuaded us the states could not make an accurate calculation for that. Now Repubs say the states can do it pretty quickly. Dem say it will take up to two months to reprogram state computers and even then there will probably be bugs and errors.