Political Quotes

“We were agreeing for a while, but I think it is pretty important here to underscore that your math isn't real. The reality is that in lots and lots and lots of States in the country, where people are earning $12 or $13 or $14 or $15 an hour right now, the unemployment option they are going to be offered is going to be more like $24 or $25 an hour. We are not talking about $1,000 over the course of these months. We are talking about cases where people might have an annualized wage right now of $30,000 and be looking at an unemployment benefit of $1,000 a week, which is $50,000 annualized. So your math isn't real. The reality is, it isn't $600 total. It is $600 on top of what the unemployment benefits already were in that State. So there are lots of people who are struggling to work hard and to love their neighbor. We have a lot of health aides in Nebraska who make 16 bucks an hour. That is a $32,000-a-year job. Their work is important. That is a vocation. People need them. There are sick people from COVID-19 and other diseases right now in Nebraska who need the benefit of those health aides, and you just told them in this bill--we just told them in this bill--yeah, your work is a little bit important, but look at this.…”