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Pat Toomey: “Increasing unemployment payments such that a majority of unemployed workers will make more money being unemployed than…”

On the recordJanuary 18, 2021
Increasing unemployment payments such that a majority of unemployed workers will make more money being unemployed than they make working can only slow the return to a normal, healthy labor market.
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Pat Toomey
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Toomey warns that high unemployment benefits may hinder job recovery.

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