Author:Matt Bruenig
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Setting the Record Straight on the UI Cuts
The summer data shows a zero-sum competition for jobs.
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The House Paid Leave Proposal Is Awful
If you like the US healthcare system, you'll love Richard Neal's new paid leave plan.
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The Economy Will Still Be 5.3 Million Jobs Short When Pandemic UI Is Eliminated
The latest jobs report gives us yet another indicator of how bad the UI cuts will be.
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35 Million People Will Lose Unemployment Income on Sept 6
The last UI report before the Sept 6 cliff reveals a coming catastrophe.
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State Payroll Data Shows No Employment Spike in States Cutting UI
UI cuts are not increasing employment, only changing the composition of it.
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Recent Unemployment Benefit Cuts Devastated Incomes While Only Negligibly Increasing Employment
Net incomes fell by an average of $13,728.
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5 Ways to Make the Child Tax Credit Work Better
Reconciliation will be our last chance to fix catastrophic design flaws.
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The Biden Administration Can Extend the Eviction Moratorium
The Supreme Court did not rule against the CDC moratorium.
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In 41 Days, 20 Million Americans Will Lose UI Benefits
Major UI cuts will hit on September 6 unless Congress acts.
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Two-Thirds of People Now Receive Monthly Benefit Checks
Have the Democrats turned a new leaf on the importance of benefit salience?
