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The President’s executive action that gave $300 per week to unemployed Americans has left states scrambling to figure out how to pay. Now 41 states have made it clear that they can. Phew!
States had to apply for federal aid to add this to their budget if they could not foot the bill themselves. Residents have to follow along with their states’ progress to see if and when aid is coming for them since the $600 per week benefits from the CARES Act ended in July. Again, this is a stop-gap measure holding the economy together by spit and glue and not a replacement for bipartisan legislation. Which we eagerly await…