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This is What Happens When You Pay People Not to Work

The Congress-passed $600 unemployment boost strangled the American economy, when it was supposed to help it. A small business owner from Indiana, which operated in the health care industry, laments about the struggle the boost caused: “Most people want to stay home if they can stay home and make more money.” It’s pretty simple when it’s put like that.

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