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Re:Montana to cancel unemployment benefits to address severe... by smnrchrds on Thursday May 06, 2021 @09:59AM (#27063284)
> The horror!

The scary part is the deficit we are incurring to pay for it. It's not sustainable. The benefits cannot be extended indefinitely.

EDIT: In Canada

Re:Montana to cancel unemployment benefits to address severe... by freeone3000 on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:12AM (#27063492)
The last time the federal government had a surplus was 2001. If we can manage to sustain a twenty-year deficit for expeditionary wars, but can't to sustain the health and well-being or our own people, our priorities are incredibly inverted.
Re:Montana to cancel unemployment benefits to address severe... by smnrchrds on Thursday May 06, 2021 @10:51AM (#27064103)
I live in Canada and was talking about Canada, as was the GP. I don't know the fiscal capacity of the US. But here, CERB/CRB are not sustainable with our current fiscal capacity.