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A comment on Poll: 1.8M Americans have turned down jobs due to unemployment benefits. Parent comment

Re:Poll: 1.8M Americans have turned down jobs due to unemplo... by smt88 on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:15PM (#27859344)
People are getting $2,500?

My brother is fully disabled and unable to work, and he gets $1,200.

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Re:Poll: 1.8M Americans have turned down jobs due to unemplo... by missedthecue on Friday July 16, 2021 @02:33PM (#27859563)
If you file for unemployment in my state right now, you'll get around $650 every week. Some states such as Massachusetts were paying as much as $1800 weekly with the federal bonus added in.
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