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So we're in kind of a never-never land.

Our current coronavirus relief is the $600 additional unemployment insurance expired

in July and a lot of people out of work are not in a position to pay their normal expenses.

And so the economy has hit a slowdown again.

It's why for the first time in weeks, the Republicans and the Democrats are trying to

reach a new stimulus package.

But and I think they will reach one.

Don't know the size, what it will contain, but I think it's likely that they are going

to cut a deal just because neither party knows the consequences for them in November if

they don't make a deal.

But in the meantime, the president issued an executive order for a few weeks of time of

additional unemployment, cutting the 600 to 300 and money that would be paid through

the month of September.

Well so far, 40 of the 50 states, as of just a few hours ago, were up to 40, have said

that they want to participate, but only six have the things in place with their computer

systems and their processes in order to be able to pay that money.

So what will typically happen for people who have been unemployed during the period covered

by the president's executive order is that people who were eligible but haven't received

the money will likely receive it retroactively once your state is up and running to pay

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