Cutting Unemployment Aid Didn't Get Many Unemployed Americans Back To Work

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🗓️ 7 September 2021

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Some twelve million Americans saw their expanded unemployment assistance expire Monday as the delta variant throttles the nation's economic recovery. Research from the states that halted the aid programs earlier this summer suggests the end of benefits will hurt spending and won't do much to get people back into the workforce.

So far, neither Congress nor the Biden administration are pushing to renew the benefits.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, White House correspondent Ayesha Rascoe, and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.

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0:00.0	Hey, this is GMAT from Jersey City, New Jersey.
0:03.2	We're currently sitting by the water practicing my tradition of learning all 538 members of Congress,
0:08.5	the districts they serve, and the committees they serve on.
0:11.4	This podcast was recorded at...
0:13.6	222 PM on Tuesday, September 7th.
0:18.1	Things may have changed by the time you hear this, and hopefully I know the appropriations committee by now.
0:23.1	Alright, here's the show.
0:24.9	Doesn't he know you just go up to the member of Congress and you say,
0:31.5	Sir, or ma'am, please remind me of your district. I seem to have forgotten.
0:35.8	And then when they say, New Jersey 7, you go to the little book.
0:40.8	And you go, oh, that's who that was.
0:44.4	Or you just go Congressperson, Congressperson, and then after they're done talking,
0:48.2	you turn to the person beside you, go, who was that? Who would that talk to?
0:51.4	That's why I'm telling you, they all look for something.
0:53.4	They're like all these people in suits.
0:56.7	They're older white men mostly. Still.
0:59.6	Yes, still.
1:01.5	Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast. I'm Tamer Keath, I cover the White House.
1:06.2	I'm Aisha Roscoe, I also cover the White House.
1:08.9	And Scott Horsley, formerly of this parish, is here.
1:12.6	Scott, you cover the economy. Hello.
1:14.9	Good to be with you all.
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