jischwar
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I think he's saying that low wage earners were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic and therefore more likely to be getting the additional benefit and that's true"People getting that stipend were some of the lowest wage earners in the US "
This is a false statement the $600 and now the $300 is being given to Everyone on unemployment from min wage to hundreds of thousands. Completely does not depend on your original pay. So if you were in some state with $5 min wage or you were in NYC taking home 300k you got your unemployment plus the $600 or now the $300.
So what is more true is if you were one of the people making low wage you really did not want to go back to work.
But even if you were say making $25 per hour most states you would take home about $600ish a week now the gove gives your another $600 you at mostly double pay this is why most no one wanted to go back.