Scalise Pushes Back on Unemployment Pay

As Congress considers another round of stimulus, House Republican Whip Steve Scalise says the government can’t keep paying unemployed individuals the extra $600 per week. He says it doesn’t make sense to pay people more than they can make going back to work, because they will stay home and make more money.  Scalise said that five out of six people that are getting that enhanced unemployment are actually making more money not to work. He said he hears from small business owners every day saying they’ve offered jobs for people to come back to work in businesses that are safely open, and some of them just saying they’re more money at home, and they’re not coming back.