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President Donald Trump is calling on states to provide 25 percent of the expanded unemployment benefit called for in his recently signed executive order.
But in states facing significant budget shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic, governors say the idea that they can pitch in for a quarter of the expanded benefits for the foreseeable future is misguided.
"The concept of saying to states, 'you pay 25 percent of the unemployment insurance' is just laughable," Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., said Sunday. "The whole issue here was getting states funding, state and local funding. You can't now say to states who have no funding, and you have to pay 25 percent of the unemployment insurance cost."
Read more https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/do...-his-new-unemployment-benefit-states-n1236291
But in states facing significant budget shortfalls because of the coronavirus pandemic, governors say the idea that they can pitch in for a quarter of the expanded benefits for the foreseeable future is misguided.
"The concept of saying to states, 'you pay 25 percent of the unemployment insurance' is just laughable," Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., said Sunday. "The whole issue here was getting states funding, state and local funding. You can't now say to states who have no funding, and you have to pay 25 percent of the unemployment insurance cost."
Read more https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/do...-his-new-unemployment-benefit-states-n1236291
