Dear Friend:

Ignoring the fact that Donald Trump’s response to the pandemic has extended the worst economic collapse in decades, he continues to claim he “built the greatest economy in the history of the world.” Yet his Republican cronies think the $600 unemployment supplement is so high it will deter workers from returning to jobs.

Writing in Sold Short, The New Republic’s inequality section, J.C. Pan writes that “the curious situation of the enhanced unemployment benefits exceeding people’s wages also points to another grave (and worsening) aspect of American economic life that started well before the pandemic.” Pan’s answer to the Republican argument: “The pandemic benefit seems so great because actual wages are insanely low.”

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Sincerely,

Kerrie Gillis, publisher

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