Democrat policies responsible for high unemployment rates

 Jeff Charles:

Remember when Democrats and the activist media were denying the reality that enhanced unemployment benefits were a major contributor to the unemployment rate? Those were good times, amirite?

Anyone with a modicum of common sense knew the denials coming out of the White House and Democratic Party were about as absurd as pineapple on pizza. Nevertheless, they persisted despite the fact that they weren’t fooling anyone who didn’t already want to be fooled.

Conservatives and Republicans rightly pointed out that many were refusing to go back to work as the pandemic waned because they were being paid more to stay home and get their money’s worth out of their couches. Indeed, small businesses suffered due to having limited staff. Some companies offered payouts to people simply for coming in for an interview.

Democrats insisted that the high jobless numbers were due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and continued school closures. While these certainly played a part, many rightly pointed out that the impact of unemployment benefits could not be so easily dismissed given that it was likely the chief reason in many states.

Late last month, the trajectory of jobless numbers seemed to bear out the idea that the enhanced government welfare scheme was to blame for higher rates of unemployment. The Wall Street Journal reported that the number of people using unemployment benefits fell “at a faster rate in Missouri and 21 other states” that canceled the enhanced federal benefits.

But now, new data is further illustrating what many already knew: As more states get rid of the enhanced welfare payments, people would go back to work. The Department of Labor published a report last week showing that continuing claims for benefits dropped for the second week in a row in the week ending July 3.
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Democrat politicians are not particularly smart on issues like this.  They are much too caught up in pushing their vote-buying dependency agenda.