America's Public Health Experiment: More checks, less politics
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The Problem With Automatic Stabilizers
Automatic stabilizers would target people in places that are experiencing depression if most of the country is doing fine. States can be triggered on dependent on their state unemployment rates, which you actually have in the extended benefits programme. One of the reasons why states are reluctant to use extended benefits is because they have to pay for 50 % of it - not ideal when going through a recession.
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