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Report: Families Can Get Six Figures’ Worth Of Government Handouts In 19 Blue States

Ben Zeisloft
Report: Families Can Get Six Figures’ Worth Of Government Handouts In 19 Blue States
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A new report shows that families can earn up to six figures’ worth of government handouts in nineteen blue states.

Economists Casey Mulligan, Stephen Moore, and E.J. Antoni explained in a paper for the Committee to Unleash Prosperity that many states continue to offer enhanced federal unemployment insurance “equivalent to $100,000 a year in salary for a family of four with two unemployed parents.”

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