Asa Hutchinson Explains Why He Has To Force These Lazy People Back To Work

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Politics 5/11/21 5:48am Read time: 4 minutes

The Arkansas governor blames "human nature" for preferring unemployment to covid.
By Susie Madrak

I really enjoyed watching John Berman politely box in Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson as to why he's stopping the $300 federal unemployment supplement.

"Explain to me how and why you reached this decision to halt the unemployment benefits," Berman said.

"Well, the extra compensation was very helpful during the dark days of the pandemic when unemployment rates were so high. But now our economy has come back. We have jobs aplenty. We have employers that are begging workers to come to their place of business. And we cannot pay extra compensation for workers to stay home. We need them in the place of employment. and so, that's the simple rationale for it," Hutchinson said.

https://crooksandliars.com/2021/05/asa-hutchinson-explains-why-he-has-force-0

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By the way, Arkansas now has an $11 an hour minimum wage, thanks to the 2019 ballot initiative that Hutchinson strongly opposed, calling it a "job killer."