Also, this is just personal observation, but literally everyone I know who was receiving those unemployment payments was also doing work on the side, like Insta

Also, this is just personal observation, but literally everyone I know who was receiving those unemployment payments was also doing work on the side, like Instacart delivery. One of them used to work in a hospital, but she quit during the pandemic because (1) hospitals were dangerous obviously, and (2) according to her, this unemployment + some under the table set-your-own-hours sidegig she was doing paid significantly better.