> I don't think a couple of infrequent Covid stimulus checks is the equivalent of paying people to not work. Even minimum wage pays a lot more than Covid checks

> I don't think a couple of infrequent Covid stimulus checks is the equivalent of paying people to not work. Even minimum wage pays a lot more than Covid checks. I assume the author was talking more so about the extended unemployment benefits and not the stimulus checks. At least in the US, working 15 hours instead of 30 wasn't going to be the difference between getting a stimulus check or not, since the cutoff was something like an AGI of $75,000 for the previous year, whereas the unemployment benefits are done one a week-to-week basis and are based on how much (if any) income you're bringing in. edit: I understand the author's main business base is Canada and things are different there