The people making more money from unemployment were not high wage earners to begin with. They were struggling to bet by. Look at this breakdown of the sorts of

The people making more money from unemployment were not high wage earners to begin with. They were struggling to bet by. Look at this breakdown of the sorts of jobs that recieved more in benefits than wages and those that didn't. Skilled labor like nursing saw less earnings even with the CARES act under unemployment. The people who saw substantial gains were in fields like food service, not known to be a field that lets you get by in most high cost of living areas as it is. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-getting-more-money-from-unemployment-than-they-were-from-their-jobs/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/many-americans-are-gett...