While I hate to see people not be able to collect benefits who truly can't find work, but I think many people are sitting back collecting when they could be employed. Perhaps not making as much money, but the gov't hand out needs to stop at some point in time, unless everyone is willing to allow socialism to continue.
Perhaps other states will follow.
Montana plans to cancel unemployment benefits to address ‘severe workforce shortage’Montana plans to stop some of its federally-funded unemployment benefits to address “the state’s severe workforce shortage,” according to its labor department, which will leave many out-of-work residents without any support at all.
“Nearly every sector in our economy faces a labor shortage,” Governor Greg Gianforte said in a statement on Tuesday. “The vast expansion of federal unemployment benefits is now doing more harm than good.”
Instead, the state will begin to offer return-to-work bonuses to help employers looking to hire.
Starting June 27, Montanans will lose access to the extra $300 in weekly unemployment benefits, but maintain their regular benefits. Contractors, gig workers, and others will also lose access to the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) program, meaning those workers won’t get any benefits.............
https://www.yahoo.com/money/montana-plans-to-cancel-unemployment-benefits-161755830.html