# The Nahployment 'Crisis'

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 30, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117 "2021-04-30T19:07:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-nahployment-crisis/941117/505 "2021-05-11T19:29:22Z")

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I haven’t read all of the posts (sorry!) so this may have been posted, but it turns out some GOP-led states (including my own Missouri) have figured out what to do about companies not being able to hire people for low wages - cancel the federally-funded unemployment benefit boost.

> **[Missouri Gov. Mike Parson announces halt to pandemic jobless benefits after...](https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/missouri-gov-parson-says-hes-ending-300-federal-unemployment-boost/article_bbe906a7-c8a1-55cc-a565-2e60755c0e74.html#utm_source=stltoday.com&utm_campaign=%2Fnewsletter-templates%2Fbreaking&utm_medium=PostUp&utm_content=193962dc9a39931f53fbe4f49094ef6d5185c354)**
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> "I have no idea what I am going to do," said one Missourian on unemployment aid.

Note this is the same state that in the past refused to allow municipalities to increase their minimum wage and also recently refused to fund the Medicaid expansion that the voters overwhelmingly approved in a state-wide referendum.

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