Voters Disagree With GOP Officials On Unemployment

The chart above is from the Politico / Morning Consult Poll -- done between June 12th and 14th of a national sample of 1,987 registered voters, with a 2 point margin of error.

Republican officials in Washington are dragging their feet on approving another stimulus bill to help those hurt by the Trump recession. They especially don't want to continue the expanded unemployment insurance benefits passed in a previous bill. Those benefits will expire at the end of June, and unless something is done quickly, many people will find themselves in dire trouble.

Republicans were quick to pass a bill that mostly went to businesses and corporations (many of which did not need any help). But now that a new bill helps only ordinary American workers (and has no money for the corporations), the Republicans don't want to pass it. It seems they only have money to help the rich, but not the workers that really need government help.

But the voters disagree with the GOP on this. About 75% of voters say the government should increase help to unemployed workers or at least keep that help at the current level (including 84% of Democrats, 72% of Independents, and 67% of Republicans). Only 13% of voters say those benefits should be decreased.

The Democrats have passed more help for unemployed workers in the House, but the Republican Senate won't vote on the bill. They cling to Trump's lunatic notion that now that corporations have been paid, the economy will miraculously bounce back. It won't. It's going to be a long and slow recovery -- and refusing more help for unemployed workers will just make it longer and slower.

This is one more good reason why the Republicans must be voted out of power in November.