Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) appears to believe that 11.1 percent of people being out of a job is a “great” thing and is against a second stimulus package for struggling Americans.
According to NBC News, Donald Trump appears to be interested in a second round of stimulus checks but that isn’t the case for Senate Republicans.
“Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., said the ‘direct stimulus checks are going to depend on how the economy is doing’ and noted the ‘great unemployment numbers’ of June, when the rate fell to 11.1 percent,” reported Sahil Kapur and Haley Talbot. “‘So if it turns out the economy is recovering, that’s a good thing and direct stimulus checks may not be necessary,’ he added.”
While it’s true that unemployment numbers are decreasing in the right direction, 11.1 percent is nothing to be proud of.
To put things into perspective, 11.1 percent is still higher than the peak of the former most severe postwar recession in 1982, when unemployment topped out at 10.8 percent.
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