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    Michigan proposes paying unemployed people $1,000 to find a job

    LANSING, Mich. - Unemployed people who find a job would get $1,000 as part of $12.7 billion in proposed COVID-19 relief spending that began advancing in the state Legislature on Wednesday.

    The "return to work" grants would cover up to 400,000 residents, nearly half of the 839,000 receiving jobless benefits.

    The Michigan Chamber of Commerce said the incentive would help businesses find desperately needed workers who, due to supplemental federal aid, can get $662 a week in unemployment -- the equivalent of more than $34,000 a year.

    "The federal government has created a situation where it is in someone's better financial interest to stay on unemployment than it is to take that next job. And that's unfortunate," said Wendy Block, vice president of Business Advocacy and Member Engagement...

    Michigan'''s "return to work" grants would pay unemployed people $1,000 to find a job

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    that's why restaurants are closing - they can't get workers. It's sad that people don't have the desire to work, but I get it. When social assistance is higher than the wages you could earn, why bother working.

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    Kind of like a signing bonus kind of thing huh,, Lol,,,,, "it's a big ole goofy world"

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    I remember years ago: I was a single mother, two kids, and very small child support from my ex. I could have actually made more money staying home and being on social assistance. That's when you know you have a broken system. I just couldn't bring myself to do that, though. I knew that even though I was scrimping and at the poverty line, that I had to work. Proverbs 12:27 A lazy man does not roast his prey, but the precious possession of a man is diligence [to work].

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