{"id":492962,"date":"2021-05-10T15:50:20","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492962"},"modified":"2021-05-10T15:50:22","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T19:50:22","slug":"biden-directly-confronts-republicans-accusations-that-unemployment-benefits-keep-people-unemployed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-directly-confronts-republicans-accusations-that-unemployment-benefits-keep-people-unemployed\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Directly Confronts Republicans\u2019 Accusations That Unemployment Benefits Keep People Unemployed"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-directly-confronts-republicans-accusations-that-unemployment-benefits-keep-people-unemployed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=492962&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/joe-biden-jobs-e1620674221821.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden addressed Tuesday a now-common Republican argument that expanded unemployment benefits are keeping Americans unemployed.<\/p>\n<p>April\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/07\/biden-jobs-report-april-trump-coronavirus\/\">jobs report<\/a> saw the country <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/07\/april-jobs-report-united-states-economy-joe-biden\/\">add just<\/a> 266,000 jobs for the month \u2013 a number far lower than the one million forecasted by economists. The report buoyed arguments from Republicans pushing to roll back the enhancements, but the administration is holding strong, with Biden asserting that the plan \u201cis working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI never said, and no serious analyst ever suggested, that climbing out of the deep, deep hole our economy was in would be simple, easy, immediate or perfectly steady,\u201d the president said during remarks on the economy Tuesday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/07\/april-job-growth-expectations-joe-biden-white-house\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0April Job Growth Was Far Short Of Expectations. Here\u2019s Why Hiring Slowed)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president suggested those making these claims about unemployment \u201cunderestimate the American people.\u201d He also promised that the administration plans to \u201cmake it clear\u201d\u00a0that individuals getting unemployment benefits can\u2019t refuse a suitable job, minus \u201ca few COVID-19 related exceptions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know there\u2019s been a lot of discussion since Friday\u2019s report that people are being paid to stay home rather than go to work,\u201d Biden said, directly confronting a Republican argument on the subject. \u201cWell, we don\u2019t see much evidence of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cAs my dad used to say, \u2018A job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It\u2019s about your dignity, your place in the community, being able to look your kid in the eye and say, \u2018everything is going to be okay,&#8217;\u201d Biden continued. \u201c<\/span><span>I think the people who claim Americans won\u2019t work, even if they find a good and fair opportunity, underestimate the American people. So we will insist that the law is followed with respect to benefits but we are not going to turn our backs on our fellow Americans.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The president didn\u2019t elaborate on how the administration has determined that there isn\u2019t evidence of enhanced unemployment affecting jobs and later declared again that \u201cthe law is clear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re receiving unemployment benefits and you\u2019re offered a suitable job, you can\u2019t refuse that job and just keep getting the unemployment benefits,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly after the president\u2019s speech, the White House issued a press release reiterating his comments and noting that the Department of Labor plans to \u201creaffirm longstanding UI requirements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpecifically, the Secretary of Labor will issue a letter to states to reaffirm that individuals receiving UI may not continue to receive benefits if they turn down a suitable job due to a general, non-specific concern about COVID-19.\u00a0 In addition, the President is directing the Secretary of Labor to work with states to reinstate work search requirements for UI recipients, if health and safety conditions allow,\u201d the White House noted.<\/p>\n<p>These clarifications point out that anyone operating under UI <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/07\/april-jobs-bad-cnbc-liesman-typo\/\">programs<\/a> can\u2019t \u201cturn down a job due to a general, non-specific concern about COVID-19 and continue to receive benefits\u201d and can\u2019t \u201cmisreport a COVID-related reason for unemployment,\u201d according to the notice.<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s comments come as Republican officials continue pushing against pandemic unemployment benefits. Multiple states, such as Montana and Arkansas, recently announced cancellations of pandemic benefits, CNN <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/05\/10\/politics\/biden-employer-assistance-child-care-state-and-local-funding\/index.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden addressed Tuesday a now-common Republican argument that expanded unemployment benefits are keeping Americans unemployed.April\u2019s jobs report saw the country add just 266,000 jobs for the month \u2013 &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277704,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/joe-biden-jobs-e1620674221821.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Directly Confronts Republicans\u2019 Accusations That Unemployment Benefits Keep People Unemployed","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-492962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/joe-biden-jobs-e1620674221821.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Biden Directly Confronts Republicans\u2019 Accusations That Unemployment Benefits Keep People Unemployed","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492962\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}