CNBC/Greg Iacurci/10-27-2020
“A federal program paying benefits to gig workers and others (such as the self-employed, freelancers, contractors and part-timers) is poised to lapse after December, as is one paying extra relief to workers who’ve exhausted their standard state benefit. In all, there are about 13.5 million people in these two programs — more than half of the roughly 23 million people receiving unemployment benefits …”
USAGOLD note: One big incentive for Washington to come up with some version of bailout before year end ……
