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Negotiators on Tuesday are set to reconvene on Capitol Hill to continue hammering out differences over a coronavirus relief package, with top Trump administration officials scheduled to return for another meeting with congressional Democrats.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff, will meet with Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California and Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the minority leader. Mr. Mnuchin and Mr. Meadows will also join Senate Republicans for a closed-door policy lunch.
Republicans object to extending unemployment benefits because they believe the benefits are making workers lazy and unwilling to accept jobs.
But there are more than 30 million workers receiving benefits, and only five million job openings. No matter how harshly you treat the unemployed, they can’t take jobs that don’t exist.
Meanwhile, a great majority of economists believe that unemployment benefits have helped sustain the economy as a whole, by supporting consumer spending.