“Give people a little bit of money for a little bit of time… here's four weeks, we'll float you, figure it out”

Kathryn Anne Edwards · The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart · A Working (Class) Economy with Kathryn Anne Edwards

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proposed a short-term unemployment program that gives a cash check for four weeks to people who lose a job

four weeks

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