“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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“You kind of break down the job description in terms of must-haves versus nice-to-haves… give them a sense check, okay, this is what you get at this salary”