Maryland will stop paying jobless residents an extra $300 a week soon and will end other federal pandemic unemployment programs, Gov. Larry Hogan announced Tuesday.
The changes will take effect in early July. In addition to cutting off the weekly $300 boost, Maryland will discontinue three other programs — including aid for the self-employed and gig workers — and will require claimants to show that they are looking for a new job.
The federal programs were extended until September under the American Rescue Plan Act, passed by Congress in March, but a number of Republican governors have announced that they will opt out of them early. Maryland is the 24th state to do so.
Business groups, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, have called for states to end the enhanced benefits.
Also read that several of the Gov’s doing this have special interests with hiring firms that find folks jobs. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm……..
Would like to know why the Democrat / Snowflakes / Liberals think they deserve this for not working but all of us on SSI / retired don’t deserve $300 a month raise. We have worked all our lives and still paying taxes on SSI plus having to get a job to support ourselves and these lazy BUMS.
They want this $36,000 a year and the ones of us are asking for a $3600 pay raise a year which would let us, maybe, enjoy retirement a little. It definitely help with our bills.
This $3600 would take 10 years for us to receive the lazy bums handout of one year of $36,000.
Hogan what about that? You make us pay taxes on SSI / retirement to support these lazy bums
This poor excuse of a Governor lied about ending unemployment on July 3rd, he ended the unemployment this week and did not even have the guts to let anybody know that he was ending it.. But then we all know where the $ went, somebody had to pay for his worthless vaccination lottery programs so they can kill more Marylanders off. Think I am wrong do some research on this vaccination and you will discover the truth and who really benefited from it. As for Hogan apparently you all missed the articles that DelmarvaNow plastered all over the front page several months ago. I am guessing he no longer has their support since they dedicated the whole front page to him that night. We can only hope he is with the rest of the corrupt politicians.
Gov Hogan is finally acting like a Republican
Maryland dont even Pay the people Now & Put off their payments for several weeks !!!!
Fighting this corrupt state was a JOB to get your unemployment money & Stimulus for this past year !!!!
The state should have to Pay ALL the money left in each person’s account before Stopping anything in July !!!
NO state should have the Authority to STOP Unemployment Benefits & Stimulus (Federal Money, Not Theirs ) !!!!
Approved by CONGRESS until Sept 3, 2021 Should be the LAW !!!! Period
Or else the Federal Govt SHOULD send Their payment Directly to the people , Not to the state & Bypass the
state’s trying to stop it in Jul 2021 !!!!
States should NOT be allowed to keep the Federal money either, if it did recieve it to manage for the people !!!
It should be Required to return it ALL to the Federal Govt if it does Not pay it out to the people as Earmarked !!!!
If the People can’t have the Fkkking money , then the state Can’t have it either !!!! PERIOD
Don’t build a Mansion for Hogan with OUR Stimulus Money !!!!!
Direct Deposit Directly from the IRS like the other checks they sent before !!! = SOLVED Md can fkkk off !!!!
Fed $$$$ Not State $$$$ !!!! Fed directly to You bypassing the states , so You get paid until Sept 3, 2021 !!
Get er Done !!!
People say because of political feng shui, and the involvement on their parts, folks like me are nuts. I’m a Republican and NOT a DAMN FOOL.
Can’t you people see that this is a put up deal by the State. 1, {fact} the business community donates the MOST MONEY to the crooks in Annapolis. 2, {fact} the Dims know that if business has NO HELP, that profit and THEIR SHARE isn’t going to happen. 3, {fact} if people draw instead of working and are forced back into the labor market, they’ll take the blame. Hoggan, presidential candidate and joke, while planning his run, knows another smoke screen like the Covid illegitimate test scandal is in order. If not, he’s dead in the water and probably so anyway.
So, all in all, you voters have fell for another Dumbocratic ruse. You continue to vote for them and they continue to SCREW YOU. Ha. Ha. Keep voting for them, because like a car dealer….. they’re your friend!
True true, but people are still not going back to work for the low wages being offered.
You think people are rude and lazy now? Wait until they are forced into a low wage job.
You ain’t seen nothing yet.
This is going to backfire on OC big time – they are still not going to get any help – there is nowhere to affordably live down there and I’m not commuting an hour for a low wage seasonal job.
People can’t get Paid Now or even get on the Frigg’in Portal or Talk to anyone !!! Maryland SUCKS !!!!!
They want to Harass people all the way to the Cut-Off Date on July 03, 2021 !!!!
No Portal ALL week since last WED !!!! They Better damn sight FIX it by this Saturday !!!!!!!