As businesses continue to struggle to find workers, Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer is pleading with the governor to drop the extra pandemic unemployment benefit. It amounts to $600 a week, which Dyer says is enough to keep some people from going back to work.
“Its really another epidemic,” Dyer told WAVY.
Dyer wrote the letter to Gov. Ralph Northam asking that he “follow the bold leadership of 26+ states who have chosen to halt enhanced jobless benefits to entice workers to return to the workforce.”
“It’s bad that it affects taxes coming into the city but we’re talking about the lives of people that put their heart and soul into their businesses that continue to struggle,” Dyer said.
The governor has made it clear he is not interested in ending the extra unemployment payments. In an email to WAVY a spokesperson for his office said, “Virginia will not reject any federal funding that puts money into our economy.”
The email stated that Virginia’s unemployment rate is lower than the national average and the state has enacted policies and programs to help in the return to work.
It’s J1 visa workers from Europe that the resorts want because they cost less money. Unemployed Americans can’t fix this.
And he is supposed to be a Republican!
Yes, which is why he’s asking the Governor to cut the money off, so people will have to get a job!
Mayor Must go along with all RINOS !!! People’s Benefits belong to them !!!!
You don’t like it, then complain to Congress WHO approved them !!!!!
People don’t have to take a Bad job just to satisfy you crybabies !!!!!
Their business is NOT your business !!!!
Governor Cannot do it > Maryland & other Governors just LOST that case !!!! LOL LOL
Illegal to Steal the people’s money approved by Congress !!!! Take That !!!!
Fire the Mayor & any other , ie Governor who Trys !!!!!!
States LOST the STEAL !!!!!!! LOL LOL LOL
RINO HOGAN tried 4 times to appeal & LOST !!!! People Stopped the STATE STEAL !!!!! in it’s Tracks !!!!