[dragonwriter]

The $600 increase (later dropped to $300 which obviously fell short of the same effect but worked in the same direction) brought the average unemployment check to about 100% of pre-unemployment wages (which was why that level waa chosen, as a flat amount in part because its easier for states to implement but also because it does more for those at the lower end of the income distribution.) And the pandemic reduced the stigma somewhat.

[Izkata]

You're underselling it - at an extra $600, about 40% of workers would make more on unemployment than at their job: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/employers-struggle-compete-6...

[dragonwriter]

> You're underselling it

Your quantitative claim contradicts that characterization.

> - at an extra $600, about 40% of workers would make more on unemployment than at their job

Since what I reported was the rough policy target was that the average worker would be making the same with the boost, only 40% and not approximately 50% making more with the boost isn’t me overselling, if anything, it is the opposite.