[jurassic]

For a lot of lower wage people, the ~$3k stimulus checks they got last year was the first time in their lives they've had enough financial breathing room to quit abusive jobs and have a break without having another job immediately lined up. To someone who historically made on the order of ~$10/hr, $3k in helicopter money is a significant cushion. And jobs are abundant at every level of the economy, so risk of quitting is minimal when they can probably quickly land a better job than what they had before.

I think the coverage of this is a bit confusing though. The focus on "quitting" makes it sound like these people are all done working which I don't think is true.