Mohammed Al-Minshawi-Washington

The increase in the number of the unemployed was accompanied by the arrival of government subsidies approved by Congress and approved by President Donald Trump a few weeks ago as part of the economic support package, which had an initial value of $ 2.3 trillion.

The data of the US Department of Labor announced last Thursday confirmed that 2.9 million new Americans have joined the ranks of the unemployed, bringing the total number of those who lost their jobs due to the emerging Corona virus to 36.5 million people.

It is expected that the number of the unemployed will continue to increase during the coming weeks, with the continued closure of many business sectors and the adoption of social divergence measures in various American states.

Huge subsidies
Each citizen or resident received $ 1,200 and $ 500 per child, provided that last year income did not exceed $ 99,000.

In addition to the material assistance that all citizens received regardless of whether they lose their jobs or not, those who lose their jobs will receive $ 600 a week until the end of next July.

The value of this weekly aid is more than what was obtained by the majority of those who lost their jobs last year in normal circumstances, with an average of 371 dollars.

An analytical study of Goldman Sachs indicated that 75% of those who lost their jobs exceed the government benefits they currently receive before entering the Corona pandemic.

And voices warning of the consequences for the unemployed enthusiasm for the serious search for new jobs.

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Fear of returning to work,
many of those who lost their jobs are afraid to return to work if the economy is reopened, fearing infection with the virus.

"In the past two months, I got more than I would have had if I had been working. The dilemma is that I do not know how long we will continue to receive these benefits." Government unemployment benefits.

Marwan added in a telephone interview with Al-Jazeera Net, "Six hundred dollars a week is a very new number. You have to remember that I did not consume any gasoline, and I did not spend on maintaining my car. Also, the monthly car insurance rates have also been reduced."

Marwan expressed his concerns about the resumption of work once the economy is opened, as he carries many people who he does not know and who carries the virus, especially with the absence of an effective vaccine or a vaccine to confront the Corona virus.

On the other hand, the new unemployment benefit legislation allows for benefits from losing his job and not working full time, and contractors and small business owners have been allowed to receive these benefits.

In order to obtain these benefits, the recipient must seek to find new jobs, at the same time many of those who lost their jobs are afraid to return to work if the economy is reopened for fear of contracting the virus.

The states of Ohio, Texas, and Iowa called on business owners and companies to report to anyone who refused a new job offer until they were removed from the list of recipients of unemployment benefits. 

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The battle to reopen the economy
President Donald Trump and his administration are fighting a fierce battle to restart and open the US economy despite the continued rise in the number of people infected and deaths from the virus.

Total deaths have approached 90,000 people, with nearly 1.5 million people infected with the virus in the United States, and more than ten million have been tested for the presence of the virus.

And Congress is looking to provide a new economic aid package of about three trillion dollars, mainly to support individuals and small businesses to cope with the damage caused by the Corona virus.

And the unemployment rate before the closure of the US economy to 3.5%, the lowest in the past half century.

Unemployment has risen to 14.7% today, the largest since the Great Depression more than ninety years ago.

Treasury Secretary Stephen Minuchen expects the economic situation to continue to deteriorate before returning to improve later, as he mentioned in an interview with Fox News. Minuchen did not rule out that Haditha had already reached 25%.