Now, as the country seeks to emerge from the outbreak that has left millions of Americans out of work, a growing chorus of GOP officials and business owners say that it’s time to end the historic enhancement in order to push more people to rejoin the labor force. At least three red-state governors have already moved to do so.
Friday’s disappointing jobs report — which showed the US economy added a scant 266,000 jobs in April — has only heaped fuel on the fire.
President Joe Biden and Democratic leaders, however, point to the jobs data as a reason to continue supporting laid-off Americans….