Monday, May 18, 2020

NC unemployment delays have been a disaster. Own it, Gov. Cooper

Via Jessica

 

North Carolina’s unemployment system is a disaster right now. Hundreds of thousands of people aren’t getting their benefits. They’ve waited as long as two months instead of the two weeks that’s typical. They’re getting little to no information from the state unemployment office, and their governor is not doing a whole lot better.

At a news conference last week, Roy Cooper said he knows N.C. families need help and doesn’t think the state unemployment office has done enough. “I am pushing them to move faster,” the governor said. That’s a little too close to blame shifting for North Carolinians who desperately need their benefits. The governor needs to own this problem, address it, and fix it.


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4 comments:

  1. Ohio has people still waiting for unemployment.
    The Ohio Guvner is currently phasing in reopening places now and at the end of month.
    Just in time for when the unemployment funding was projected to be exhausted at the end of May.
    These tyrant Guvners, and their health directors, need constant reminding that they really own all of this.
    Lost jobs, revenues, and robbed liberty. All theirs.

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    1. These tyrant Guvners, and their health directors, need constant reminding that they really own all of this

      Absolutely.

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  2. They'll run again for office and get reelected - you can't fix
    stupid.

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  3. Yup. The LT. Governor who is a Republican is running against him this year.

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