People who can work but chose not to because they are making bank off of benefits are living off of those of us who DO work. I'm sure they all have excuses, but the fucking fact remains, there are plenty of jobs out there. Are they shitty jobs? Yeah definitely. But those deadbeats should have some dignity and stop expecting me to pay their rent. My job isn't the best and I'm barely scraping by as it is but I still do it. It's an investment in my future. I knew several people last year who were making more money than me by sitting on their ass. But the jig is up now, things are opening back up. Can't say "oh but muh corona and muh no jobs and muh lockdowns" anymore. That gap on their resume is only getting bigger. And I'll admit I have more respect for those leeching deadbeat parasites exploiting the system than I do for the pieces of shit like the yellow journalist who shat out that article.

Aleetha Dixon, who lost her job working at trade shows last year and is caring for a disabled son, said the problem is not that the benefits are too high, but that competing wages are too low.

Yeah, because everyone on the teat is caring for a disabled child that they have to beg people to watch while they don their hazmat suit and speed from business to business trying to find a job. When there are more people willing to work and pay into the system and support it, then we can have UBI and properly care for people and provide a social safety net. Someone has to throw money into the pot before greedy hands can reach into it and help themselves. And I don't give a fuck if they are a democrat or a republican. Why are you making that distinction mr shitty NPR hack?