Davis tows party line and explains why

Chairman Julian Davis of the all-Republican Oconee County Council hopes a new COVID-19 economic package will emerge without a $600 dollar weekly benefit to those who are jobless, as a supplement to the regular unemployment benefit available from the states.  And the reason is the counterproductive effect that jobless checks as high as $1,200 week are having on employers’ needs to fill positions.  “There are a lot of jobs out there that are actually out there that are not being filled because they are making more on unemployment,” Davis said. In their disagreements over how large the next stimulus package should be, both Democrats and Republicans are at odds over how much to pay a worker displaced by the pandemic.  But, according to the Washington Post, there was a glimmer of compromise this week when President Trump told Republicans to embrace a larger spending bill to include more money for Americans.