Idaho Will Pay People $1,500 to Go Back to Work

Idaho Will Pay People $1,500 to Go Back to Work
A pop-up T-shirt shop in Rexburg, Idaho in a file photo. Natalie Behring/Getty Images
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Idaho will pay jobless residents $1,500 to lure them back to work and off federally enhanced unemployment benefits.

The effort mirrors a proposal being floated by Republicans on Capitol Hill, who must soon decide whether to continue supporting the millions of Americans who lost their jobs due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic shutdowns.