Mnuchin Optimistic About Coming to Deal With Democrats on Stimulus Package

He adds that it 'wouldn't be fair' to use 'taxpayer dollars to pay more people to sit home'

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discusses details for economic relief during the daily CCP virus response briefing as Small Business (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza listens at the White House in Washington, on April 2, 2020. Tom Brenner/Reuters

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Sunday insisted that the $600-per-week unemployment insurance isn’t fair to taxpayers.

The expanded benefits are slated to end on July 31, although in some states, the benefits will end sooner or have already ended.