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“ ‘It’s something we’re looking at very carefully.’ ”
The line above came Tuesday from top White House economist Larry Kudlow, as he talked with Fox News about the Trump administration’s interest in Sen. Rob Portman’s proposal of providing $450 a week for individuals returning to work.
“Sen. Portman has a good idea. He understands incentives and disincentives,” Kudlow said, adding that the CARES Act’s $600 supplemental unemployment benefit may have been needed initially, but it’s now a “major disincentive to go back to work.”
