- July 2, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was in Bowling Green Thursday as he conducted a roundtable with business leaders in the area.
With over 7,200 jobs in the ten-county area, based on the Chamber’s latest job report, business leaders say their biggest concern continues to reflect the worker shortage.
McConnell says people are not getting back to work and he wishes that Governor Andy Beshear (D-KY) would make different decisions about unemployment benefits.
“What we need to do is quit paying people more not to work than to work,” said the Kentucky Senator. “Which is the whole issue behind the $300 per month federal bonus on top of the state unemployment.”
Those extra benefits end in September, but states can opt out at any time.
“I’ve been in the back and forth with Governor Beshear about his decision not to discontinue the $300 per week, federal plus up we are surrounded by states that did do that,” said McConnell.
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