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Leo Gertner

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A woman in a face mask helps a customer at the register.

Yes, Unemployment Insurance and Welfare Encourage People to Quit Lousy Jobs. That’s the Point.

By Leo Gertner and Shaun Richman | May 26, 2020

Do we have a right not to work? The answer is we don’t if Democratic leaders stubbornly try to keep the “era of big government” confined to the 20th century.

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