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Original question: "This spring, the U.S. Congress passed a law to provide stimulus spending to combat the economic effects of COVID-19. In the law, the federal government provided additional money, up to $600 per week, to temporarily increase unemployment payments. The provision for increased unemployment payments
expires at the end of the month. What do you think the Congress should do?"
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Support for continuing increased unemployment pay for COVID-19 by income U.S. 2020
According to a survey in August 2020, people on middle incomes of between * and 100,000 U.S. dollars per year were less likely to support continuing increased unemployment benefits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the additional payments having expired on ***, ** percent of middle-income respondents believed that Congress should cease the payments, compared to ** percent of respondents earning below * U.S. dollars, and ** percent of respondents earning above 100,000 U.S. dollars.
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Support among U.S. adults for continuing increased unemployment payments due to COVID-19, as of August 2020, by annual income [Graph], YouGov, August 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1139427/support-us-adults-continuing-increased-unemployment-payments-coronavirus-income/