Larry Kudlow is against Americans getting any further weekly payments of $600 as supplemental unemployment benefits.<br />CNN reports the top economic adviser to President Donald Trump reasons, if you get paid more to stay at home than go to work, why would you go to work?<br />I think it is a disincentive to go back to work. We think we can create a much better balance to provide incentives to come back to work. Larry Kudlow Economic Adviser, Trump Administration<br />In an interview with CNN's Poppy Harlow, Kudlow cited a recent University of Chicago study as evidence backing the claim.<br />The study found two-thirds of people receiving benefits are making more money on unemployment than they were when they were working.<br />But Harlow pushed back, saying she'd spoken to the authors who said the checks were by no means keeping people at home.<br />Furthermore, Harlow added, the ongoing pandemic puts many people at greater risk if they return to the workplace.<br />Larry, it's not safe! It's not safe for a number of people to go back to work! Poppy Harlow CNN Journalist
