John,

Governor Greg Gianforte just ended our state’s participation in the federal COVID-19 unemployment programs. Montana is now the first state in the ENTIRE COUNTRY to pull out of the program.

One might ask: Why’d he do it? Well, Gianforte claims there is a labor shortage in our state and that employers can’t find workers because they’re just being paid oh-so-well on unemployment. But let’s translate that from a more honest standpoint: employers can’t find workers because they’re offering to pay them $8.75 an hour while we’re still struggling through a pandemic and out-of-control housing costs.

Ripping away an unemployment program that our state doesn’t even pay for because we have a terrible minimum wage law is cruel and unnecessary. 48 other states are perfectly content to use this federal assistance program, but not Greg because "Greg knows best!"

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