GOP governors may be reopening just to invalidate unemployment claims.

[Towlie]

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/4/21/1939356/-GA-losing-it-over-this-possible-explanation-of-Kemp-s-reopening

https://decaturish.com/2020/04/dear-decaturish-governors-decision-to-reopen-businesses-is-political-murder/

From George Chidi:

If there's no state order calling for businesses to be closed, the people who are unemployed can no longer claim that their unemployment is involuntary, even if it would be utter idiocy for them to return to work. A hair dresser or a massage therapist cannot maintain social distance. But they can certainly file for relief ... unless the law says they can work.

[NightWatcher]

1. And when they're dead, you toss their corpse into a ditch, and they don't file ever again

[uponit7771]

2. K&R, everything Red Don doesn't says now is to keep the market numbers up

[gristy]

3. Yes

And GOP wants the USPS to go under to make it harder to vote.
And water is wet.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

4. Wow How extra cynical of them

Disgusting

[BComplex]

5. I want to know where in the hell Mike Bloomberg is with all his billions, who could be making

ads that are TRUE, that might be able to sink the entire republican party, and take their base out from under them.

[uponit7771]

8. +1, at one time during the election I couldn't turn a channel without his name being on the

... TV.

WTF Mike !?

[stopbush]

10. Oh, please. Why single out Bloomberg on this issue?

Ridiculous.

Haters gonna hate.

[BComplex]

11. Um- because he invited it, when he said he was going to keep advertising even if he wasn't our

candidate. "Haters gonna hate" is WAY FUCKING out of the ballpark, and totally uncalled for.

[stopbush]

12. Is there any proof that R governors are reopening to screw people out of UI benefits?

That is what the OP alleges (and I kinda believe it).

Isn’t that what you’re asking Bloomberg to spend ad money to produce?

[BComplex]

14. Yes. I wish he could be making some ads about these atrocities that the republicans

insist on doing, actually not just about this one topic, but about so many things they've been doing with the bailouts and such. The republicans are just way out of control, and anyone who listens to fox "news" isn't going to hear any of it.

[milestogo]

13. He's funding a $10M contact tracing program.

https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-coronavirus-cuomo-briefing-tracking-bloomberg-20200422-vgyyzig3fnerxnxicc46jhb77y-story.html

[BComplex]

16. I hadn't seen that! Thanks for the link!

Glad to see him doing this.

[Greyhead]

6. You hit the nail on the head.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. The real thruth seems to be,

years ago the Heritage Foundation and other Right Wing Groups pushed States to adopt laws specific to limit unemployment claims thus lowering the Insurance Premiums as a gift to Employers and Manufacturers. Is was pushed as a Jobs Bill and States being Business Friendly.

[Victor_c3]

9. In so doing, they'll further hinder the economy

With unemployment insurance there is at least a little bit of income going to people who aren’t employed who in turn spend it in the economy. Without that, you’ll see slower recovery in these states desire there being supposedly lower unemployment numbers.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

15. Yup. Greed Over People chases money. Investigations need to follow the money. . . . nt

[SheltieLover]

17. Repukes likely devised a way to steal unused UI funds

That's my best guess.