{"id":44678,"date":"2023-01-09T12:16:49","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:16:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/?p=44678"},"modified":"2023-01-09T14:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T19:04:05","slug":"michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2023\/01\/09\/michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Austin: Government Handouts Discourage Employment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_41379\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/staff\/michael-austin\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-41379\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-41379\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Michael-Austin-sm.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Austin\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Michael-Austin-sm.jpg 200w, https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Michael-Austin-sm-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-41379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Michael Austin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While nearly 3 million Americans blamed COVID for their inability to work last month, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.project21.org\/\">Project 21<\/a> Ambassador <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/staff\/michael-austin\/\">Michael Austin<\/a> says government interference is to blame for the larger unemployment problem.<\/p>\n<p>In a <em>Washington Times<\/em> article by Sean Salai,\u00a0 Michael said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Too many Americans are receiving government handouts to not work&#8230; Unless the federal government pulls back, don\u2019t expect the labor force to bounce back, COVID or not.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the article <a href=\"https:\/\/m.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2023\/jan\/6\/census-nearly-3-million-americans-cited-covid-not-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While nearly 3 million Americans blamed COVID for their inability to work last month, Project 21 Ambassador Michael Austin says government interference is to blame for the larger unemployment problem. In a Washington Times article by Sean Salai,\u00a0 Michael said: Too many Americans are receiving&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,36],"tags":[77],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Michael Austin: Government Handouts Discourage Employment - The National Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2023\/01\/09\/michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The National Center\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2023\/01\/09\/michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2023\/01\/09\/michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The National Center\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#\/schema\/person\/0fb68cd906a7035d2baf49d7be339507\"},\"headline\":\"Michael Austin: Government Handouts Discourage Employment\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-01-09T17:16:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-01-09T19:04:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2023\/01\/09\/michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment\/\"},\"wordCount\":85,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2023\/01\/09\/michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Hands.jpeg\",\"keywords\":[\"ConservativeBlog.org\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Featured\",\"Project 21\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2023\/01\/09\/michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/nationalcenter.org\/ncppr\/2023\/01\/09\/michael-austin-government-handouts-discourage-employment\/\",\"name\":\"Michael Austin: Government Handouts Discourage Employment - 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