Scored 8/10 on whether it helps or hurts everyday people.
The Money Businesses Bill
Jobless people could get more money, businesses a tax break
Increase UI Max Benefit/2025 UI Tax Credit
Good for everyday people ·
This bill would give jobless people more money each week and offer a tax break to businesses for their 2025 unemployment insurance payments.
Our take
What we think, in plain words.
This bill is good for people who lose their jobs because it would give them more money to live on. It also helps businesses by lowering their taxes for a year. This means more money in people's pockets and less burden on businesses. It's important to watch this bill as it moves through the legislature because it could help many families and companies.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- The bill would increase the most money a jobless person can get each week.
- It would give businesses a special tax credit for their unemployment insurance payments in 2025.
- The bill has passed one part of the North Carolina legislature.
How they voted
The actual floor vote, and who broke from their own party.
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- Deb Butler (D): voted against it, crossing most Democrats
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