32 States Borrowed $37.8 billion from the Federal Government to Make Unemployment Payments; California Has Borrowed $7 Billion (Collapse of America?)

EconomicPolicyJournal.com has learned that 32 states have run out funds to make unemployment benefit payments and that the federal governmant has been supplying these states with funds so that they can make their  payments to the unemployed. In some cases, states have borrowed billions. As of May 20, the total balance outstanding by 32 states (and the Virgin Islands) is $37.8 billion.

The state of California has borrowed $6.9 billion. Michigan has borrowed $3.9 billion, Illinois $2.2 billion.

Below is the full list of the 32 states (and the Virgin Islands) that have borrowed from the Fed to make unemployment payments, and the amounts that remain borrowed as of May 20 . (Numbers in red are billions)

Alabama      $ 283 million

Arkansas        330 million

California        6.9 billion

Colorado       253 million

Connecticut    498 million

Delaware         12 million

Florida           1.6 billion

Georgia         416 million

Idaho            202 million

Illinois            2.2 billion

Indiana           1.7 billion

Kansas           88 million

Kentucky     795 million

Maryland     133 million

Mass.          387 million

Michigan        3.9 billion

Minnesota    477 million

Missouri       722 million

Nevada        397 million

New Jersey   1.7 billion

New York     3.2 billion

N.C.              2.1 billion

Ohio             2.3 billion

Penn.            3.0 billion

R.I.              225 million

S.C.            886 million

S.D.              24 million

Tennessee     21 million

Texas           1.0 billion

Vermont        33 million

Virginia       346 million

Virgin Islands 13 million

Wisconsin     1.4 billion

Total         $37.8 billion

 

Read the whole story at EconomicPolicyJournal.com


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