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Ariel Jones, a United Parcel Service human resources intern, hands an applicant an information sheet, while the human resources specialist for the company, Mareno Moore, right, monitors the interaction during the Lee County Area Job Fair in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP)

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Earlier this year, an insistent cry arose from business leaders and Republican governors: Cut off a $300-a-week federal supplement for unemployed Americans. Many people, they argued, would then come off the sidelines and take the millions of jobs that employers were desperate to fill.

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America October 22, 2021