Carson applauds protecting the unemployment trust fund

Concord, NH – Today the New Hampshire Senate voted to sustain the Governor’s veto in SB 146, relative to eliminating the waiting period before eligibility to receive unemployment benefit:

“Forty-Four other states impose a waiting period for collecting unemployment benefits. This is standard practice across the country. If this had passed, it would have triggered an increase in unemployment insurance tax rates to the tune of $11.9 million just in the first quarter of 2020. In good economic times, we should not be drawing down the unemployment trust fund. The Governor was right to veto this bill and I am thankful my Republican Senate colleagues upheld his veto.”

“Forty-Four other states impose a waiting period for collecting unemployment benefits. This is standard practice across the country. If this had passed, it would have triggered an increase in unemployment insurance tax rates to the tune of $11.9 million just in the first quarter of 2020. In good economic times, we should not be drawing down the unemployment trust fund. The Governor was right to veto this bill and I am thankful my Republican Senate colleagues upheld his veto.”