Sean Hannity says that if we are too generous to those unemployed by coronavirus pandemic they will not want to return to work

Hannity: “There might be a percentage of people that if their full salary is taken care of it is not incentivizing them to want to get back”

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Sean Hannity says that if we are too generous to those unemployed by coronavirus pandemic they will not want to return to work

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From the March 25, 2020, edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Sean Hannity Show

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): Every person that I know, and I will say I see this all over social media, we want to get back to work. Most people, they don't want a handout. They want to get back to work. Now, there might be a percentage of people that if their full salary is taken care of it is not incentivizing them to want to get back.