one of those people mark kaplan who works at a kaising room in sonoma.e was happy to see the money when he stopped working in march but also surprised. >> it turned out i was making more on unemployment than i was working. and that's why i kind of looked at, well, should i go back to work? >> reporter: mark did go back to work. >> you have to do the right thing. >> reporter: but he's not alone in that dilemma. a study from the university of chicago shows nearly 70% of unemployed workers eligible for benefits receive more in jobless payments than their lost earnings. it's a number that hits at the heart of one of the thorniest debates in congress. should the aid be extended when it expires this month? is it helping or preventing people from going back to work? >> yes, that is a concern. it should keep the overall environment in line in which this is playing out. >> reporter: an economist with the policy lab which has been studying the impact the additional $600 in federal aid has had on unemployed californians. what they found is that without that money a

one of those people, mark kaplan, who works at a tasting room in sonoma. was happy to see the money when he stopped working in march, but also surprised. >> it turned out i was making more on unemployment than i was working. and that's why i kind of looked at, well, should i go back to work? >> mark did go back to work. >> you got to do the right thing. >> but he's not alone in that dilemma. according to the "wall street journal," a study from the university of chicago showed nearly 70% of unemployed workers eligible for benefits receive more in jobless payments than their earnings. it's a number that hits at the heart of one of the thorniest debates in congress. should the aid be ix tended. is it helping or preventing people from going back to work. >> yes, that is a concern, but one should keep the overall environment in mind in which this is playing out. >> this is an economist with the california policy lab, which has been studying the impact the additional $600 has had on unemployed california. about half those receiving benefits would be below the po

questions from mark who is a former president of the press club and a senior economic analyst in the washington bureau chief at think great.com. he says a shadow to my fellow jayhawk mr. kaplanill take issue with that but we are moving on from there. question number one, do you have any thoughts about what the most effective forms of fiscal stimulus look like during this time as congress considers what to do next. >> yes, i'll give a shout out back to a fellow jayhawk. in terms of fiscal stimulus, as i mentioned, the two things that i think are the highest priorities based on our work are extension of on employment benefits but i understand the current program is being discussed in likely needs to be restructured to create more incentive for people to get back to work but having said that the program likely needs to be extended in a mention another thing we are seeing broadly, while municipalities are able to borrow, the borrowing is not going to replace the physical hold they had from lack of tax revenues, most motility and tremendous a poly states, city need to balance their budget, cut back and lay off at a time when we are talking about reopening schools and there is mor