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"Steve Carder, who was the manager at the restaurant Slow Bar before the pandemic, is relying on extended unemployment benefits to support himself and his three-year-old son—his unemployment money covers his mortgage and not much else—he’s been mowing lawns for cash to pay other bills and is angry about the way lawmakers have handled restaurant restrictions and the lack of adequate support for displaced restaurant workers, saying “You can’t just tell people to close and not back up their income.”" - Jade Yamazaki Stewart