'This administration has made a lot of good calls. Let's do it for at least another 90 days,' Landry's Chairman Tilman Fertitta told CNBC.
, but the bill was a nonstarter in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Fertitta said he thinks the benefits of extending the enhanced unemployment insurance are greater than any potential downsides. There are too many people who remain unemployed —— that cutting off the benefits would curtail consumer spending, he contended. "Most people want to come back to work because they've been sitting at home for three months, and they were losing their minds," Fertitta said.
"If a few people get caught in the web and it's a good deal for them because they're coming back to work and they're giving it up, it's OK," Fertitta said. But for the millions who remain unemployed, "let's keep the stimulus going ... to keep spending the money."
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