Originally Posted by Mr.Dittohead:
Originally Posted by LE89:
Originally Posted by Mr.Dittohead:
Unemployment has a lifetime limit of 99 weeks. You dont actually think that people just receive a government assistance check forever, do you?
Then why not go work for 10-12 weeks and save those 10-12 weeks for a rainy day? There is nothing wrong with working. There is something wrong with being paid to not work. Unemployment assistance isn't designed or intended to pay your bills, it is intended to keep you alive, NOT comfy, NOT content, NOT in cell phone minutes, NOT current on your bills, just alive. That's it, nothing more.
Look at your pay stub. What you pay every period is unemployment insurance, not into an unemploymnet savings rainy day fund. People that pay into the insurance are entitled to 100% of what they're due. Once you take a temp job, you will no longer be eligible for unemployment beneits. There is nothing wrong with collecting insurance.
And, believe it or not, there is a great big world out there that extends beyond north AlObama where there are actual migrant workers that live in their cars much of the year. You guys are so provincial
You are wrong on so many points, I'll take them one at a time:
Yes, many people DO receive government assistance forever (if by forever, you meant their full lifetime). Section 8, food stamps, disability just for starters, No 99 week limit there.
Irreguardless of what your paystub might say, you pay unemployment "TAX", not unemployment insurance. You have heard of FUTA and SUTA. "T" is for TAX, not insurance.
Insurance is something you buy to offset a catastrophic or semi-catastrophic loss whether it is home, life, auto, health, flood, boat, etc. It is always been a voluntary purchase to my knowledge although I hear that will change soon on health insurance.
"Entitled", wow. How about this for a system? You can't get more out than you put in. Forget the 99 week limit. You can put in as little or as much as you want, BUT you can never overdraw your account. "Entitled" is the *******g problem, some put $100 into the system, and feel entitled to draw $30,000 out of it, and complain every bit about that.
Yes I am aware that taking the temp job will temporarily cease one's unemployment benefits. That's the purpose and point. Wow do you really think like that?
Collecting insurance (again it isn't insurance) but if it were remember insurance fraud is a felony.
The size of the world depends upon where you are looking from. If you want to live in your car, knock yourself out.
I am sadly convinced your generation is the beginning of a slow, long, but hard fall.