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Simple question.
At what point in time does unemployment compensation change to just welfare??
Or can you just stay on unemployment for life??
Back in the day, when I used to get laid off, the unemployment compensation ran for 26 weeks. That's it, 26 weeks and you were done. Now?? what is it?? 99 weeks?? 120 weeks?? Until after the election?? LOL
"Back in the day" unemployment was half of what it is today, and you could much more easily find a job after being laid off. This is something the right conveniently ignores when arguing against providing more assistance for those hurt by an unemployment rate that would be improving much more quickly if they stopped the obstructionism in the name of "making Obama a one term President" and instead contributed toward job growth efforts and followed the "compassionate conservativism" of days long gone. No, unemployment benefits are not "welfare". Just a way to help those hurt by events caused through no fault of their own.
Back in those days there were tax fairness, corporations were not given tax breaks to move our jobs oversees,anyone who stays away from finding a job after 26 weeks was not seriously looking for one. Now instead of the GOP house working in tandem with the POTUS to solve unemployment problems, they are busy naming post offices and national monuments. Since they gained the majority in 2010 they have hardly lifted a finger for jobs. So Mr. Parent no need to compare apples and oranges. Just a simple calculation for you, from nov. 2010 to feb. 2012 have many weeks has been? The GOP said, all that is important for them is to defeat Obama and the election is slated for nov. 2012. That is how much more time they will waste chasing shadow and that will be how much more time we will waite to return the Democrats to legislative power in the house of assembly and commom sense.
It is unemployment insurance. One cannot just stroll into a government office and start collecting checks. The unemployed have paid into the system, many for years and years. "Back in the day" I became unemployed through no fault of my own and did receive compensation for a few weeks, but it was easy to find another job quickly. Check your calendar, Mr. Parent. Times have changed. I do not begrudge anyone getting unemployment benefits. If you want to be ticked off about handouts, look to Congress. Members get hefty retirement benefits, Cadillac health insurance, and all kinds of perks thanks to my tax dollars. And all they do is sit around figuring out to how defeat Obama so they can keep slurping at the public trough.
OMG, and I just remembered when I used to wear sweater-vests, which I liked because they were "slimming."
For once I have to agree with some of you libbies.
When I left High school I could have my pick of jobs. My pick of careers. Everybody was hiring all the time, and the benefits were generous too. I would hate to be a young married with children, and a pile of bills with what is left of our economy.
We seem to be moving quickly into third world status. A few super rich and a lower class, and not too much in between.
Let's dissect this. Take a given unit of work. Say, attaching a nut to a bolt and tightening it down. Say, 30 seconds of work.
Ok, why the big disparity of cost for that unit of work between say India and the U.S. Same tools, same nut and bolt. Same 30 seconds of labor.
Until that reaches something even remotely close to being equal, we will never have jobs in our manufacturing sector. All we make now seems to be cheeseburgers and porno. How do you compete with someone working for $2.00 a day?? You don't.