The Truth About Harvard

[Headholio]

precisely...you have to be committed to laziness in order to be able to make it on that small amount of money!! or, you have to be gettin' some under the table on the side...

Or.......unable to find work?

At this time, there are [FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]5.6 [/FONT][/FONT]workers for each job opening. In comparison, when the economy is strong, the ratio of workers to job openings is close to one[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]‐[/FONT][/FONT]to[FONT=Calibri,Calibri][FONT=Calibri,Calibri]‐[/FONT][/FONT]one, and during the 2001 recession and recovery, the ratio barely exceeded 2 workers per job opening.

That stat is from May 2010.

Remember also. minimum wage =7.25/hr.
For a 40 hour week that 290 bucks before taxes! (Which Republicans think is too high).

So, yeah, I could see how getting that UI check sounds like a better option than the full time shit job.

But there is long term economic benefit to not having engineers and accountants flipping burgers, and that is calulated into the economic impact (positive and negative) of paying unemployment.

http://www.nelp.org/page/-/UI/DisincentiveUI.pdf?nocdn=1

 

[digimon7068]

Or.......unable to find work?


That stat is from May 2010.

Remember also. minimum wage =7.25/hr.
For a 40 hour week that 290 bucks before taxes! (Which Republicans think is too high).

So, yeah, I could see how getting that UI check sounds like a better option than the full time shit job.

But there is long term economic benefit to not having engineers and accountants flipping burgers, and that is calulated into the economic impact (positive and negative) of paying unemployment.

http://www.nelp.org/page/-/UI/DisincentiveUI.pdf?nocdn=1

you need to actually go looking for work in order to find it...sometimes (oh my god) you even have to move

 

[javaguru]

Or.......unable to find work?


That stat is from May 2010.

Remember also. minimum wage =7.25/hr.
For a 40 hour week that 290 bucks before taxes! (Which Republicans think is too high).

So, yeah, I could see how getting that UI check sounds like a better option than the full time shit job.

But there is long term economic benefit to not having engineers and accountants flipping burgers, and that is calulated into the economic impact (positive and negative) of paying unemployment.

http://www.nelp.org/page/-/UI/DisincentiveUI.pdf?nocdn=1

Then why not make the minimum wage $20.00 an hour? Why not make it $50.00 an hour? I've worked with professionals that have college degrees and professional licenses that based on objective metrics provided less than minimum wage value; They were costs mandated by regulation. If someone has a skill set that adds values then they don't have to worry about flipping burgers. We have teachers making six figure salaries while they produce terrible outcomes. How can you have 20% illiteracy after twelve years of mandated government control and an 8th grade reading level for the average American if the government is the best solution?

 

[smurf2]

my point was that (imho) a majority...yes...i said majority...of the people on unemployment right now are there because they want to be, not because they have to be...there's jobs in them thar hills, but people would rather sit on their couch and collect $700 a week.

I would love to know which state is paying $700 a week though UI. There is a MAX you know. And so far, from what I've seen (over the course of my career since 1993, I've been unemployed twice, 2 different states) the max benefit is almost never over $400 a week.

The amt i was receiving (the max allowed in WI) didn't even cover my rent. And I was a single parent trying to care for my son. Luckily I had Chris, but we weren't married yet and he had no obligation to take on that financial burden, so I took all the money out of my 401K to pay my bills and live off of WHILE collecting UI for about 4 months until I found a job.

I truly wonder how people get by who don't have 401K or other sources of income. They must live with relatives or something because you simply cannot take care of a family on $1000 a month

 

[brownbrown]

I would love to know which state is paying $700 a week though UI. There is a MAX you know. And so far, from what I've seen (over the course of my career since 1993, I've been unemployed twice, 2 different states) the max benefit is almost never over $400 a week.

The amt i was receiving (the max allowed in WI) didn't even cover my rent. And I was a single parent trying to care for my son. Luckily I had Chris, but we weren't married yet and he had no obligation to take on that financial burden, so I took all the money out of my 401K to pay my bills and live off of WHILE collecting UI for about 4 months until I found a job.

I truly wonder how people get by who don't have 401K or other sources of income. They must live with relatives or something because you simply cannot take care of a family on $1000 a month

Well, $1000 a month for 36 months is leaching of the Government IAW the Current GOP.
Not to mention that people pay into it as they work also. , hence the name Unemployment INSURANCE.
Finally someone with 1st hand experience chimes in with the reality of what people actually go through.

 

[Headholio]

We need to get back to true Reaganomics. the best way to solve the unemployment problem is to buy a $1000 bottle of 1966 Lafite to add to every millionaires wine cellar. I'm sure that somehow the benefits will trickle down to all you regular people. Vote for me!

 

[redsamurai]

We need to get back to true Reaganomics. the best way to solve the unemployment problem is to buy a $1000 bottle of 1966 Lafite to add to every millionaires wine cellar. I'm sure that somehow the benefits will trickle down to all you regular people. Vote for me!

trickle down ftw

 

[brownbrown]

trickle down ftw

Like magic money rain or golden showers and shit?

I'm cool with either, but prefer one over the other.


DrOiD BioNiC EF App!

 

[nangiggles]

I would love to know which state is paying $700 a week though UI. There is a MAX you know. And so far, from what I've seen (over the course of my career since 1993, I've been unemployed twice, 2 different states) the max benefit is almost never over $400 a week.

The amt i was receiving (the max allowed in WI) didn't even cover my rent. And I was a single parent trying to care for my son. Luckily I had Chris, but we weren't married yet and he had no obligation to take on that financial burden, so I took all the money out of my 401K to pay my bills and live off of WHILE collecting UI for about 4 months until I found a job.

I truly wonder how people get by who don't have 401K or other sources of income. They must live with relatives or something because you simply cannot take care of a family on $1000 a month

FL is $252 a week, fucking ridiculous.....

 

[javaguru]

Well, $1000 a month for 36 months is leaching of the Government IAW the Current GOP.
Not to mention that people pay into it as they work also. , hence the name Unemployment INSURANCE.
Finally someone with 1st hand experience chimes in with the reality of what people actually go through.

You aren't "leaching" off the government because the government doesn't have any money of its own. You're living off the work of your neighbor and it's expensive to employ someone because the employer contributes more than the employee into an inefficient social welfare system. We made a decision to make everyone a 1099 because the cost of W-2 employment was too much for a start up.

I haven't been eligible for "unemployment insurance" since 2004 and I didn't take advantage of it when I was a W-2.

It ain't "insurance" because the Supreme Court has ruled that all these social welfare programs are just a tax and you have no legal claim.