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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Aug 2010
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A thought on unemployment benefits
"BAR" wrote in message
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While watching Keith Olberman's "Countdown" show last evening in which he
featured a segment on a couple who had lost their jobs, I had a thought
on
how the unemployment insurance programs might be modified.
The husband had worked in the auto parts industry all his adult life but
his
job was eliminated. Despite efforts to find a new, similar job he, like
many, had found that his job was gone, not to return.
He acknowledged finding a new job, requiring him to start over in a new
career and at a low starting wage. He freely admitted that it did not
make
sense for him to take the new job because he was better off financially
collecting unemployment benefits. He wants to work, but has to do the
best
thing money-wise to keep his house, etc.
Many are in the same boat.
Since many jobs are gone for good and people are going to have to start
new
careers with lower pay due to little or no experience, my thought was
this:
Rather than continue to extend full unemployment benefits during this
critical economy, structure the unemployment funding as a subsidy to the
new, lower pay scale common to a new job in which one has no experience.
Benefits would be tied to the last year's earnings before being layed
off.
The combined new job pay and the subsidized income from the unemployment
fund would equal some percentage (say 75-90 percent) of the previous
income.
This benefit would last for a period of 2 years ... sufficient time to
become trained and knowledgeable in the new job.
This would cut the amount of money currently being paid out in
unemployment
benefits, provide an incentive for new jobs resulting in lower
unemployment.
Note: This is a totally non-partisan idea. No blame cast on the left
or
right.
How about you get no more than 3 months of unemployment period.
How about unemployment benefits that are no greater than minimum wage in
your local area.
Nobody owes you a job.
Nobody owes you a job making the same amount of money as your last job.
Nobody owes you a lifestyle that you have become acustomed to.
Get off your ass and get to work.
Unemployment pays better.
Why work?
It's the new American way.
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