should the federal government be funding unemployement?
the house of representatives has passed a bill that will extend by 50% the time that people can collect unemployment.. the program itself will be through the state unemployment agencies and people get the same benefits.. ti just lets them collect for 50% longer:
Do you think this is an area the federal government should be involved in why or why not?
2008-06-13T07:49:56Z
as a further explanation NO this is NOT state funded unemployment...
this will be funded by the Social security administrations unemployment fund...
i don't believe this is the one the senate struck down as it passed on Thursday
has the text for the bill if you would like to read it.
Butt...butt2008-06-13T06:06:53Z
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No.
Workers pay should have been garnished a long time ago, like a 401k, and the money in gov bonds, available for use to switch jobs, get new training, etc.
In fact, companies used to give holidays, sicj days and personal days. Now they give you a block of days off to use as you will. THAT'S what should be done. Instead of the Ponzi scheme of Social Securtiy, money should be taken out from your pay & mad YOURS. To invest as you please (tax free) for use in sickness, unemployeemnet, retirement, house, education AND iyou should be able to leave it to whomever U want when you die.
This is an area that the federal government has been involved with since the beginning. Unemployment "benefits" are funded by taking money collected from employers and workers when they were working. It is not a handout, or charity. What keeps unemployment funds solvent is that more people are working and paying in than are out of work and are being paid.
It is not persay "funding" the unemployment.... All business owners pay into the system a unemployment tax.... based on the income , size of the business, and number of employees, so all this money goes into a "pot" so when a person gets laid off , he or she will draw benifits from the "pot" for a certain amount of time,,,, it used to be like only 12 weeks,,,, and now I think it is up to like 26 weeks or more!!! That is because this economy is really in the crapper because of the war and gas prices!!! It sure aint getting better!! and prices are gowing up and people cant afford to feed their kids!! So soon the crime rate is going to start rising as well!!! That is why they extend the minimal benifits,,, so they dont get pucked off while driving in limo, driven gas guzzlers, and dont even a a clue as to what is going on in the REAL WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The wording of your question is, of course, emotionally loaded and begs the question. Providing extended benefits for people who cannot find jobs is hardly "funding unemployment," it is allowing people to continue to keep their heads above water and continue to feed themselves and their children.
People can't collect unemployment if they have been unemployed too long.
That's why it's unemployment insurance, not welfare. It is a safety net, and in this economic climate--diminishing jobs, declining real wages, staggering fuel costs, and inflation--it is necessary to hold the net up longer.