mickeyd
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And increase the unemployment rate, meaning more tax money going out for unemployment benefits.
Plus, with age discrimination as rampant as it is (particularly over 50), I am skeptical of the modern economy's ability to keep the older segment of the work force fully employed.
I agree with your comment on wasted tax money going for unemployment comp (even tho employers contribute) Ziggy.
Here's a crazy example. I like to w**k temp j**s from time to time. I may earn less than $10k each year and use the money as spending $ or to add to my cash reserves. I can take it or leave it, but I seem to go back once and a while for a little more $ out of habit I guess. I was advised by someone years ago that temp workers are eligible for unemployment comp (UC) but I never filed for it until last year. I honestly thought that it would not be approved.
Well it was approved. I began to get money until the well ran dry. I got another letter advising that more money was available in December, so I filed for it and got all of it too until the well ran dry again. A few months ago I received another letter advising me that a was eligible for another batch of new money, this time it was $25/week more (I believe that this was stimulus $).
Now mind you, I do not want to w**k (that's why I RE) but if they want to keep sending me money for minimal effort, I guess I will still collect it. All reporting is done thru the internet or phone call to the computer, so I doubt that any human is even monitoring this thing.
In 2008 this UC was taxable, but in 2009 the first $2400 is not taxable which makes it even more of a bonus.
A big, big waste of my own tax dollars.