tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post5204554997660194270..comments2023-09-04T06:50:00.127-07:00Comments on Hang Art: My Neighbor on Unemployment...Jerry Carlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-63578836511482069212011-08-04T04:55:37.034-07:002011-08-04T04:55:37.034-07:00I do believe that we ought to make people show tha...I do believe that we ought to make people show that they are actively looking for work to continue collecting funds. I know about unemployment. I lost my own job two years ago. But I work part time, and I go to college, and I will, in the end be better for losing the job. A lot of people just don't seem able to plan for their futures anymore. The train wreck looms in front of it, and they continue to chug straight for it. I don't understand it. There are taxes on unemployment, Freebird. If you are in the United States, you pay taxes on your unemployment.Debbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09531125606268748793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-44802401845752868732011-08-01T04:45:59.751-07:002011-08-01T04:45:59.751-07:00Abused or not, unemployment is NECESSARY. It is an...Abused or not, unemployment is NECESSARY. It is an essential part of this "food chain". It is like we are playing a monopoly game where one player owns all the real estate. Wherever we land it will cost us. I am just saying it is ALL<br />borrowed money! and with the "tea party people" one of the easiest things to cut back on! ALL the graphs are the same. Our biggest debt is the war effort and our biggest loss has been in the tax cuts to the wealthy. If anyone was serious about the National Debt they would look there.Jerry Carlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024087888949143035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-72914787812703909682011-08-01T03:17:50.257-07:002011-08-01T03:17:50.257-07:00Jer, I didn't even have to read this whole pos...Jer, I didn't even have to read this whole post to get fired up. My unemployment benefits are $215 per week. I have a total of $6000 available in benefits. After taxes, I suspect I'll be lucky to get $150/wk. I haven't received a benefit yet and will do my first certification on 8.3.11. My pay, after taxes, was $1,167 twice a month. So? $2334 per month versus $600 a month? Scary and I'm not sure how we'll make it. We have two car pymts. (we needed two cars since we were both working), car insurance, house rent, utilities, food, miscellaneous necessities, an old Dell bill we're still paying on...I can't imagine how this woman is doing what she is doing. My benefits will run out in about 6 to 7 months tops. I've applied to a good 7 or 8 jobs since my company sold and my last day of work on 7.15.11. I haven't heard "boo" from any of them. I've enrolled in school but don't know if I can get any more school loans. I still owe $350/mo. on my BBA school loans. I've been paying on them since 1998 and still owe $28,000. I guess I've never learned how to work the system. Or I have enough pride and self-respect not to feel entitled. But something is rotten in Denmark...er...the U. S. of A. By the way, taxes on unemployment are there if you choose to have them removed. I did because I don't want to owe money in the end.Autumn Leaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04010044052621228719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-8602141073330581832011-07-31T11:56:24.070-07:002011-07-31T11:56:24.070-07:00My son-in-law told me that there are no taxes on u...My son-in-law told me that there are no taxes on unemplyment so you end up with a lot in your pocket even if it is a bit less than you'd earn. He should know, he's unemployed yet again and waiting for his old job rather than looking for a new one. To be fair, he has saved much of his pay so he can keep going but I'm sure the unemployment is a huge incentive as he loves nothing more than something for free. I'd say the system is broken. My sister is moving to Japan to live with her son. Her SS just wasn't enough to live on in California even with a part-time job. She went over the limit on earnings so had to pay some back and can't afford to keep up the house! What is wrong with this picture? (OH,did you know she'll pay $35 a month for health insurance in Japan rather than more than $100 here on Medicare).Timareehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15769047120660859743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2920411020784409759.post-49245322411183809232011-07-31T11:37:47.353-07:002011-07-31T11:37:47.353-07:00Ted says that in Canada any earnings that you have...Ted says that in Canada any earnings that you have are deducted from an unemployment income, so there's no incentive to find a part-time income. There is simply no way anyone can can buy a new car on an unemployment income. <br /><br />Did they not check your friend's credit rating and worthiness before they sold her the car on HP? Who knows what else she is getting away with? This reminds me of a television interview I saw in South Africa trying to deal with this situation - the woman interviewed said, "I want it, I take it". Enough said.<br /><br />A Reuters report I've just received states that U.S. lawmakers are close to a last-minute $3 trillion deal that would raise the U.S. borrowing limit!!!Constance Stanza Extravaganza Extraordinairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14782289482858750397noreply@blogger.com