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Politics : A US National Health Care System?

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To: TimF who wrote (17134)4/21/2010 1:08:23 AM
From: i-node  Read Replies (1) of 42652
 
Does unemployment insurance increase unemployment by 2% or .1% I don't claim to know, but people are more likely to delay taking a job that pays much less than their previous job, if they can get unemployment insurance.

It is done all the time. Nothing new about it.

The tech I saw at my doc's office yesterday was someone I known in a previous life. She got to telling me about her previous job, and how she could see they were going to fire her and decided to provoke them in such a way to qualify for unemployment. It was how she was able to afford training for her new career.

I've appeared at quite a few unemployment compensation hearings over the years - either representing a client or testifying on behalf of someone. The rules are downright unfair. I've seen people get benefit solely because their hours were cut back. Instead of working and making more money, they choose to go on unemployment.

The program is a terrible mess that needs to be severely curtailed as it only makes bad situations worse.
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