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To: i-node who wrote (458908)	2/23/2009 7:20:46 PM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576318

Jindal is correct in that if he complies with the requirements to accept these funds he will be committed to increased taxes in future years for his state's employers. As of yesterday you cited the mechanics of funding existing unemployment insurance as evidence that the provision of the stimulus bill is PERMANENT, which means of course that you turning assumptions into facts. Tim is right in that once you set up a government giveaway it is almost impossible to undo the damage. Medicare, SS, Unemployment insurance, Medicaid -- all examples. They grow without bound because it is politically impossible to scale them back or eliminate them. Bull shit...guess who put this one in place. TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION WHAT IS TEUC? Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation (TEUC) provides extra weeks of federally-funded unemployment benefits to unemployed workers throughout the country who have received all regular unemployment benefits available to them. WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Individuals who had a TEUC balance in their account as of December 31, 2003, may continue to collect that balance through the week ending April 3, 2004 The right to file a new TEUC claim to establish eligibility expired the last full week of December, 2003 HOW MUCH WILL EACH WORKER BE PAID? Each weekly payment will equal the amount payable for the unemployed worker's most recent claim for regular state benefits. HOW MANY WEEKS OF BENEFITS ARE AVAILABLE? TEUC is a two-tiered program: TEUC Up to 13 weeks of TEUC are available to eligible unemployed workers in all states. TEUC-X In states where an "Extended Benefit" period is in effect when an individual exhausts the first tier of TEUC, up to 13 additional weeks of benefits will be available.