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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (576104)	7/12/2010 7:56:26 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1571401

You people are just being silly. CA is more expensive than WA state. Ted, > The average unemployment check in the U.S. is $293. That's $12K a year. A minimum wage job pays $290 a week. No wonder there are so many jobs that only illegal immigrants will take. i-node is right. Unemployment benefits discourage people from working at real jobs. Tenchusatsu P.S. - I'm going to hear it from the bleeding hearts. Bring it on!

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (576104)	7/18/2010 1:37:57 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1571401

"A minimum wage job pays $290 a week." So? That is the maximum. If you are a minimum wage worker, unemployment doesn't pay the maximum, but only a fraction of that. In Texas, that fraction is about 50%, with a cap around $370. There is a huge difference between $290 a week and $150. The former is not adequate, the latter is much, much less so. "i-node is right. Unemployment benefits discourage people from working at real jobs." Only for the factually challenged.