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Originally Posted by justplugit
I have all the sympathy in the world for the unemployed
having 2 immediate family members out of work, one for 7 months
the other for 6. Both have been searching since day one.
My problem is the recent extension of another 13 months, seems
to me it would be better extending at 3 month intervals to keep
people beating the bushes.
Only natural if you have another year most will put off looking.
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That may be good, 3 month extensions. May also have some of the unemployed working at the employment office.
How does one differentiate between those working hard to get back to work and those that aren't?
I'm all for systems that help those that need, for a time, but what about when it is being milked? Can't allow anyone to offend the milking, can we?
As someone that has used unemployment benefits twice in 15 years it certainly helped and made blowing through savings take at least longer than had there been no benefits.
For those that are out of work and have been for some time, I really feel for you. I've been there in a tough economy (though not as tough as this), and it sucks.