re: #2 tnguitarist

I honestly think a lot of them don’t realize that employment benefits are insurance that we pay for. Either that, or they are calculating that their constituents don’t know how these benefits work.

Ok, now wait just one moment! I have had the humiliating and demeaning position of unemployment for over a year now and If I want to pay the rent I need to find a job or keep getting those demeaning unemployment checks or stop eating. Since there are no jobs to be found here in California and I would really like to keep a roof over my head and I really don’t want to stop eating what the heck WOULD YOU SUGGEST I DO NOW? I know they’re tax based! You think I really want to stay unemployed? Have you ever had to fill out one of those claim forms? Or been unemployed? This I want to hear!!!