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21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 14 Aug \ parent \ on: US weekly jobless claims fall amid low layoffs econ
It varies by state and people pay in to unemployment insurance while they work to fund it.
I think it’s typically something like 60% of what you had been earning. I don’t recall how long you can collect it but I think it’s something like 6 weeks.
Wow! It's too much.
As a jobless we hardly recieve $100 in a year.
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With a widely funded insurance program and low unemployment rates, it can be one of the less stupid policies.
It doesn't function as a handout and that's not the point. The point is that people can afford to keep paying their bills for the duration of a normal job search.
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Yeah, I get it.
But when I compare these numbers, or any numbers to those in India, I go nuts.
Do you know less than 2% Indian households pay income taxes while in US, it's 50%+ if I've read it correctly.
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We have a much more convoluted welfare system, though.
While a substantial majority of Americans pay taxes, I don’t think most are net taxpayers.
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There's a ceiling to how much you can "draw" as well.
In California it is $450 a week. It hasn't been adjusted for inflation either. Hasn't been adjusted since 2005. By the way, side note here. The last time it was increased a Republican was governor. The two men that claim to care about those struggling to get by Jerry Brown, and Gavin Newsom haven't done anything to increase it. Their party has held majorities in both houses since the 90s.
What they have done to this state should have been a wake up call decades ago but voters are dumb and easily manipulated. I'm not saying the Republicans are the fix. Just making a point about the lies the party in power tells.
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