unemployment?

2. What political party are you most closely associated with?



Thx.

8/29/2012 12:18:52 PM

I won't get laid off.

8/29/2012 12:24:37 PM

Way to answer a question that wasn't asked. Are you a politician?

8/29/2012 12:26:32 PM

I'm not here to talk about the past.

8/29/2012 12:28:53 PM

Doesn't the government take out a part of my paycheck to use for an unemployment fund? If yes, then the answer is HELL YES.

8/29/2012 12:32:18 PM

Yes. Unaffiliated. I wouldn't abuse it.

8/29/2012 12:34:08 PM

Quote :

"Yes. Unaffiliated. I wouldn't abuse it."

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

8/29/2012 12:36:26 PM

the problem is the perception that people dont even try to get a job and live off the checks as long as possible.

most people collecting unemployment are earnestly looking for work. Shouldnt be ashamed to get help, but you should have the pride to get off it as soon as possible.

im speaking for the able-bodied

8/29/2012 12:38:21 PM

My dad abused it. He hates to work.

8/29/2012 12:39:52 PM

why wouldn't you?

[Edited on August 29, 2012 at 12:40 PM. Reason : take unemployment i mean]

8/29/2012 12:39:55 PM

I just want food stamps. I'll sell the card to my boys, and use that money to buy Wild Irish Rose and Newports.

8/29/2012 12:40:32 PM

i speak for the trees

8/29/2012 12:40:55 PM

yes, i would try to recoup what i could of the money the govt has taken from me until i found another job

i would prefer to opt out of such programs

democrats and republicans are all a bunch of lying sleeze balls

[Edited on August 29, 2012 at 12:42 PM. Reason : XCV]

8/29/2012 12:41:08 PM

I wish i could work a more progressive engineering job because i know i would do a much better job- not that i do a poor job now

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8/29/2012 12:42:02 PM

Yes I would as would anyone else eligible.

I do not identify with a particular party but since I lean slightly right of center (and with Republicans so far right on social issues it's scary) I'd probably be called a Dem by most.

8/29/2012 12:44:03 PM

all republicans are extremely far right

8/29/2012 12:45:14 PM

Romney wasn't while governor of MA. You can't be a far right Republican and win up there. Unfortunately his national constituents forced him to change all that.

8/29/2012 12:47:23 PM

1. yes

2. socialist

8/29/2012 12:47:53 PM

you dont say

8/29/2012 12:49:22 PM

I just asked because a buddy of mine was laid off recently. He just told me about it today....

Anyway, I told him to file now for unemployment so as to reduce the lapse in pay. He told me "no, he didnt believe in it". He's an extremely conservative republican, and my only guess is that he doesn't believe in what he sees as a "handout"



I wonder if yous a hoe, if you can file for unemployment if yous not getting laid

[Edited on August 29, 2012 at 12:57 PM. Reason : H]

8/29/2012 12:55:26 PM

well at least hes stickin to his guns

give him that.

8/29/2012 12:57:09 PM

basically he's a dumb fuck and didn't realize that he's actually paid into the account that funds his un-employment thus some of the money isn't "a hand out" but "a hand back" and will financially ruin himself because he think's its cool and noble?

8/29/2012 12:57:29 PM

probably nothing to do with being cool and noble its just what the guy believes in

some people still fight for their beliefs, losing cause or not

8/29/2012 12:58:24 PM

Speaking of party for my dad: right wing gun toting dislike Obama against gay marriage baby boomer constitutionalist.

I just don't know but does one party prefer unemployment benefits to the other?

8/29/2012 12:58:31 PM

I was laid off from IBM, and I definitely did collect unemployment. Had no choice. Thankfully I did, because RIGHT before my unemployment was in effect, I got severely injured and couldn't walk for almost 8 months so that money was my only life-line. I had intended on getting another job somewhere after my last day....but couldn't.

It's different when people are fully capable of working and just choose to milk the government.

8/29/2012 12:58:56 PM

1. Yes, but you best believe I'd be looking for work like it's my job. Because it would be in that case.

2. Unaffiliated. (Lean left on social issues, right on fiscal issues. It's an unhappy combo...)

8/29/2012 12:59:28 PM

Quote :

"Yes. Unaffiliated. I wouldn't abuse it."

8/29/2012 12:59:42 PM

I mean, I cant pretend to know his financial situation.... But if I were in his shoes, I would literally bend over backwards if need be to make sure my kids weren't going without.

8/29/2012 1:01:23 PM

im republican, but i prefer more to identify as a conservative than to identify with a party

8/29/2012 1:01:32 PM

one time a guy that was going to school (and getting a living stipend!) on some sort of VA benefits from his dad (that he got just by asking for it) told me that he "didn't believe in handouts".

8/29/2012 1:25:54 PM

1.) no...my wife and i have savings to keep us going for several months (you know, as is my responsibility as someone who can afford to do so)
2.) most closely? probably the dems, though i'm not registered as one and i don't think either party is "right"

8/29/2012 1:33:28 PM

1. Yes. I have paid into the system for well over a decade, and it's partially charged against the employer that laid me off. So, I would have no qualms about using UE to bridge the gap between jobs.

2. Republican affiliation. Libertarian leanings.

[Edited on August 29, 2012 at 1:38 PM. Reason : ]

8/29/2012 1:37:27 PM

I was laid off...received severance and I collected for 9 ish months. I'm a democrat.

8/29/2012 1:46:47 PM

The government takes a lot out of my checks, so I would draw unemployment for as long as I needed to, but I would be actively looking for another job. I'd work at Walmart if I had to. I do have an emergency fund, but money can disappear quickly.

I'm unaffiliated.

8/29/2012 1:53:29 PM

yea emergency funds i cant imagine ever last long because people are just going to try to maintain their current living standard more often than actually live bare minimum

cuz those mortgages are a bitch

8/29/2012 1:59:48 PM

1. Yes, but only because I'm forced to pay for it when I've never utilized it. I would readily sign something saying I would be ineligible for any unemployment going forward if it meant I could stop paying for it going forward (same for SS though). All of our budgets, including safety budgets/emergency funds, are built around not using any unemployment so it wouldn't make a difference to me. We'd both have to be unemployed for a realllly long time before we missed a payment on anything.

2. Unaffiliated. Definitely not R or D though.


[Edited on August 29, 2012 at 2:02 PM. Reason : ]

8/29/2012 2:00:47 PM

that kinda leads me to another question....how long do these "emergency funds" last a couple? does anyone have stories about that sort of thing?

8/29/2012 2:06:59 PM

this kind of question is beneath me.

8/29/2012 2:10:53 PM

^^Well, we're pretty strict with budgets so I have a normal budget based off of both our incomes and then I have a safety budget setup for each scenario if just one of us is laid off and then an emergency budget setup in case we were both laid off.

I feel pretty confident that we would be able to make the changes to live within the tighter budgets because I already have the tighter budgets identified up front as far as what we would cut or change. Also, we save a lot, so some of the "cutting" comes from just saving more.

I think the key to being able to do it is identifying different budgets, or at the very least identifying the non-critical items in your main budget, before you ever get in that situation.

[Edited on August 29, 2012 at 2:17 PM. Reason : ]

8/29/2012 2:11:10 PM

Yes.

Democrat.

8/29/2012 2:22:55 PM

Yes. And I am an unaffiliated fascist.

8/29/2012 2:23:59 PM

1. Yes, they take it out of my check. Might as well try to get it back.

2. Registered unaffiliated...lean to the right.

8/29/2012 2:28:14 PM

1. Yes, and I have done so before after being laid off from Nortel without severance
2. Democrat

8/29/2012 2:30:27 PM

1. I did, and it kept me in my house for 3 months until I got a new job.
2. Democrat

Never thought I would need it, but it was great, especially since I was laid off as a school teacher after being told for a month that I didn't have anything to worry about. It was enough for me to pay most of my mortgage and nothing else...it's not this luxurious handout that people like to make it out to be.

8/29/2012 4:30:20 PM

I would only use up Tier 1 though.

You can stay on unemployment a LOOOOOOONG time these days if you make it your full time job to keep them happy.

8/29/2012 4:55:02 PM