Monday, May 10, 2010

A good example of why unemployment shouldn't have been extended.

I've heard the administration claim that not extending unemployment benefits to nearly two years is inhumane. Michigan does well illustrating why extending said benefits is a fucking stupid idea:
But the fact that some seasonal landscaping workers choose to stay home and collect a check from the state, rather than work outside for a full week and spend money for gas, taxes and other expenses, raises questions about whether extended unemployment benefits give the jobless an incentive to avoid work.
Well, DUH! If money's coming in while they sit on their a$$es, then why should they break their backs doing landscaping work full time? Especially if the money's not too different.

The average landscape worker earns about $12 per hour, according to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth. A full-time landscaping employee would make $225 more a week working than from an unemployment check of $255.

But after federal and state taxes are deducted, a full-time landscaper would earn $350 a week, or $95 more than a jobless check. The gap could narrow further for those who worked at other higher-paying seasonal jobs, such as construction or roofing, which would result in a larger benefits check.


Should that happen, we'll have the revolution that the Marxists want: nobody working, and everybody sucking on the government teat.

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