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You could be right. Maybe they are just filling out the applications in order to maintain their 99-week eligibility for the Unemployment check. They FUBAR the app because they don’t want to be hired.

I must admit, though, that I have no idea how unemployment compensation works.

Here they have to get a form signed showing they applied. They would shuffle through the door with the little slip in hand and say,"you don't need no help, do you"?

They were scared witless someone was going to hire them. I told a bunch of them that the man who signed slips wasn't in and made sure he never came in, LOL.

Depends on the state.

That said, most of the “benefits” paid to unemployed workers are from taxes on business at the local level. The federal unemployment tax is very low - it’s .8% on the first $7,000 an individual employee earns. So $56 a year per employee goes to the feds.

The amount that states tax (rate and on how much) depends. Most of the blue states are very high. Most red states are not. TN, for example, has an average rate of 2.5-3.5% of the first $8,000 earned that year and that depends on the individual business and it’s “history”.

If you have a business, like manufacturing, that periodically lays off people (for whatever reason, sometimes it’s a cyclical business model and it’s cheaper to lay off for a few months than keep a factory open and pay the higher tax).

TN only requires that you fill out a form once a week stating your status and can be done over the phone or online. The payment can be in check form or direct deposit. The maximum amount per week regardless of previous income is $275 and is taxable for federal income tax but not FICA (payroll taxes).

My job was eliminated last January and I was approved for 46 weeks to start and was reviewed after the first six months. Fortunately, I’m not in the financial situation to have to find another job.

The 99 week thing you hear about if from the federal government who pay the state from their program (or get Congress to authorize more as they have for the last two years). So if TN taxes federal money I might get another 46 weeks.

One year off is enough, I’m going nuts and there is only so much of my 1200 sqaure foot apartment I can clean. And it’s very clean! lol