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Isn't there a time frame for people to collect unemployment payments? In Virginia I think it's 26 weeks. Now...... what happens to those poor souls whose unemployment payments run out? They go find work. How about if they do that when they first become unemployed? Seems like another 'tax' while working paid to those who aren't working. Hmmmmm. I quit my job (for various reasons) and never applied (nor did I think I could get) unemployment payments. So I made do with less and took what I could get.

Now, is the real problem in California that jobs aren't available to millions of workers...... er, ex-workers..... because of Illegal Immigrants taking jobs? And contrary to a post above, I hear that illegals pay taxes like all good americans, and even can get SSNs and Drivers licenses, and free medical care and and and...........

I think the whole workman's comp system in Calif is about on a par with all the other special interest groups. Sorry.
After no payments for a couple weeks, perhaps the unemployed will go out and get a job!!!

what happens to those poor souls whose unemployment payments run out? They go find work.

Mexico's unemployment rate is 3 percent. That's because they don't have unemployment insurance and Mexicans cannot afford to be unemployed. If anything they can always head for the US border. Canada has lush unemployment benefits. Their unemployment runs about 10 percent. There is a big relationship between socialist benefits and the number of people sitting idle at home.