They aren’t going to get $20 an hour on unemployment.
Besides, you just don’t sit around on your backside and collect your money. You have to do a certain amount of job searches and report in every 2 weeks and you can be audited at any time. If you cheat, they can demand repayment. You have to attend work conferences and jump through other hoops too.
At least that’s how it is in Texas. But then we are one of the few states in the country that is doing well.
Unfortunately, half of Michigan, Illinois, and Wisconsin is moving here because of it.
No you get 435 per week or about 11 dollars an hour based on a 40 hour work week. Plus, you do not pay SSI or medicare taxes (I think you still pay income taxes but unless you have lots of investment income which bumps you up into a high tax bracket, those are nearly zero at 11 dollars an hour).
Ok, 20 per hr is better than 11, but you don't have to work either. Oh and you may also qualify for food stamps in addition to unemployment.