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Posted on 07/10/2011 10:10:27 AM PDT by Libloather
California EDD Replaces Unemployment Checks With Debit Cards
July 8, 2011 8:55 AM
SACRAMENTO (KCBS) — Calling it a major change in the history of California’s unemployment program, the Employment Development Department is now sending out debit cards instead of traditional checks to people receiving unemployment benefits.
The phase-in transition from paper to plastic is expected to take a few months to complete.
Starting Friday, debit cards are replacing unemployment checks for the 1.2 million Californians currently receiving benefits.
(Excerpt) Read more at sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com ...
If you don’t spend your entire monthy payout that month, does the surplus sit in a government controlled account and accrue interest?
I would think there is a tremendous permanence to receiving a debit card versus a check...
With unemployment at ~10%, 1 in 10 mailboxes is going to have an unemployment check in them. And do you trust postal workers? If hacking were really an issue, it would just as easy to hack the system to mail a check as to credit a debit card. How many cases of hacked debit cards have you heard of versus stolen checks?
So these poor people are at a disadvantage at election time because they are too stupid to aquire some form of picture ID but they are smart enough to apply for and use an ATM card? How do they apply with no photo ID?
Kill motor voter, require picture ID to vote.
I’m still laughing at the ‘Newspeak’ government title, ‘Employment Development Department’. HA! George Orwell anyone?
One drawback i forsee is the plastic factor. Some recipients may be less responsible to their budgets and the debit cards could make them spend their funds more quickly and perhaps more on trivial items. In other words their money runs out a lot faster before the end of the month.
I’m just laughing about the name of the place. “Employment Development Department”. Yet another thing that is created by the government, from which all good things flow </s>.
You sure about that? Pardon my sarcasm.
Besides the company he worked for still has to pay into unemployment as long as he/she is drawing it. Your tax dollars are not paying for unemployment, at least not to the extent they pay for welfare. Plus, as I said, in order to get unemployment the person had to work at least 18 months before drawing benefits. Before the extensions started being tossed around if you ran out of unemployment and reapplied you had to have 18 months of work still to draw from. I suppose that has been done away with but still unemployment is NOT welfare.
Hopefully, wise a**, you won't ever have to draw it, but don't count on that. BTW, I am not on unemployment, I am lucky enough to be retired, but I have been on unemployment in the past and was glad to get it until I could get back to work.
This is the ‘can’t buy or sell without the mark’ scenario that ultimately comes to pass.
I think that tin foil hat is getting a little tight. It seems to be cutting off the blood flow to your brain.
That is true here in California but not all states. I don’t recall which states where the employee contributes but in any case, I consider it a component of the employees overall burden just I have to consider Social Security.
Every % I am taxed on an employee affects the total burden of their employment just as insurance, gas and bunch of other crap I pay does.
It’s beyond offensive but I can’t think of a better word.
you can hack hundreds quickly and make mico theft profitable.
I use my debit card for everything and hardly ever write a check anymore.
I am shaking my head a bit. You sound like one of those busybody libs who never gives anyone credit for having a brain and treats grown adults like children.
No I don’t, what I want them to do is accept something like direct deposit which saves the taxpayers money as compared to checks or debit cards.
If they don’t want to pay checking account fees at traditional banks, they can open accounts in credit unions for free, and access it from most or all credit union ATMs for free.
Why should the taxpayers pay an administrative fee to provide this aid?
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