BS.
Unemployed people actually pay for this benefit so that when they become unemployed they have a small cushion to fall on.
They are taxed on it as well.
You want to make their lives even harder by imposing fees on the use of their money?
You are so right. After 20 years of continuous employment my husband and I found ourselves laid off from the company that we both worked for on literally the same day. We were both high performers and recently promoted, we got caught in the wave of Obama lay-offs in early 2009.
I was able to find employment fairly quickly and have been back at the same company for the last 2 years. My husband has worked short contract jobs and has struggled to even get an interview. We have relayed on his UI benefits to make ends meet while working to cut our expenses back to balance out the rest.
Our plight is the plight of thousands of families and to intimate that some how we use our direct deposited benefits irresponsibly is offensive.
Employers pay SUTA and FUTA.
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?