[Dr. Sivana]

The amount that amount the employer paid is a pittance, we the people picked up the tab:

Depending on state, your mileage will vary. Here in Illinois, the rate can go as high as 8.4% on $12,400, which is over $1,000.

I never meant to imply that the fund as is would cover 2 1/2 years, but given that the weekly payout is substantially less than a regular salary, after 25 years of continuous employment, at least the first 26 weeks were not "on the dole." If we took some number greater than $300, and less than $1,000, say $600/year, and that money were simply put in the Fortune 500 over the last 25 years, he would have probably had at least a year's salary by now.

There are enough people who abuse the system that I see no good coming from sneering at honest workers who are genuinely unable to find work because of a confluence of factors over which they have no control. This palooka happens to be in a withering industry, in an employer hostile state, with the whole country kept in recession as BHO, Geithner and Bernanke play bumper cars with the treasury.

There are a lot of people honestly looking for work, and only a few years ago had no reason to believe it would be this hard. Whatever this guy's problems with his politics, I don't consider him a leech, any more than I consider ML/NJ's grandmother a leech, of ML/NJ himself should he receive either Social Security or some expensive treatment under Medicare. This does not imply that I like these programs.

[central_va]

This does not imply that I like these programs.

The guy's a leech (actually an insult to leeches as they have a medical purpose)/ And you are a fool to think otherwise, let alone make a post about it. Sometimes I am embarrassed by ridiculous posts on FR and yours was one of them.