Do you guys really call it welfare? I mean these are people who worked. They can’t get it if they never worked before. There are quite a few people who worked 25 years at a company and were told to go home. Over 50 and trying to get a job is not easy. Unemployment is for people who worked. I don’t get the welfare tag. I am grateful not to have had to use it but if I ever were to lose a job, I can’t see feeling guilty because the company could not afford me anymore. If you want to ban unemployment and tell people to keep a six month emergency fund. Maybe start a fund that people contribute mandatorily to bank six months worth of funds so if they do lose their job they have that to fall back on. Are you guys SURE you want to call unemployment welfare? If you don’t like unemployment, what are the alternatives to this? Enforce companies that they are not allowed to give out pink slips?
I tend to agree.
Referring to unemployment as “welfare” is not *always* correct.
There are some people on it who are genuinely looking for a job, but due to the Obama economy, they can’t find one.
Of course, there ARE others who really do use unemployment as a prop to sit around and do nothing, making only a notional effort to “look for work” so they have something to turn in each week to prove that they’re “looking for work.”
But lumping the two together doesn’t seem fair to me.
I was on unemployment for a total of 6 weeks last year. Hated every second, but like you said, I worked and I paid into the system. I took the first job I could find... longer commute, less pay, but I needed a job so there you have it.
I haven’t yet had anyone tell me to my face that I took welfare. I’m waiting for the day.