I watched the speech and while I’m not usually in favor of adding more requirements for employers I do like the idea of tax credits. Anytime people get to keep more of their own money to take care of themselves and those they love I’m for it. I think using the existing unemployment fund to support this idea is a good approach and with the right limits it should work out. The big problem we’ve had is Obama has abused the unemployment system by extending unemployment beyond anything reasonable. I’d like to see unemployment be something that is tied to individuals where they accrue it and can use it up to the maximum contributed on their behalf by their employer but that is another topic altogether. I’ve never used unemployment in my entire life something that I’m thankful for.
its obvious he will get rid of crap and crack down on fraud then he can slide in this program to give families a boost. If this is what it takes to give Trump a liberal outlet I’d say we are getting off pretty easy.
I was talking to my old boss awhile back, Now a client every now and then. I asked him if he ever thought we could get back to where his business was pre-2006 crash with having over 25 employees (at a structural engineering firm)
He is 5 years older than me at 56 now and told me he would never have regular employees in an office ever again because of this 99 weeks of unemployment. He received something from the state and the percentage they will take in taxes from any payroll would be so exorbitant for so long to repay the fund, that he simply could not make the business work. The company should have been a viable business providing good incomes for many families for many years, it should be a crime that government has single handily destroyed it, while propping up others that were "too big to fail".
We were relatively small and doing structural drawings for homes for 3 different major builders, (3) K-8 schools a year plus a high school every couple years for Dysart school district, plus numerous other custom homes and commercial projects... He has a couple other engineers that work contract for him and they do their own drawings now, and produce a few schools or commercial projects on Revit and I get a couple little projects a year from him to do on Autocad... been less than 40 hours of work a year for past 4 years.