[John Jorsett]

Unemployment benefits help when one is laid off, but they also provide a disincentive to find work. It might be a good idea if we modified the system so that any paid-out benefits are repaid from a worker's future income tax refunds. You'd still get the benefits if you need them, but you'd be incurring an obligation that would have to be paid back. That would encourage people to find work as soon as possible instead of treating unemployment benefits as some sort of paid vacation. You'd be able to avoid paying them back if you managed to avoid ever accruing a tax refund, but realistically, few people are attentive enough to manage their affairs that closely.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

" Unemployment benefits help when one is laid off, but they also provide a disincentive to find work. It might be a good idea if we modified the system so that any paid-out benefits are repaid from a worker's future income tax refunds. You'd still get the benefits if you need them, but you'd be incurring an obligation that would have to be paid back. That would encourage people to find work as soon as possible instead of treating unemployment benefits as some sort of paid vacation. You'd be able to avoid paying them back if you managed to avoid ever accruing a tax refund, but realistically, few people are attentive enough to manage their affairs that closely."

Food for thought and forward thinking.Kudos.

[vannrox]

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The majority of the unemployed are white collar technical and skilled folk. Most are between the ages of 35 and 45.

Do you really think that any Engineers, IT Professionals, CAD operators, Software Programmers; Bio-Genetitists, Physists, and Chemists...who are 40 years old...

with families...
holding degrees that become obsolete within 6 months...

want to have over a year of unemployment on their resume? Rush is usually correct, but NOT when it comes to Degreed Technical Professionals who face obsolescence that is directly proportional to the amount of time they are unemployed. Yes, a Pipefitter. He can still fit pipes after being unemployed after a Year. Yes, a Radio Talk Show Host... he can still host talk shows after being unemployed for a year. Yes, a Baker can still bake bread after being unemployed after a year. But not a degreed technical professional in an industry with a technical obsolence half-life.

That is the issue. The many technically unemployed who are now becomming obsolete.

Trust me, all of us are screeching to get work. There just isn't any.








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[motzman]

As someone in this "terrible predicament", I think your proposal makes sense. You should contact Mr. Hastert with this...