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Someone help me understand how unemployment money works. I have held a job since I was 16 (now 39) except for 2 months when I left the Army and took some time to find a good job.

From the article, you can get $330 dollars for 26 weeks (CA period) plus 13 weeks (fed period). And someone in congress wants to add another 19 weeks? So, 26 + 13 + 19 = 58 --> that is one year plus six weeks of the government paying you not to work. How does one quailify for this deal? Can I flip burgers for a day (week, month?) at the local burger joint, get fired (quit?) and sit on my petunia for a year-plus?

No wonder the local mall and fast food joints have help wanted signs. Also, if we had no illegal invaders then look at all the jobs that would open up. Ya, the pay may not be the best, but at least you would be getting something rather than begging the government to give you another year of free cash.

Oh, the article mentions a 60 year-old financial planner who is broke and relying his fellow taxpayers to supply his gravy. I don't know about you, but I would hesitate to hire a money expert who is broke at 60.

Good thing ya didn;t file that claim yet!

As of the New Year, the maximum is $370 a week for new CA claimants.

I flip a damn mean burger myself BTW. :-)

No, you do have to pay into the system for awhile and work for at least a fairly lengthy period or have been fairly consistently employed to collect.