10-24-2011, 12:37 AM
(10-23-2011, 07:23 PM)Jester Wrote: But hey, you're right, we can also think of this as a party! Hellz yeah, the federal government continues to pay us a pittance to survive without work! Woo! Unemployment roolz! Somebody pass the beer bong!
The sad thing is that "pittance" (for some folks) is actually more than what I make. I had a couple of friends lose their jobs over the last year and they both made more on unemployment than what I make by working my 32 hours a week and this is in the same town, similar educational background, work ethic, etc.
I have no real point to this post other than just a minor annoyance that unemployment can pay more than minimum wage so I don't feel too badly for folks when they say they can't get a job (that they want) while still getting paid for being unemployed.
Intolerant monkey.