Work sometimes pays less than benefits in such a weak job market
You know the economy has become truly screwy when it pays more to collect jobless benefits than to get an actual job.
The economy is so weak and jobs are so scarce that some people are finding that it isn’t worth it to work. These workers say that’s because the only jobs available are part-time or low-wage gigs that would not only be a big step down from their previous careers but also would not even pay enough to cover their expenses.
About 8 million people are now collecting some form of unemployment aid, but how much they take home varies widely depending on what state they live in and how much they made previously. In Massachusetts, for example, the maximum benefit is $943 per week, including an allowance for dependents, while in Mississippi it is just $235 a week.
In August, the average weekly benefit was $293.54, according to U.S. Department of Labor. On average, unemployment pays about 47 percent of what people were making before they lost their jobs, according to the department's latest data from 2009.
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6 comments:
1 kid>$400 a mo.,subadized housing 5/6 hundred month,free medical,free food 5/6 hundred a month, cadillac escalade free.
Joe. Why did you have to post this? Now my wife's giving me funny looks and I noticed she put Tide on her shopping list. I'm not worried, though. Hefty doesn't make a bag big enough to fit me in. Whoops. Gotta run. She just mentioned something about getting a new chain saw.
Of course I'm just kidding.
i had a relative that milked the system for everything it was worth because she didnt want to work. we printed out a city (salisbury) opening for her and she didnt apply because it didnt pay enough...
11;12, so full of crap. why don't you guys take a second to actually absorb some info. before spouting. There are plenty out here who can't survive working part time. If you have medical issues (diabetes, high BP) your life depends on being able to obtain health care. If you have a home that you've been paying on for 15-20 years of your mortgage, you can't afford to work for less than 47% of your previous income and risk losing your biggest investment. This is real life, not cable news tv
Its very easy for people to run their mouth, but think seriously for a moment people. If you worked your butt off for 10 years at a job then got laid off for no reason, then couldn't find a job to pay you anywhere near what you used to make, you would take unemployment money also. Imagine the only job you can find pays you half of what you're entitled to in unemployment, are you saying honestly that you would go work 40 hours a week to make half the money? If you had a family to feed and bills to pay and literally could not survive on that little money, no chance you would. Get off your idealistic high horses.
(And before the commenters saying I must be some welfare freeloader fatcat or whatever they say, I actually work 2 jobs to get by.)
Rob S
It used to be if you took a job making less than your benefit amount they would still continue to pay you the difference. If this is not the case it should be. All the people that are on welfare should be made to get a job even if its part time. The money they make could be deducted from their benefit amount. Think of how much money we could save doing this. Put the people in prisons to work doing something. They are just dead weight that we have to pay for. No more free lunches you work or you dont eat!
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