Should there be a limit on how long one can receive unemployment benefits? [View all]

How many years should one receive these benefits?

Some people can make as much with unemployment compensation as they can working a job. Where is the incentive to work? And why would someone work a menial job if they can receive the same amount with an unemployment check?

What is your opinion on this?

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134 replies	Author	Time	Post
Should there be a limit on how long one can receive unemployment benefits? [View all]	kentuck	Dec 2012	OP
We should turn it into a permanent dole, make it better.	bemildred	Dec 2012	#1
Right now there is a limit even with state and fed extension it can be exhaustd	lunasun	Dec 2012	#47
That's because employers pay for it, it needs to be a publicly funded program. nt	bemildred	Jan 2013	#110
3-6 months I think...	Coyote_Tan	Dec 2012	#2
It has never been enough to be a "permanent solution"..	annabanana	Dec 2012	#17
I've known several...	Coyote_Tan	Dec 2012	#31
sure	mercuryblues	Dec 2012	#66
Please do share	Kennah	Jan 2013	#107
Have you ever been unemployed in an economic downturn?	Ikonoklast	Dec 2012	#32
Exactly! It's still sucks out there and there are very, very, very few companies hiring!	DearHeart	Jan 2013	#96
Really?	Le Taz Hot	Jan 2013	#106
Move...	Coyote_Tan	Jan 2013	#112
Spoken like a Republican.	Le Taz Hot	Jan 2013	#114
It's a global economy...	Coyote_Tan	Jan 2013	#116
Correct, and we will now have to accept a minimum wage of $3.75 per hour...	kentuck	Jan 2013	#117
How? You've been unemployed for 6 months or more, where are you going to get the money to pick up	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2013	#120
Reality!	kentuck	Jan 2013	#122
I wouldn't have limited my search in the first place ...	Coyote_Tan	Jan 2013	#125
You haven't answered the question. You assume some whole new 12 month living expense	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2013	#127
Because moving is so easy for someone with no job or money	arcane1	Jan 2013	#126
Drawing unemployment after you are dead should be discouraged	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#3
Stop shipping our jobs overseas?	Glassunion	Dec 2012	#6
If only it were so simple	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#12
If I were king for a day it would be that simple.	Glassunion	Dec 2012	#23
What are all the professional drivers going to do when trucks, buses and cars drive themselves?	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#26
Buggy whip manufacturers out, mechanics and gas pump jockeys in.	MADem	Dec 2012	#57
The point being that there are fewer overall jobs each time	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#80
While on unemployment, I was trying to retrain	Kennah	Jan 2013	#108
They will remain behind the wheel, to ensure a human can always take control if needed.	Occulus	Jan 2013	#98
Evidently you missed this part of my post, the first line after the title	Fumesucker	Jan 2013	#109
Perhaps we will have to re-visit the "guaranteed income" idea of a few decades ago?	kentuck	Dec 2012	#7
And because of that the Federal extension of UI is a form of stimulus.	Walk away	Dec 2012	#15
Depends on the unemployment rate	jberryhill	Dec 2012	#4
Haven't used it in a while, but have always been time limited	bigbrother05	Dec 2012	#5
What do they do when they run out?	kentuck	Dec 2012	#10
Six extra months of paid benefits could mean keeping your house	bigbrother05	Dec 2012	#34
No. I do think that UI should be abolished and a system of guaranteed income	Luminous Animal	Dec 2012	#8
For the first time in 33 years of work I rcvd unemployment benefits. ~$400 a week. Or 9k for 6 mos	peacebird	Dec 2012	#9
So, no limit on UI?	kentuck	Dec 2012	#14
Really? THAT is what you took from my message? That I made 80k?	peacebird	Dec 2012	#22
I guess the OP doesn't understand there is a MAXIMUM weekly benefit.	duffyduff	Dec 2012	#73
I think this is a good conversation.	kentuck	Dec 2012	#76
The 405 Club was established in NYC a few years ago	Ruby the Liberal	Dec 2012	#16
You would get that same $1600 a month if you had been making $25,000 per yr.	Walk away	Dec 2012	#28
Given that companies are still tax-incented to move jobs overseas	Ruby the Liberal	Dec 2012	#11
The higher the unemployment rate, the longer unemployment insurance should last.	baldguy	Dec 2012	#13
I agree	Omaha Steve	Dec 2012	#37
My opinion, is that this is not true. My Dad used to call it "collecting his pennies".	juajen	Dec 2012	#18
It does seem as though some people	SheilaT	Dec 2012	#19
Is that you Mitt?	One of the 99	Dec 2012	#29
Really? No one?	Coyote_Tan	Dec 2012	#42
Abso. Lutely. No. One.	cherokeeprogressive	Dec 2012	#43
Bull. Shit.	Coyote_Tan	Dec 2012	#44
You thought I was serious...	cherokeeprogressive	Dec 2012	#67
Being around here...	Coyote_Tan	Dec 2012	#74
Dull is an accurate description	tabasco	Jan 2013	#134
there are always people gaming the system	Skittles	Dec 2012	#58
Maybe 1 or 2%	One of the 99	Dec 2012	#60
Well, I actually know one or two people who have	SheilaT	Jan 2013	#88
That's different that what the OP is talking about	One of the 99	Jan 2013	#91
I'm on strike :)	tama	Jan 2013	#129
Is a person gaming the system to get unemployment benefits	NewJeffCT	Dec 2012	#68
The deafening silence in response to your post has NOT gone unnoticed.	Occulus	Jan 2013	#99
Well, one is responsible for the waste of one single life...	daleanime	Jan 2013	#111
Waste?	tama	Jan 2013	#130
Except the topic isn't CEO cheating, but	SheilaT	Jan 2013	#132
I was responding to the above post about people gaming the unemployment system	NewJeffCT	Jan 2013	#133
No.	limpyhobbler	Dec 2012	#20
I like your idea...	kentuck	Dec 2012	#24
In Florida they changed the name to "Remployment Assistance."	rzemanfl	Dec 2012	#35
That is why Obama wants stimulous money	julian09	Dec 2012	#52
in canada we changed the name	riverbendviewgal	Dec 2012	#62
That is B.S. they should pay for what they have wrought	Pretzel_Warrior	Dec 2012	#21
Good ideas!	kentuck	Dec 2012	#25
The limit should flex with economic conditions. The economy now is still weak enough that	bluestate10	Dec 2012	#27
Mixed.	Igel	Dec 2012	#30
Many do not understand, most maxed out at 79 weeks	krawhitham	Dec 2012	#33
(6 months) I will get flamed for this but there are people that stay on unemployment	doc03	Dec 2012	#36
That sounds like a special circumstance	One of the 99	Dec 2012	#39
Apparently you haven't heard of SUB. Our union contract gave us Suplimental	doc03	Dec 2012	#45
So it is not government benefits	One of the 99	Dec 2012	#59
No they are not government benefits I never said they were but it does support	doc03	Dec 2012	#63
No it doesn't	One of the 99	Jan 2013	#89
No it does not support the OP, neither in part nor in general	Occulus	Jan 2013	#101
Have it your way but if you worked a good paying job	doc03	Jan 2013	#113
Unemployment benefits aren't that generous so those must have been some shitty paying jobs	Fumesucker	Dec 2012	#40
You are right I probably would have done the same thing. n/t	doc03	Dec 2012	#46
They are also taxable. You get socked royal if you defer the taxes, and	duffyduff	Dec 2012	#72
You are NOT required to take just any job out there if you collect UI.	duffyduff	Dec 2012	#71
My industry has been decimated.	MrSlayer	Dec 2012	#38
Construction is going strong in Texas, especially in Houston	TexasBushwhacker	Jan 2013	#94
No one can make as much with unemployment	One of the 99	Dec 2012	#41
You are wrong, I took home as much money as when I was working and	doc03	Dec 2012	#54
But you're not talking about government benefits.	One of the 99	Dec 2012	#61
Please read #63 n/t	doc03	Dec 2012	#64
Which supports exactly what "One of the 99" contended.	ret5hd	Dec 2012	#79
No it doesn't, the OP said some people can get	doc03	Dec 2012	#85
No it is not true.	One of the 99	Jan 2013	#90
You're still wrong in post 63	jeff47	Dec 2012	#81
He refuses to acknowledge that except in passing...	ret5hd	Jan 2013	#86
+1	duffyduff	Dec 2012	#77
I think there should be a guaranteed minimum income for everyone.	Jackpine Radical	Dec 2012	#48
I like the way you think Jackpine.	kentuck	Dec 2012	#50
mostly agree	handmade34	Dec 2012	#56
Until there are jobs for everyone who wants one, no.	Octafish	Dec 2012	#49
a new WPA	handmade34	Dec 2012	#51
Fiberoptics to every home would be the rural electricity access of the modern era	Occulus	Jan 2013	#103
Yes. eom	Purveyor	Dec 2012	#53
Well, there is--what states allow people to collect forever? nt	MADem	Dec 2012	#55
Six months. n/t	taught_me_patience	Dec 2012	#65
5 months should suffice	jim1945tnnc	Dec 2012	#69
You've got to be kidding.	duffyduff	Dec 2012	#70
Well, jim, if you were born in 1945,	Lars39	Dec 2012	#75
I hope you never have to test out that limit.	Scruffy Rumbler	Dec 2012	#84
The only time I ever quailified for extended unemployment...	Omaha Steve	Dec 2012	#78
Me too Steve...	kentuck	Dec 2012	#82
There doesn't seem to be much help for people who are unemployed	Rosa Luxemburg	Dec 2012	#83
Some cities have better employment offices than others	TexasBushwhacker	Jan 2013	#118
I think any "limits" should be based on both age and "career"	haele	Jan 2013	#87
IMO, they should	Laochtine	Jan 2013	#92
They do stop when a person gets a job. You can't collect UI if you have a job. At least on the books	JaneyVee	Jan 2013	#93
I may have been a little weak on delivery	Laochtine	Jan 2013	#115
Yes	Spirochete	Jan 2013	#95
This message was self-deleted by its author	DearHeart	Jan 2013	#97
In my state	Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin	Jan 2013	#100
Would a better solution be to put benefits in State hands?	cbrer	Jan 2013	#102
Limit should be tied to UI rate. 26wks minimum to 52wks maximum depending on UI.	OneTenthofOnePercent	Jan 2013	#104
I'd prefer an actual minimum guaranteed income	Recursion	Jan 2013	#105
As long as it takes to get a job that pays better than UI. n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2013	#119
Also, it is my understanding...	kentuck	Jan 2013	#121
All that I know of. Also, if you were self employed you don't get it.	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2013	#123
Here in Finland	tama	Jan 2013	#124
Not if one is seeking work.	mzmolly	Jan 2013	#128
It shouldn't have to be this way at all. Not to change your question or argue	R. Daneel Olivaw	Jan 2013	#131