Reply #4: Well "these people" think that is just peachy

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But you did know this?

http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=220326,00.html

WASHINGTON — Two new tax benefits are now available to employers hiring workers who were previously unemployed or only working part time. These provisions are part of the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act enacted into law today.

Employers who hire unemployed workers this year (after Feb. 3, 2010 and before Jan. 1, 2011) may qualify for a 6.2-percent payroll tax incentive, in effect exempting them from their share of Social Security taxes on wages paid to these workers after March 18, 2010. This reduced tax withholding will have no effect on the employee’s future Social Security benefits, and employers would still need to withhold the employee’s 6.2-percent share of Social Security taxes, as well as income taxes. The employer and employee’s shares of Medicare taxes would also still apply to these wages.

In addition, for each worker retained for at least a year, businesses may claim an additional general business tax credit, up to $1,000 per worker, when they file their 2011 income tax returns.

Maybe "these people" need to keep getting checks until the fucking job market comes back below say 7% unemployed. Until then why don't you stop thinking of unemployment as "these people" collecting an entitlement. You do understand that "these people" getting unemployment are getting it because in most cases they held a job for 18 months before being unemployed (that's my state yours may vary) and the employer kicked into the the tax for them?