[Tolsti2]

“Explain to me how it is that in any other time, the standard benefit for unemployment insurance is 26 weeks? Why should that be extended to 52, 99, 126 weeks for anyone?”

That should be easy to figure out. During high unemployment times and recessions the time to find the next job gets a lot longer on average. Your attitude stinks btw. Might as well say you inherited all and screw you. In this current depression, nobody’s safe unless you’ve made it big and have very safe assets.

Asking that obvious question makes me wonder about your boasting on the other topics.

[Ouderkirk]

Yeah, my attitude stinks.

Again I ask, why should that be extended to 52, 99, 126 weeks for anyone?

I inherited nothing. Through my own initiative, hard work and perseverance I have acquired a comfortable life that is as secure as I can make it.

I have been in literal poverty, sleeping in my car and doing dangerous work that most people would never consider doing. Working nights, weekends, going to school simultaneously, with ZERO days off for months at a time doing it for years. Not boasting, simple fact.

At this point U.I has become a wealth transfer, and not insurance.

[John D]

How long do you think the unemployment entitlement should go on? Until you find the perfect job? I have never collected unemployment, but I have moved across the country to get a job. I have lost a business due to the economy, but I worked two part time jobs and went back to school to get trained in something I could use to get a job.
I have no problem with about 13 weeks of unemployment, but even 26 weeks (a half year) is too long. Get a job flipping hamburgers until you find a better job. Just do not make the people who work pay for those who choose not to.