Silly goose, my venture capitalist recognizes that he is going to make good money off our hard work. That is hardly a handout.
As for you paying our way, that is complete and utter bunk. We’ve worked all of our lives as well, paying more than our fair share of taxes and are now paying more than our fair share again, except now I’m grateful to be paying. The $18K we were paid over 60 weeks is a drop in the bucket in comparison to all the taxes we have paid over the years (not to mention all that has been given to charity).
As for sleeping in cars, we did our share of that as well last year.
As for your just deserts, I wasn’t talking about the here and now. ;) Greed, pride, wrath, and envy... just to hit a few.
You never answered the question. At what point does Unemployment Insurance cease to be insurance and become just another welfare payment administered by different agency?
And by whose morality is your just deserts scheme based? Is theft by majority legislature not stealing? Your inference that I am greedy because I do not like being robbed by government majority is specious. It is still theft, and whether someone benefited and that it served some supposed social good, does not make it any less evil than common thievery at the point of a gun.
So on the road to haven or hell, I believe that you have taken a wrong turn in an attempt to turn thievery by legislature from sin into a virtue. Just deserts indeed.