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The unemployment cycle
Dear Editor,
I know some people who are in their 30s and 40s who I'm pretty sure are on unemployment. They go through cycles about every two years. Now, I'm pretty sure I know why. They get a job and go back to work because their unemployment benefits expire. Then, after a few months, they are unemployed again. I think they have to get fired to be eligible to go back on unemployment. Each cycle lasts about two years, then it starts all over again. They are drawing around $500 a week from the government on unemployment. That's about $26,000 a year for doing nothing.
How can America survive operating like this? How are Americans going to learn to be self-sufficient? The sad part is, these are the people who keep electing these same socialist political fools that create these unearned, undeserved entitlements that do nothing to help solve the long-term underlying problem.
Need to cut entitlement spending? This is a good place to start by rewriting the rules to encourage, or require, people to go back to work for good instead of rewarding them for not working. It may be more cost effective to pay an employment agency to find a job for them, and if they fail or refuse to work they should not be eligible for unemployment benefits. They would have to go to work and keep a job, or deal with the consequences on their own. Sorry, but I have limited compassion for people who think someone else (taxpayers) are responsible for their existence.
Ramon Bell
December 20, 2012
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