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Decent people like you who ponder the question are especially the ones taxpayers want to take the money. A few years ago, a friend of mine was laid off. It ha
by sloaken 7y ago
Decent people like you who ponder the question are especially the ones taxpayers want to take the money.
A few years ago, a friend of mine was laid off. It had been two months and I was talking to him about his situation. I asked: SO how much do you get from unemployment?
Friend: Well I have not applied for it.
Me: Why not? It is there for exactly your situation.
Friend: I am not desperate yet, and I think others need the money more than I do.
Me: Stop being an idiot! Get the damn money! You are not doing anyone else a favor by not getting it. In addition you dwindle your meager savings down.
Moral of the story: You will not prevent someone who deserves it more from getting the money. You will probably keep some politician from pocketing it as a campaign donation.
- anticsapp 7y agoThank you for this perspective. And thanks for calling me decent. I actually was your friend with the unemployment. I lost a job and someone paid me under the table to build some stuff for them. It didn't feel right doing both at the same time so I didn't do unemployment. Kind of dumb of me.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoSafety nets exist to catch you, not to shame you. Always take all of the help you can get. There is no extra credit for making life harder needlessly.
- anticsapp 7y agoThanks Yoda. No, I mean seriously, you just dropped some gems.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoPrevent the suffering of others, we must.