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A close relative is caught up in this because the state had them file for unemployment last year to recoup some furlough days or something. Fortunately(?) they

A close relative is caught up in this because the state had them file for unemployment last year to recoup some furlough days or something. Fortunately(?) they already had their identity stolen in a different big hack. Fun times. The Employment Security Department has basically been on fire for the past year with the fraud, delayed payments, and then demanding return of some payments. The woman leading the department was a big donor to the campaign of the current governor. However she's finally facing accountability for her departments failure, by being chosen to lead a Federal Sub-Agency, focused on state unemployment benefits[0]. I wish I was joking. [0] - https://mynorthwest.com/2521710/suzi-levine-unemployment-expanded-role-department-of-labor/ https://mynorthwest.com/2521710/suzi-levine-unemployment-exp...

treeman79 6y ago
Was out of work for awhile some years ago. After days of paper work and many weeks of delays I got 200 to help a family of 5. A few months later I got a letter asking me to pay it pay it back. Later I got very badly injured. Like brain damage level. Got laughed At when applying for disability. Apparently if you have a stroke, then a desk job is fine, since you just need to sit there. There is a narrow range between deathly ill and dead that you can obtain assistance.
- fitblipper 6y ago
  I'm very sorry to hear all the troubles you've been facing. I will soon be deciding where I want to move and this sounds like a state I should avoid. Was that in Washington?
  - treeman79 6y ago
    No. Florida. Good economic freedom. No safety net. Disability was private company though.
  - okoslaatoo 6y ago
    Washington is similarly troubled. As I hear it from my friends, it was not this bad years ago in Washington and Florida. These must be resent previously unnoticed incompetencies. (Pardon for the word "incompetencies" may be too harsh.). New Jersey unemployment claims were almost this bad 20 years ago. I am one of them who is in process proving identity for a few months now.
selimthegrim 6y ago
Reports are saying the state auditor and not ESD was at fault.
- polka_haunts_us 6y ago
  This is accurate, and my comment criticizing the ESD is generally irrelevant to the topic at hand. However, I'm not retracting it, because it's also accurate, and not being at fault for this one doesn't excuse the absolute shambles they've been in for the past year.
JJMcJ 6y ago
California just as bad. 1.4 million (same number of people) cut off on January 1 because needed to prove their identity. California agency backing off on this, probably because of intense human cost of that many. In other places these things aren't treated so lightly. Netherlands government (Prime Minister and cabinet) recently resigned over a scandal where about 40,000 people in a country of 17 million, so like 800,000 in proportion in USA, were kicked off family benefits and accused of fraud, often for BS like forgetting to sign a document.

treeman79 6y ago

Was out of work for awhile some years ago. After days of paper work and many weeks of delays I got 200 to help a family of 5. A few months later I got a letter asking me to pay it pay it back. Later I got very badly injured. Like brain damage level. Got laughed At when applying for disability. Apparently if you have a stroke, then a desk job is fine, since you just need to sit there. There is a narrow range between deathly ill and dead that you can obtain assistance.

fitblipper 6y ago
I'm very sorry to hear all the troubles you've been facing. I will soon be deciding where I want to move and this sounds like a state I should avoid. Was that in Washington?
- treeman79 6y ago
  No. Florida. Good economic freedom. No safety net. Disability was private company though.
- okoslaatoo 6y ago
  Washington is similarly troubled. As I hear it from my friends, it was not this bad years ago in Washington and Florida. These must be resent previously unnoticed incompetencies. (Pardon for the word "incompetencies" may be too harsh.). New Jersey unemployment claims were almost this bad 20 years ago. I am one of them who is in process proving identity for a few months now.

selimthegrim 6y ago

Reports are saying the state auditor and not ESD was at fault.

polka_haunts_us 6y ago
This is accurate, and my comment criticizing the ESD is generally irrelevant to the topic at hand. However, I'm not retracting it, because it's also accurate, and not being at fault for this one doesn't excuse the absolute shambles they've been in for the past year.

JJMcJ 6y ago

California just as bad. 1.4 million (same number of people) cut off on January 1 because needed to prove their identity. California agency backing off on this, probably because of intense human cost of that many. In other places these things aren't treated so lightly. Netherlands government (Prime Minister and cabinet) recently resigned over a scandal where about 40,000 people in a country of 17 million, so like 800,000 in proportion in USA, were kicked off family benefits and accused of fraud, often for BS like forgetting to sign a document.