Hi @esaagar & @krystalball if you wouldnt mind pointing out to any politicians suggesting that UI benefits are "too high" & therefore ppl will try to stay unemployed my personal experience: I just filed. It will take a minimum of 1 week before a pin is mailed to me so that (1)
I can register to complete the rest of required documents. I will then need to apply for a payment which I cant do any earlier than may 10th. After that it is 4 to 6 more weeks for claim processing. And if approved,I will need to wait another full week before any payment will(2)
be sent out. This last week is referred to as a " waiting week". There will be no back-payment for this week. I'm looking at 1 to 2 months without any income. After I am approved, if approved for full amount, some of this will be back paid, but much wont. I'll also be required(3)
to apply for 5 new jobs every week &I cant turn down any jobs offered to me. I know that last bit sounds like Im being lazy. I have been working since I was 12. Def not lazy but with severe asthma, Reactive airway disease and some other immune issues, Im considered high risk (4)
when it comes to #covid19. I used to be a preschool teacher but been Nannying for a few years now. The family I worked for was wonderful but couldn't afford to keep me on after their jobs were affected by covid.I believe I would be safest working in one home than at a (5)
Center or school with dozens of kids (each with their own families with multiple members who are also working out in the world, numerous teachers, coworkers, janitors, etc. All of whom put me at higher regular risk. I cant choose to turn down a job bc it doesn't offer (6)
Sick pay or PTO. I dont get to turn down a job offered if the boss creeps me out or the program is a poorly organized shitshow. I am an essential worker so if a job is offered and I decline bc I dont feel safe, I lose my benefits and am disqualified from applying (7)
For/ from receiving future benefits. There is no sane person trying to "game" the system. For that to be possible, it would first need to be possible to "win" such a game. There are no winners here. I have no control and no power. And those that do have done and (8)
Will continue to do absolutely nothing to change that. Heres the "choice" which president @realDonaldTrump, @SpeakerPelosi , and @senatemajldr have put me in: #StayHome to #StaySafe until I run out of food and get evicted -OR- take the first job offered risk getting sick (9)
and having to stay home unpaid until I run out of food and get evicted -OR- force myself to keep working while sick (if I'm even allowed), infecting others and pushing myself to an unexpected early death due to breathing complications. It's as you said, @esaagar , the only (10)
Choice here is the policy choice made by @realDonaldTrump, @SpeakerPelosi @senatemajldr
to allow the people to suffer. It doesn't matter if you're a dem or Repub, this is being allowed to happen by both. POTUS could fix w/ executive orders, but is also making a CHOICE not to.(11)
to allow the people to suffer. It doesn't matter if you're a dem or Repub, this is being allowed to happen by both. POTUS could fix w/ executive orders, but is also making a CHOICE not to.(11)
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