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bloody spaniard
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12 years ago

#21

Can folks file for unemployment if the furlough extends to Christmas or beyond? Are the unemployment offices considered essential? Anybody?

teedubbya
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12 years ago

#22

If furloughed they can file now. They have to pay it back if reimbursed later (rightly so)

If forced to work without pay they can not file. Trapped.

teedubbya
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12 years ago

#23

I'm getting hit both ways.

HockeyDad
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12 years ago

#24

I'm getting hit both ways.

teedubbya wrote:

Freak

bloody spaniard
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12 years ago

#25

If furloughed they can file now. They have to pay it back if reimbursed later (rightly so)

If forced to work without pay they can not file. Trapped.

teedubbya wrote:

WHAT?? Work WITHOUT pay? Sounds illegal.:-k
Wait, come to think of it, I do that all the time.

teedubbya
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12 years ago

#26

Working for an IOU you're required to work but there is no paycheck until sometime later when they resolve all this

teedubbya
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12 years ago

#27

Kind of like being laid off but not allowed to work somewhere else because the ethics committee can't approve it because they are laid off too.

DrafterX
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12 years ago

#28

🤔
do you have an unethical side job..?? 😕

Buckwheat
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12 years ago

#29

Not currently affecting most people including me.

The first thing that should happen is that all of Congress should also not be paid during this shutdown and strip them of all benefits until they reach an agreement on these issues.

We will really drive off the cliff if we don't increase the debt ceiling mid-October. 🌫

Edited by user 12 years ago | Reason: Corrected error.

HockeyDad
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12 years ago

#30

We desperately need more debt

Buckwheat
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12 years ago

#31

We desperately need more debt

HockeyDad wrote:

Just raise taxes... but they won't do that. They remember what happened to Bush 1. 🌫

DrafterX
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12 years ago

#32

Just raise taxes... but they won't do that. They remember what happened to Bush 1. 🌫

Buckwheat wrote:

:-k
isn't taking away the tax cuts the same thing as raising taxes..?? 😕

Edited by user 12 years ago | Reason: Not specified

HockeyDad
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12 years ago

#33

Raising taxes takes money out of the economy. No new debt takes money out of. The economy. We need more, debt and lower taxes and things will be kiss-azz.

bloody spaniard
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12 years ago

#34

But forgive me for taking the diminutive Reich's perceived socialist point of view, but wouldn't raising taxes on the corporate & rich allow for more resources for the middle class & poor which they would in turn spend vs. hiding in overseas accounts & ventures? Trickle down theory has been largely discredited by many including it's author David Stockman.

Another interesting aside is that Kalifornia which until recently had a huge deficit, decided to make spending cuts AND increase taxes under Brown's governorship. They now supposedly have a nice surplus.

Edited by user 12 years ago | Reason: Not specified

DrafterX
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12 years ago

#35

the poor would buy crack and fund the mexican drug cartels... 😟

bloody spaniard
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12 years ago

#36

the poor would buy crack and fund the mexican drug cartels... 😟

DrafterX wrote:

...or stock up on nacho Tostitos and other treats as they watch PPV on their 42" tv's while the rich build another slave factory in China.

DrafterX
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12 years ago

#37

prolly buy crack.. 😟

Abrignac
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12 years ago

#38

Working for an IOU you're required to work but there is no paycheck until sometime later when they resolve all this

teedubbya wrote:

Kind of like being laid off but not allowed to work somewhere else because the ethics committee can't approve it because they are laid off too.

teedubbya wrote:

Spoke to my sister this afternoon. Her husband was furloughed or what ever you want to call it. He's been working on keeping up a govt website up all day, but no guarantee of pay and he can't seek employment elsewise with out ethics approval who is also on furlough.

...and the wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round......

teedubbya
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12 years ago

#39

I'm working but have no idea when I will get paid (I will for sure at some point). My wife is furlouhed and may not get paid depending what congress decides to do. I have no idea if and when my family will have any income but have to keep working. She can not work anywhere because it would require approval that is unavailable. She will also not apply for unemployment out of stubborness and not liking the concept of it (me too but I'm pragmatic (code I can be bought LOL))

Edited by user 12 years ago | Reason: Not specified

DrafterX
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12 years ago

#40

(code I can be bought LOL))

teedubbya wrote:

we've noticed... especially around election times... 😟

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