In TX if their job opens back up and they refuse to go back, they lose unemployment. But yes, the $600 is on top of the regular unemployment they get from the state.
Cameron On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 1:05 PM James Howard <ja...@litewire.net> wrote: > Yikes. Gotta remember to stay away from Australia next year! > > > > *From:* AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] *On Behalf Of *ch...@wbmfg.com > *Sent:* Thursday, August 6, 2020 11:05 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT Political and I should probably not post this > > > > Remember, Mad Max happens in 2021... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Smith > Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2020 9:40 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Political and I should probably not post this > > And to stir the pot a little: > > Add to all this the government restriction on evictions, > which I understand is also ending soon, so those that > squandered their extra money are going to be hauling > that 90" tv around in the back of their civic. > > -- > Larry Smith > lesm...@ecsis.net > > On Thu August 6 2020 10:33, Lewis Bergman wrote: > > A lot of this has to do with the employer as well right? > > > > Another anecdotal story so be patient but it is a real one. My wife has a > > little part time job at a jewelry store called James Avery. They sell > > cheap > > silver stuff I think. She likes it and it only costs me about $100 a > month > > for her to work there. When retail was shut down they eventually laid > > everyone off. Supposedly they also file unemployment for her. No idea if > > she ever got it but they said they did. I don't think she ever got the > > $600 > > a week or whatever but again, I have no idea. After a few weeks they > > opened > > and asked her to come back which she did. I would assume that if she had > > refused (so she could collect her extra $600 a week from the feds) that > is > > a valid reason to suspend her unemployment and JA would have challenged > > that. I know I would have. > > > > A job offered that you used to perform and refused is a valid reason to > > suspend benefits. So once your benefit is suspended what do you do? Go > > back > > to work. If you worked for me, you would have to go get a job somewhere > > else because I am not hiring you back but you still have to go find a job > > somewhere or your lifestyle starts to rapidly change. > > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:16 AM Carl Peterson < > cpeter...@portnetworks.com> > > > > wrote: > > > I just skimmed it but I think the TLDR on it is that since UI varies by > > > state etc you can compare return to work rates for people making more > > > and > > > less then they used to and it seems they return to work at similar > > > rates. > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 10:10 AM Carl Peterson > > > <cpeter...@portnetworks.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > >> Pretty sure unemployment is taxed like ordinary income at the federal > > >> level. State by state varies. I think your numbers are assuming it > > >> isn't taxed? > > >> > > >> Yale did a study on this. > > >> > > >> CARES-UI_identification_vF(1).pdf > > >> (2,000K) > > >> > > >> < > https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0?ui=2&ik=65db33fe01&attid=0.1&permmsgid > > >>=msg-a:r4257579253290864261&view=att&disp=safe&realattid=f_kdixrue20> > > >> > > >> On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 9:59 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > >>> But at the risk of starting another brush fire... but I want to know: > > >>> > > >>> People laid of in Utah get unemployment benefits. I work hard to > > >>> prevent those getting charged to me. But I know that the rates paid > > >>> are $496/week max. That is Utah. > > >>> So $12.40/hour take home. Equivalent to much more gross. Probably in > > >>> the $17/hour range gross. > > >>> > > >>> Then if I understand it right, the feds were adding $600/week on top > > >>> of > > >>> that? $1096/week? $56,992 annual rate. Take home. Equivalent to > > >>> perhaps $80K gross? > > >>> > > >>> So a laid off bartender gets the equivalent of $40/hour to sit at > > >>> home, > > >>> why would they want to work? The press and libs in congress have been > > >>> freaking out about the conservatives saying the fat benefit package > is > > >>> an incentive to not try to work. I believe that to be true. Why > > >>> would > > >>> anyone work if they get that much for drinking beer and playing video > > >>> games? > > >>> > > >>> Do I have this right? Does the fed benefit add to the state benefit? > > >>> > > >>> I have a son that lived on $1000/month for years while in college. He > > >>> said he didn’t feel the pinch too much. Had roommates. Had a part > > >>> time job. 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