03-09-2021, 04:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-09-2021, 05:17 PM by Eric the Green.)
John Oliver explains what has happened to unemployment insurance, which is why we needed federal action this week, and in previous weeks. But afterward, further federal action will be needed. I used to be able to collect unemployment insurance that I had paid for through deductions in my paycheck, and I got it just by standing in line for a few minutes. Now the neo-liberals have taken away what we pay for. Even in CA there was fraud which caused people not to get their benefits and others got them who didn't need them. The red and purple states have over the last 10 years used their trickle-down, self-reliance, free-market memes to do Classic Xer's bidding and shut off benefits unless they do all kinds of extra things, and these states have been allowing all kinds of tech breakdowns. And Florida proves its mettle again as one of the worst states in America, because of the ruthless ignorance and meanness of its Republicans. Even make applicants jump over buses. ha ha. Just give all the business bosses the power to hire and fire whomever they want whenever they want, without any cost to them or help for their victims. Obey their every whim and temper, or starve and die. Which is tyranny of the worst sort. Elmo, behave yourself!