I am getting $655 a week in unemployment benefits!

[SL6827]

I believe the PUA is not for the same reason as normal UE. It is for people who would not originally qualify. I believe (my guess) it was created because you can not go out and just work anywhere and try to make ends meet. I am actually glad it is going to everyday people. I would much rather see this than billions to foreign countries or wall street.
This is from our GA site:
The PUA program will provide unemployment benefits to those not ordinarily eligible for them. This includes individuals who are self-employed, gig workers, 1099 independent contractors, employees of churches, employees of non-profits, or those with limited work history who do not qualify for state unemployment benefits.

I applied and qualified. They wouldn't have approved me if I didn't qualify.

 

[mentos]

IMO People should not take advantage of a program flaw that is going to cost all of us and our children more in the long run.

The problem is that there is no in-between... an individual who is work-impacted by COVID-19 either a) files for UI/UE and gets standard $ + enhanced federal $ or b) does not. There's really no option for people to go "well, I actually make $100 less than standard $ + federal $ so please remove $100 from my benefit amount" short of them not applying at all.

The only way to fix this for the future is to spend god-awful amounts of money to upgrade these systems away from COBOL, or spend god-awful amounts of money to hire more state salaried/benefitted workers to manually process claims.

Since these are state systems, fat chance of that happening. This is actually the least intrusive option monetarily, since the federal gov't can just literally print money and states cannot. That's another can of worms for another thread (heck, another forum).

 

[FreeTime]

The problem is that there is no in-between... an individual who is work-impacted by COVID-19 either a) files for UI/UE and gets standard $ + enhanced federal $ or b) does not. There's really no option for people to go "well, I actually make $100 less than standard $ + federal $ so please remove $100 from my benefit amount" short of them not applying at all.

The only way to fix this for the future is to spend god-awful amounts of money to upgrade these systems away from COBOL, or spend god-awful amounts of money to hire more state salaried/benefitted workers to manually process claims.

Since these are state systems, fat chance of that happening. This is actually the least intrusive option monetarily, since the federal gov't can just literally print money and states cannot. That's another can of worms for another thread (heck, another forum).

100% agree with what you saying.

 

[FCDub]

Man, is this thread something.

 

[jbehr12]

Yeah I think it’s only a matter of minutes before this gets locked.... it’s starting to get personal.

 

[Allison]

You've deliberately missed the point of most of the posts in this thread.

Most definitely.