MaggieMae
Reality bits
- Apr 3, 2009
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Perhaps some of you saw it - on Judge Judy a few weeks back - a young girl, I think she said she was 20, was suing someone.
Skipping the whole story and just listing the facts:
1) She was getting $1400 a month in unemployment from a state agency that takes medicare money and pays for home healthcare "professionals" to care of bed-ridden elderly. (She has zero previous experience)
2) The woman she was "working" to take care of was her grandmother.
3) She received $907 every 2 weeks.
4) She was "laid off".
5) Her Aunt was "hired" to replace her.
6) The girl herself was "hired" in the first place to replace her Mother who is CURRENTLY also receiving $1400 a month in unemployment for being "laid off".
Total cost to taxpayers per month for all 3 women: $4614
Anyone want to bet that this agency is in on the scam...and very likely many others?
I saw it and JJ dismissed her case. But not all 3 received it at the same time. The testimony may have indicated that but that is not how it works.
No matter how it works I oppose that. HH is abused by all.
The "laid off" girl who filed for unemployment also should have had no problem finding similar work, a requirement of most state employment offices before compensation can continue. Unfortunately, service jobs like that are about the only ones not in shortage as a result of this down economy.