GMCGeneral
Diamond Member
danielpalos is confused. He thinks quitting a job qualifies someone for UC. I know all about UC. When I drove school bus, summer of 2018 I got laid off because of no work. so I put in for UC and worked charters. Suffice it to say I made half of what I would make during the school year. And that's with four schools and one afterschool program. Point being, what danielpalos wants is for everyone to sit on their asses collecting money they never earned. Did he know that UC is taxed? Oh yes. And one of the conditions for receiving UC is you have to be either actively seeking employment or awaiting recall on your existing job.Anyone who is in poverty should be able to qualify for it. Why do we have any homeless at all?I read it a while ago but didn't save the link and now I having difficulty finding it again.Why do you believe that? Means testing is the most expensive option. One study I read says the hour equivalent cost of welfare is about fourteen dollars an hour. It is one reason for a fifteen dollar an hour minimum wage.Yes, it does. Simply filling out that form is "expensive".Means testing does not make it more expensive.
No, it is not. The person filing out the form is not a state employee. And whatever minor administrative cost there is would be quickly covered by any single refusal of welfare benefits due to having adequate means to support themselves.
Do you have a link for that?
And if means testing cuts out just a couple of people every year, it has more than paid for itself.
You seem to think we should pay people just because they want the money. Welfare is for those who need help to survive. Not for those who just want more money but can take care of themselves without help.
And, you misunderstand the whole point. It is about promoting and providing for the general welfare by better ensuring full employment of capital resources in our market based economy. Means tested welfare is truer Socialism.
And, of course, it does not take into account the money saved by refusing welfare for those who do not need it.
Equal protection of the laws for unemployment compensation for simply being unemployed can solve simple poverty and our homeless problem.
This again? You have tried this before and I have explained how you are wrong. And spare me the "right winger fallacy" nonsense. It is not true.
Anyone who is in poverty should qualify for welfare. That is the purpose of that program. UC is something completely different.