Current Events > So wait is the extra $600/week on UI also happening?

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This would be very huge, and would let me climb out of some debt before this is even over >_>

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Yes

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No way in Hell people are getting 600 a week.

Keith_Valentine posted...

No way in Hell people are getting 600 a week.

Uh, yes they are. It's part of the bill that was unanimously voted on

And, that's in ADDITION to any state unemployment benefits

Gonna be interesting seeing people quit their jobs for 4 months to ride those checks.

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Under the new stimulus package, workers will be paid an additional $600 per week on top of what they would normally receive for up to four months until July 31. Once that additional federal assistance is exhausted, they will continue to receive their normal benefit amount, administered by their state.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-relief-act-expanded-unemployment-payment-and-eligibility.html

Read the article for more info TC

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if only i knew a year ago how rewarded i could be for not having a job instead of working an """essential""" job for minumum wage and no respect

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Is this all going to come back and chimp us in the ass hard? I get it, folks need money now, and I agree with helping them out

But what's going to happen in the long run with this?

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Yeah, I saw that and thought the same thing. I'd ride that gravy train hard. Gonna really show who's a piece of shit or not

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Smackems posted...

Is this all going to come back and chimp us in the ass hard? I get it, folks need money now, and I agree with helping them out

But what's going to happen in the long run with this?

Well if people are able to remain stable, we can keep working after this is all over and just rebuild

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You gotta sign up for the new unemployment package the Fed is setting up to get the $600 a week for 4 months. House still has to vote on the bill though since some douche bag forced a vote rather than letting it pass via unanimous consent.

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Gonna be dope for me to make more on unemployment than I was after taxes at my old job lmfao

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Bill still has to pass the House in the morning.

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Smackems posted...

Is this all going to come back and chimp us in the ass hard? I get it, folks need money now, and I agree with helping them out

But what's going to happen in the long run with this?

It's well documented that people on the dole don't get off of unemployment until their payments run out. We can expect everyone who gets a check to be sitting on their ass not working for the duration of those benefits payments.

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Unsugarized_Foo posted...

Yeah, I saw that and thought the same thing. I'd ride that gravy train hard. Gonna really show who's a piece of shit or not

Wait are you calling people who got laid off but are able to keep surviving because of this bill pieces of shit?

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Smackems posted...

But what's going to happen in the long run with this?

Trump will quietly raise taxes on the lower, and middle class, while extending benefits for the rich and corporations.

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Harpie posted...

Under the new stimulus package, workers will be paid an additional $600 per week on top of what they would normally receive for up to four months until July 31. Once that additional federal assistance is exhausted, they will continue to receive their normal benefit amount, administered by their state.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/26/coronavirus-relief-act-expanded-unemployment-payment-and-eligibility.html

Read the article for more info TC

Thank you! This is great.

SK8T3R215 posted...

Gonna be dope for me to make more on unemployment than I was after taxes at my old job lmfao

I would imagine the idea is to give people more than the bare minimum to skate by so as to allow them to stimulate the economy and keep things afloat.

ReiRei89 posted...

You gotta sign up for the new unemployment package the Fed is setting up to get the $600 a week for 4 months. House still has to vote on the bill though since some douche bag forced a vote rather than letting it pass via unanimous consent.

While Im sure thatll be a headache its good news

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tigerslashII posted...

Gonna be interesting seeing people quit their jobs for 4 months to ride those checks.

You can't quit your job and claim unemployment. You would have to be let go because they couldn't keep you either because they went out of business or something like that.

ninjarobot_22 posted...

You can't quit your job and claim unemployment. You would have to be let go because they couldn't keep you either because they went out of business or something like that.

Fall asleep on the job, get fired, tell the unemployment guy that you were laid off for the virus. You think they're gonna check you out with thousands of cases coming in every day? Take a number, get a check, next!

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tigerslashII posted...

Gonna be interesting seeing people quit their jobs for 4 months to ride those checks.

Umm you dont qualify if you quit? And who the hell prefers slightly more money for a few months than income stability other than morons?

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tigerslashII posted...

Fall asleep on the job, get fired, tell the unemployment guy that you were laid off for the virus. You think they're gonna check you out with thousands of cases coming in every day? Take a number, get a check, next!

So only have a few months of checks coming in versus having job security and possibly health insurance. Good luck!

JuanCarlos1 posted...

Umm you dont qualify if you quit? And who the hell prefers slightly more money for a few months than income stability other than morons?

You cant argue with them, they hate people that arent left starving and homeless

You just gotta pull yourself up by the bootstraps!

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JuanCarlos1 posted...

Umm you dont qualify if you quit? And who the hell prefers slightly more money for a few months than income stability other than morons?

You don't want a 4 month paid vacation?

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Yep

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SK8T3R215 posted...

You don't want a 4 month paid vacation?

That's only 15 bucks an hour. You can barely live on that in most places

Resaix posted...

That's only 15 bucks an hour. You can barely live on that in most places

People really do be out here thinking that when you file for unemployment you are suddenly in Hawaii sipping martinis on your new yacht

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tigerslashII posted...

Gonna be interesting seeing people quit their jobs for 4 months to ride those checks.

Unemployment doesn't work like that.

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Harpie posted...

People really do be out here thinking that when you file for unemployment you are suddenly in Hawaii sipping martinis on your new yacht

I dunno, I guess 15 bucks an hour is a luxury to this guy

SK8T3R215 posted...

Gonna be dope for me to make more on unemployment than I was after taxes at my old job lmfao

Resaix posted...

That's only 15 bucks an hour. You can barely live on that in most places

Uh it's state UI plus the additional $600 per week. Max untaxed amount per week in NY is $1,104 per week. So you're getting $4.4K a month to chill.

So again, a paid vacation for 4 months at that rate is pretty great.

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I'm surprised at how many people I see online (not just here) that are talking about how people will just quit their job and collect the easy money, as if that's how unemployment works.

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tigerslashII posted...

You think they're gonna check you out with thousands of cases coming in every day?

Yes lol

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butthole666 posted...

Yes lol

Yep, you can tell Tigerslash never had to do Unemployment.

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Some states do allow you to site a dangerous job environment to quit and collect unemployment, so it's not really unmerited.

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Also lol @ assuming people will just be sitting pretty on this. I do not feel good being out of work, money or not. This is a nice cushion but I am going to be employed ASAP, for my own mental wellbeing.

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jfc you don't qualify for unemployment if you just up and quit your job for no reason

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Butterfiles posted...

jfc you don't qualify for unemployment if you just up and quit your job for no reason

You do in some states since COVID is considered a very high risk and a reason to quit.

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SK8T3R215 posted...

Uh it's state UI plus the additional $600 per week. Max untaxed amount per week in NY is $1,104 per week. So you're getting $4.4K a month to chill.

So again, a paid vacation for 4 months at that rate is pretty great.

Idk where you got that number but the highest weekly amount you can get in NY is $504. That, by the way, is 1/25 of your quarterly earnings

Lets do some math to see how someone could even get that much

504 x 25 = 12,600 per quarter

There are 3 months per quarter, so

12600/3 = 4200

That person was already making $4,200 a month in order to receive the max benefit of $504 a week. Which is about half their expected income.

These people are still making LESS money on unemployment than if they were employed. So idk what the fuck youre on about

see below for source:

https://labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/ui/IA318.2.pdf


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archedsoul posted...

You do in some states since COVID is considered a very high risk and a reason to quit.

You do know that also include how long you work for mostly 12/18 months to even qualify as my state. So guessing a good amount would not be seeing it.

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Harpie posted...

Idk where you got that number but the highest weekly amount you can get in NY is $504.

$504 + $600

mach25687 posted...

You do know that also include how long you work for mostly 12/18 months to even qualify as my state. So guessing a good amount would not be seeing it.

I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. Most people have been working that long. And they're also easing restrictions on that and is not as harsh in all states to begin with.

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archedsoul posted...

$504 + $600

And Harpie just pointed out that to qualify for that, you'd need to be making much more than that already. So you'd be taking a pay cut

archedsoul posted...

$504 + $600

Even so, at that point they would still have to pay rent and all their normal costs. With the minimum salary to get the max benefits, youd be receiving about the same amount of pay

No ones getting extra money to vacation

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Resaix posted...

And Harpie just pointed out that to qualify for that, you'd need to be making much more than that already. So you'd be taking a pay cut

I was just clarifying where his number came from.

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archedsoul posted...

$504 + $600

I'm not sure what that has to do with anything. Most people have been working that long. And they're also easing restrictions on that and is not as harsh in all states to begin with.

Depending on how much they're easing restrictions, which will probably be still bad. I honestly don't seeing them not going easy on it. Which suck since you going to have a long of individual cases that they will be taking their time with to make sure the right people get it.

I mean you already have people complying on how long take till you get that 1200 but that nothing for people that have to wait for their unemployment benefit.

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If we gettin paid like this, then Trumpy can keep on Trumpin.

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Dark_SilverX posted...

If we gettin paid like this, then Trumpy can keep on Trumpin.

Well, thank the democrats. Republicans tried to push through an amendment killing this provision off. It failed along party lines

mach25687 posted...

Depending on how much they're easing restrictions, which will probably be still bad. I honestly don't seeing them not going easy on it. Which suck since you going to have a long of individual cases that they will be taking their time with to make sure the right people get it.

I mean you already have people complying on how long till you get that 1200 but that nothing for people that have to wait for their unemployment benefit.

To clarify, I'm not saying it should be limited. I'm just pointing out the holes where more people can get it and in many states, they can easily.

Like Sanders said yesterday, the universe is not going to collapse even if people got paid more for 4 months.

Antifar posted...

https://twitter.com/handleyzo/status/1242985531119632385

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Harpie posted...

Idk where you got that number but the highest weekly amount you can get in NY is $504. That, by the way, is 1/25 of your quarterly earnings

Lets do some math to see how someone could even get that much

504 x 25 = 12,600 per quarter

There are 3 months per quarter, so

12600/3 = 4200

That person was already making $4,200 a month in order to receive the max benefit of $504 a week. Which is about half their expected income.

These people are still making LESS money on unemployment than if they were employed. So idk what the fuck youre on about

see below for source:

https://labor.ny.gov/formsdocs/ui/IA318.2.pdf

Uh if you are employed, you have FICA, federal, state and local income taxes, and other deductions coming out of your pay.

On UI, plus the federal allowance, you get that amount without having those amounts taken out.

That's how you can have more take home pay and basically get a 4 month paid vacation.

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Resaix posted...

And Harpie just pointed out that to qualify for that, you'd need to be making much more than that already. So you'd be taking a pay cut

After tax employed take home pay vs non-taxed UI is how you get to a similar or higher amount to take a vacation.

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archedsoul posted...

To clarify, I'm not saying it should be limited. I'm just pointing out the holes where more people can get it and in many states, they can easily.

Like Sanders said yesterday, the universe is not going to collapse even if people got paid more for 4 months.

But that the point all those Red states where complain about this mostly and when it passes you know will make sure that their state will go slow processing every individual that claim unemployment.

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