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Originally Posted by Swoop
Going back to work cost you most of your “free” money? Seriously, free money?!? Someone had to earn that money & have it taken from them in the form of taxes and redistribute it to you. It’s not “free”...
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If they're going "back" to work, that means they were working prior to all this. And so some of their own taxes paid for this. It wasn't free to them - they paid for it. Now they're getting some of it back.
That's not justifying staying home when you can be productive. It's just explaining that no one is getting unemployment money for "free." That is propaganda. You can't get unemployment money if you haven't worked and contributed to the federal tax base in the first place, for at least 18 months prior to your first claim.
In the state of Florida, the most recent 6 months of that 18 months is thrown aside, and your benefit rate is based on the remaining 12 month period. They look at your total income, and you can receive up to 75% of it OR $275/week, which ever is LESS. Plus $300/week for 26 weeks (currently, that's the PEUC add-on).
So if you were earning $700/week in an actual job, you'll earn more if you continue working. If you were earning $550/week in an actual job, you'll earn more if you continue working, just barely. If you were earning under $450/week in your job, you will definitely get a better unemployment check than paycheck. For 26 weeks. At the end of the 26th week you'll have no income, and no job. But if you continue working, you'll still have a job and income.