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Old 05-01-2020, 08:35 AM   #92
Sue Doe-Nym
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Default One size doesn’t work for all

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Originally Posted by Hillcountry View Post
My daughter, a hair dresser, lost her employment when they closed the salon at the beginning of this fiasco. Single mom with my 4 yr old granddaughter and a mortgage. She immediately applied for unemployment and when they calculated her benefit it came to $72/week. Their calculation formula, as the state law mandates, did not include her last (so many, months, not sure) of her income and she appealed that most of her “better” income had come in that “omitted” time period. They would not adjust anything and her benefit was to be $72.
Then they came out with the $600 deal and that lifted her spirits a bit.
She has since received the stimulus money for her and her daughter but has yet to see any unemployment benefit. (As of last week when I asked her)
Many will take advantage of that $600 and will not want to work but that is
not the case with my daughter.
Your daughter’s case illustrates the fact that “one size doesn’t fit all”, and for those who need the extra to make ends meet, that’s fine. However, there are always some who unfortunately “game the system “. There’s got to be a better way......
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