Your Opinion on Unemployment Extensions

[Gene Clem]

Your opinion counts.

To address the issue of  extending unemployment benefits again,  the Rattle With Us Tea Party has come up with four suggestions. (or possibilities or choices) for you to consider.

 

We would like as many respondents as possible so we can send our message/thoughts/opinions to Senator Colbeck. 

 

We would like to be able to gather this information by tonight to take to his office by tomorrow morning. 

 

Your participation is greatly appreciated.

 

1.       I support no extension of federal unemployment benefits and support maintaining 26 weeks in state unemployment benefits.

2.       I support extending federal unemployment benefits by 20 weeks and support maintaining 26 weeks in state unemployment benefits .

3.       I support extending the federal unemployment benefits by 20 weeks and support dropping state unemployment benefits to 20 weeks in one year.

4.       I support extending the federal unemployment benefits by 20 weeks and support dropping state unemployment after one year on a sliding scale starting at 20 weeks if the state unemployment rate is over 10% and moving down to 6 weeks if the unemployment rate drops to <5%.

[George Von Behren]

My first choice is Option 4.  My second choice is Option 1. Thanks. George E. Von Behren (aka "GVB")

[Timothy Brandys]

Heck yeah, I'm with you on that! =)

Dick Thompson said:

If limited to this listing, I support #1.

I support no extension of unemployment benefits.  However, I think that all unemployment benefits should decrease each month after 6 months of full benefit.  After six months, each additional month should be 95% of the last month's unemployment benefit.  After 42 months (yes, that’s three years with a reducing benefit after a full 6 months at full benefit) the benefit would be 16% of the original benefit, and it is time to get back to work.  Now, that is real incentive with a lot of compassion.

[Lynda Adams]

I support only #1

[Jim Riordan]

If I have to pick one of these four I'd say 1. However, I believe that federal unemployment benefits have gotten far too generous and should be adjusted back to the original limits eliminating all of the various extentions.

[Rose Rook]

Number 1 is my first choice and if I have to choose a second one it would be # 2 with a one time extension.

[Steven Kuivenhoven]

Option # 1

 

We have to get back to constitutionally limited government.

[Steve Shannon]

My Choice is #1.

[Diane Coghlin]

I support option /suggestion Number 1.  With extending benefits on and on, there is no incentive to get a job. 

[Jennifer Groves]

 

#1  There are no other viable options.

 

 

[Tom Calkins]

I support #4, but only if it can be arranged for the recepients do some work for the state or local government to earn, at least some, of the money they receive.

 

If the above conditions cannot be arranged, I support #1.

[Dave Smith]

Conceptually, I support # 1, because of the limitation on Federal benefits extensions.  

However...since the state & voters are mutually responsible for much of this unprecedented mess in which we find ourselves, I would prefer the some form of sliding scale as noted in  #4 - recognizing it's gotta stop, but we have lost a lot of employers.  

 

We need to work back to starting fresh, and the closer to home we make it the better.  We who can should help those who can't..   And if you won't work...at something...you won't eat.  :-) 

[Kathy MacPherson]

Option #1.

 

I support NO unemployment benefit extensions.  At this rate, if one played his/her cards right, one could retire on unemployment.  I remember I once was eligible to get  unemployment for the max of 13 weeks, but I looked hard and was employed again after 3 weeks. 

 

Kathy MacPherson