Anybody lose their unemployment yesterday?

[arabianequine]

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Yes.. you are allowed to make so much per week.(not sure of the amount).. if you go over that amount your benefits stop..and you need to reapply.

If you make any money under the table or not it should be reported there is a self employed question to when you file every week. Up to you to report it and hope you don't get caught if you don't report it. Even babysitting, mowing lawns, animal sitting all is to be reported but your call.

You benefits don't stop....if you make more then your weekly benefit amount then you don't get any unemployment for that week. About $ for $. If you make half from a job then you will get the other half from unemployment for that week. You report to unemployment when you make it not when you receive it. Meaning you might not get the money from the job you did for a month that is the way that unemployment does it.

Hope that helps....that is how it has been working for me here in Washington.

 

[Boyd]

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I just snagged a job working for a Tier 3 Automotive supplier... Doing electronics

I guess working for a german laser manufacturer years back has finally paid off. I thought it was 7 months of a gap that didn't relate in my job field... now it is my job field again

If anybody is in the Flint Michigan area, Manpower on S. Saginaw Street!!! Tell them Boyd sent you. The factory I'm in just bought out twin manufacturing (electric car stuff) and is doubling the size of factory we're in now. I am sure they will be looking for more folks in a month or two.

 

[vfem]

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I just snagged a job working for a Tier 3 Automotive supplier... Doing electronics

I guess working for a german laser manufacturer years back has finally paid off. I thought it was 7 months of a gap that didn't relate in my job field... now it is my job field again

If anybody is in the Flint Michigan area, Manpower on S. Saginaw Street!!! Tell them Boyd sent you. The factory I'm in just bought out twin manufacturing (electric car stuff) and is doubling the size of factory we're in now. I am sure they will be looking for more folks in a month or two.

Manpower is the job finding / recruiter office huh? We have a Manpower here and a CPL... they find jobs for people who work in equipment and labor. I have my husband registered with CPL. I did see they have a job listing at Fort Brag for a carpenter who can work on metal studding. He's only messed with metal studs once... but I hope its enough they call us on the position!

 

[vfem]

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Yes.. you are allowed to make so much per week.(not sure of the amount).. if you go over that amount your benefits stop..and you need to reapply.

If you make any money under the table or not it should be reported there is a self employed question to when you file every week. Up to you to report it and hope you don't get caught if you don't report it. Even babysitting, mowing lawns, animal sitting all is to be reported but your call.

You benefits don't stop....if you make more then your weekly benefit amount then you don't get any unemployment for that week. About $ for $. If you make half from a job then you will get the other half from unemployment for that week. You report to unemployment when you make it not when you receive it. Meaning you might not get the money from the job you did for a month that is the way that unemployment does it.

Hope that helps....that is how it has been working for me here in Washington.

It sure does... but not if I make it! Its only effected if my husband makes any money. Which he has! He's taken on small contracts, and we claim them when he works so he didn't get unemployment that week. He had a few weeks in June, July he received nothing from ESC, August and September he only got a little bit as the jobs wound down and finally the contracts ended. We also pay extra taxes off those contracts which is all the money we had saved.

Each ESC account will tell you how much as MOST you can make without effecting your unemployment. Kinda like ours, hubby could make $60 a week extra without effecting his benefits... after that they remove the difference from your compensation.

This is why I am confused on why they ended my husband's... he didn't even withdraw benefits all year!? He only got a total of $7000 since January. Because he didn't claim when he found some temp work.

Anyways.... I could go out and get work... and IF he still gets unemployment, we don't claim my income for that. I however, if I had a fulltime job, making what he made... since we only need $2000 to live decently a month... I wouldn't have him collect anymore. That's not fair to the people who need the difference to survive.

 

[Dunkopf]

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That's a good one. Where are all the jobs the so called job creators created hiding at. Have you ever wondered that? People that net under 1 million aren't creating jobs. Neither are those over 1 million. At least not in America. They are creating quite a few in Asia though. As a matter of fact they are moving quite a few from America to Asia. In my opinion any one making over 50k should pay an extra 3% and that includes me. We have a serious deficit problem in this country and it's not going to be solved by giving more tax breaks. They should give companies tax breaks if needed to get them back to America. Instead of giving them breaks to move overseas. Obama has tried to get legislation passed to stop those tax breaks for shipping jobs overseas. The bill has passed in the House but can't get by the Senate. For some reason part of the Senate doesn't want the jobs to come back.

BTW the tax cuts for the wealthy will continue in exchange for continuing unemployment benefits. Obama officially caved in today. He didn't really have a choice. The unemployed were being held hostage. The so called job creators will be able to continue investing that extra 3% into the derivatives market. Where have these so called job creators been keeping their creations at anyway? They've been singing that tune for 9 years now. Don't bother answering that. We know where the jobs are hiding. China.

they are creating jobs by going out to expensive dinners, buying boats , taking vacations ,having contractors add on to their houses , putting in swimming pools, buying new cars , hiring folks to paint their houses, hiring folks to landscape their yards and mow them weekly, lets face it around 70 percent of the buisinesses left in this country are small buissinesses, who pay their taxes through income taxes. so lets tax them more so the govt can continue its assault on the middle class! just sayin.

I understand. You just don't get it. 98% of small businesses DO NOT MAKE 250k. Small businesses are in the 98% with us. They are not in the upper 2% that they want to stop the tax breaks on. These people paid 91% taxes during Eisenhower. He had taxes at 91%. America was very prosperous then. The rich really did create jobs back then. The tax rate forced them to reinvest their money in to their businesses. They don't do that anymore. If they want more money they look to whatever country has the cheapest labor and the cheapest raw materials instead of building more plants and selling more. Or investing in technological innovation to make new products.

The top 2% eating at fancy restaurants that hire illegal workers and having their lawns mowed by illegal workers isn't going to solve our problem with jobs. Do you honestly think that a service industry aimed at supporting 2% of our population is going to solve our job problem. Do the numbers on your fingers and you will see that is a totally unsupportable position.

It's a moot point. 68% of the people in this country during the latest NBC pole said they were for dropping the Bush Tax Cuts for those with net incomes over 250k, AKA as the top 2% of the country. Since the approval of the wealthy representative party is needed to extend unemployment benefits the wealthy will once again get their way. If you have a few extra dollars this x-mas you might want to go to the 1st mansion you see and give them a little something to help out.

 

[dgeter]

I understand. You just don't get it. 98% of small businesses DO NOT MAKE 250k. Small businesses are in the 98% with us. They are not in the upper 2% that they want to stop the tax breaks on. These people paid 91% taxes during Eisenhower. He had taxes at 91%. America was very prosperous then. The rich really did create jobs back then. The tax rate forced them to reinvest their money in to their businesses. They don't do that anymore. If they want more money they look to whatever country has the cheapest labor and the cheapest raw materials instead of building more plants and selling more. Or investing in technological innovation to make new products.

The top 2% eating at fancy restaurants that hire illegal workers and having their lawns mowed by illegal workers isn't going to solve our problem with jobs. Do you honestly think that a service industry aimed at supporting 2% of our population is going to solve our job problem. Do the numbers on your fingers and you will see that is a totally unsupportable position.

It's a moot point. 68% of the people in this country during the latest NBC pole said they were for dropping the Bush Tax Cuts for those with net incomes over 250k, AKA as the top 2% of the country. Since the approval of the wealthy representative party is needed to extend unemployment benefits the wealthy will once again get their way. If you have a few extra dollars this x-mas you might want to go to the 1st mansion you see and give them a little something to help out.

So what exactly are you getting at? That we should become a socialistic or communist country? This is exactly the direction that every great country in the past went and guess what happened? It went downhill fast. It does not work to re-distribute income in that way. What happens when you take away peoples dreams and tell them that no matter how hard they work you're going to take away any extra income they make and give it to everyone else. Its called taking away freedom. Taking away the American dream.

I am self employed and have been since I was 19. I make the average income buy I make it my goal everyday to become a better person personally AND financially. Have you ever met a highly successful person? They don't get there by being "lucky". The media portrays anyone who is successful as being greedy and selfish. I'm not talking about actors and signers who are in the spot light all the time. I'm talking about real down to earth people who have worked their BUTTs off to make a better life for themselves. They are amazing people who are kind, determined, and have an incredible amount of integrity. They give away thousands and thousands to people like you and me who need it. They're involved in as many charities and organizations as they can handle. They're are the real salt of the earth kind of people. Nobody knows it because as soon as they sense that someone has money they turn up their nose and call them "stupid rich people". You know its true. When you see someone in a luxury car what is the first thing that crosses your mind? I am guilty of it as well. We have no right to judge people by what they have or how much money they have. You have no idea how much work was involved in that. I highly suggest reading the book "The Millionaire Next Door". Its a book that has all the statistics of people that make over 1 million in the united states. The book will shock you. Online like 1 to 2% of the people that make over a million have flashy things. Most live in regular suburbs, drive regular cars, and live regular lives. They work and save their entire lives and just put the money aside for their retirement and their kids futures.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now. I'm just so sick of people being so judgmental. I for one work hard everyday with the intention of being in that top 2% so that I can afford to truly help the people that need it. You and your attitude make your future and because we live in a free country you can make anything happen ​

 

[Dunkopf]

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So what exactly are you getting at? That we should become a socialistic or communist country? This is exactly the direction that every great country in the past went and guess what happened? It went downhill fast. It does not work to re-distribute income in that way. What happens when you take away peoples dreams and tell them that no matter how hard they work you're going to take away any extra income they make and give it to everyone else. Its called taking away freedom. Taking away the American dream.

I am self employed and have been since I was 19. I make the average income buy I make it my goal everyday to become a better person personally AND financially. Have you ever met a highly successful person? They don't get there by being "lucky". The media portrays anyone who is successful as being greedy and selfish. I'm not talking about actors and signers who are in the spot light all the time. I'm talking about real down to earth people who have worked their BUTTs off to make a better life for themselves. They are amazing people who are kind, determined, and have an incredible amount of integrity. They give away thousands and thousands to people like you and me who need it. They're involved in as many charities and organizations as they can handle. They're are the real salt of the earth kind of people. Nobody knows it because as soon as they sense that someone has money they turn up their nose and call them "stupid rich people". You know its true. When you see someone in a luxury car what is the first thing that crosses your mind? I am guilty of it as well. We have no right to judge people by what they have or how much money they have. You have no idea how much work was involved in that. I highly suggest reading the book "The Millionaire Next Door". Its a book that has all the statistics of people that make over 1 million in the united states. The book will shock you. Online like 1 to 2% of the people that make over a million have flashy things. Most live in regular suburbs, drive regular cars, and live regular lives. They work and save their entire lives and just put the money aside for their retirement and their kids futures.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now. I'm just so sick of people being so judgmental. I for one work hard everyday with the intention of being in that top 2% so that I can afford to truly help the people that need it. You and your attitude make your future and because we live in a free country you can make anything happen

I have nothing against rich people at all. If I was wealthy I would give away quite a lot too. I wouldn't need to have a plaque at every building I donated money to either. All I am saying is that I'm sick of hearing about all the jobs that the wealthy create.

To begin with most people in the 250k to 1 million range are employed and make a salary. They work very hard for their money, just like you and I do. Probably harder, because they would be doing paperwork today instead of wasting time on a computer. I also stated earlier that I feel everyone over 50k should pay an extra 3%. Not just those over 250k. What is the reasoning? It's not because they are rich. I sure don't consider myself to be rich. It's because they can afford to, where those under that amount can't.

When you read books like The Millionaire Next Door, try to remember the perspective it is written from. There are tons of people in the US that have a million dollars in assets. A lot of them earn less than 250k a year. They have accumulated their wealth by living in easily affordable houses and driving less expensive cars. They bank a lot of their money and live frugally. They are not in the upper 2%. That book was written to try to do the same thing as showing George Bush clearing brush at his ranch in Tx was meant to do. Make everyone think that wealthy people are just like you and I.

I used Eisenhower as an example because I'm getting sick of the "tax the people that create the jobs fallacy". 3% isn't going to kill anyone or stop people from creating jobs. It's just a right wing talking point to mislead the people who are suffering from job losses. The deficit is a very serious issue. It needs to be cut. Cutting benefits to those that need them is not a humane solution. Cutting defense spending and the cost of government and raising taxes is humane and is viable. I'll gladly pay an extra 3% to Uncle Sam to keep people in their homes and fed. Why is it such a leap for people that benefit greatly from their hard work and the opportunities provided by our country to help out a little more?

No, me and my attitude don't make my future. Try telling all the unemployed people out there that their attitude got them where they are. My attitude had a lot to do with where I am now. My place in life was determined in much different times. At this point I am just holding on tight and hoping for the best. Our politicians shape our future. They make the decisions that determine what businesses in this country will do.

Our country is part of the world. Our states are part of the country. We are part of our states. We are not all separate little islands. We are all in this together. Everyone has to do their part.

By the way. Last time I checked, most of the so called Socialist countries are doing quite a lot better than America is. We are going to learn quite a lot over the next 50 years.

 

[dgeter]

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So what exactly are you getting at? That we should become a socialistic or communist country? This is exactly the direction that every great country in the past went and guess what happened? It went downhill fast. It does not work to re-distribute income in that way. What happens when you take away peoples dreams and tell them that no matter how hard they work you're going to take away any extra income they make and give it to everyone else. Its called taking away freedom. Taking away the American dream.

I am self employed and have been since I was 19. I make the average income buy I make it my goal everyday to become a better person personally AND financially. Have you ever met a highly successful person? They don't get there by being "lucky". The media portrays anyone who is successful as being greedy and selfish. I'm not talking about actors and signers who are in the spot light all the time. I'm talking about real down to earth people who have worked their BUTTs off to make a better life for themselves. They are amazing people who are kind, determined, and have an incredible amount of integrity. They give away thousands and thousands to people like you and me who need it. They're involved in as many charities and organizations as they can handle. They're are the real salt of the earth kind of people. Nobody knows it because as soon as they sense that someone has money they turn up their nose and call them "stupid rich people". You know its true. When you see someone in a luxury car what is the first thing that crosses your mind? I am guilty of it as well. We have no right to judge people by what they have or how much money they have. You have no idea how much work was involved in that. I highly suggest reading the book "The Millionaire Next Door". Its a book that has all the statistics of people that make over 1 million in the united states. The book will shock you. Online like 1 to 2% of the people that make over a million have flashy things. Most live in regular suburbs, drive regular cars, and live regular lives. They work and save their entire lives and just put the money aside for their retirement and their kids futures.

Anyway, I'll get off my soapbox now. I'm just so sick of people being so judgmental. I for one work hard everyday with the intention of being in that top 2% so that I can afford to truly help the people that need it. You and your attitude make your future and because we live in a free country you can make anything happen

I have nothing against rich people at all. If I was wealthy I would give away quite a lot too. I wouldn't need to have a plaque at every building I donated money to either. All I am saying is that I'm sick of hearing about all the jobs that the wealthy create.

To begin with most people in the 250k to 1 million range are employed and make a salary. They work very hard for their money, just like you and I do. Probably harder, because they would be doing paperwork today instead of wasting time on a computer. I also stated earlier that I feel everyone over 50k should pay an extra 3%. Not just those over 250k. What is the reasoning? It's not because they are rich. I sure don't consider myself to be rich. It's because they can afford to, where those under that amount can't.

When you read books like The Millionaire Next Door, try to remember the perspective it is written from. There are tons of people in the US that have a million dollars in assets. A lot of them earn less than 250k a year. They have accumulated their wealth by living in easily affordable houses and driving less expensive cars. They bank a lot of their money and live frugally. They are not in the upper 2%. That book was written to try to do the same thing as showing George Bush clearing brush at his ranch in Tx was meant to do. Make everyone think that wealthy people are just like you and I.

I used Eisenhower as an example because I'm getting sick of the "tax the people that create the jobs fallacy". 3% isn't going to kill anyone or stop people from creating jobs. It's just a right wing talking point to mislead the people who are suffering from job losses. The deficit is a very serious issue. It needs to be cut. Cutting benefits to those that need them is not a humane solution. Cutting defense spending and the cost of government and raising taxes is humane and is viable. I'll gladly pay an extra 3% to Uncle Sam to keep people in their homes and fed. Why is it such a leap for people that benefit greatly from their hard work and the opportunities provided by our country to help out a little more?

No, me and my attitude don't make my future. Try telling all the unemployed people out there that their attitude got them where they are. My attitude had a lot to do with where I am now. My place in life was determined in much different times. At this point I am just holding on tight and hoping for the best. Our politicians shape our future. They make the decisions that determine what businesses in this country will do.

Our country is part of the world. Our states are part of the country. We are part of our states. We are not all separate little islands. We are all in this together. Everyone has to do their part.

By the way. Last time I checked, most of the so called Socialist countries are doing quite a lot better than America is. We are going to learn quite a lot over the next 50 years.

I'm certainly not an advocate for the way our government runs things. 99.9% of the things they do are idiotic to me. I never said that people got to where they are because they have a bad attitude. Bad things happen to good people every day. I'm just saying that anyone that keeps having a positive attitude will get out of any sticky situation. I can personally testify to that. I've had my ups and downs but things always get better when I keep my attitude in check.

 

[mgw]

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they are creating jobs by going out to expensive dinners, buying boats , taking vacations ,having contractors add on to their houses , putting in swimming pools, buying new cars , hiring folks to paint their houses, hiring folks to landscape their yards and mow them weekly, lets face it around 70 percent of the buisinesses left in this country are small buissinesses, who pay their taxes through income taxes. so lets tax them more so the govt can continue its assault on the middle class! just sayin.

I understand. You just don't get it. 98% of small businesses DO NOT MAKE 250k. Small businesses are in the 98% with us. They are not in the upper 2% that they want to stop the tax breaks on. These people paid 91% taxes during Eisenhower. He had taxes at 91%. America was very prosperous then. The rich really did create jobs back then. The tax rate forced them to reinvest their money in to their businesses. They don't do that anymore. If they want more money they look to whatever country has the cheapest labor and the cheapest raw materials instead of building more plants and selling more. Or investing in technological innovation to make new products.

The top 2% eating at fancy restaurants that hire illegal workers and having their lawns mowed by illegal workers isn't going to solve our problem with jobs. Do you honestly think that a service industry aimed at supporting 2% of our population is going to solve our job problem. Do the numbers on your fingers and you will see that is a totally unsupportable position.

It's a moot point. 68% of the people in this country during the latest NBC pole said they were for dropping the Bush Tax Cuts for those with net incomes over 250k, AKA as the top 2% of the country. Since the approval of the wealthy representative party is needed to extend unemployment benefits the wealthy will once again get their way. If you have a few extra dollars this x-mas you might want to go to the 1st mansion you see and give them a little something to help out.

Dunkopf, if you check a small biz by definition is a company hiring 100 or less employees.(100) that includes just about every job I have ever had.So I do get it, the company I work for employs around 75-90 folks for the bulk of the year although they produce 2-3 million dollars per year they still have those employees to pay plus biz costs. They are very concerned about what is happaning in the beltway, they fear that they will have to do further downsizing if tax cuts are not extended to all. according to your revisionist history numbers and quoting of an (NBC Poll) we should just bump the rate up to 100% then things would really boom. I have many freinds that own landscaping co's and construction co,s they dont hire Illeagals they hire people like me and and our freinds that want to work. Demonizing the small Biz"s we have left through abusive taxation and ovely restrictive over sight is not going to help the problems we are having in this country. It is the abusive taxation, and crippleing regulation that is driving co's away from this country. It seems that there is a certain amount of folks in this country who think that it is the very people who create jobs to employ them are the problem, this makes no sense to me, I feel that it is my duty to my employer to work as hard as I can to make sure that they are making money to pay my wages so I can feed my family. So I am concerned about laws and regulations that are leveled on my employer, their financial health has everything to do with mine. As far as these huge corps moving their Co's overseas, it is our Gov't passing laws that allow this to happen. Why do people think that the gov't is the answer and not the problem (they are the problem by the way). Who thinks that the Gov't has a right to confiscate money that folks have worked hard for , usually through years of sacrifice trying to build a company that is competitive and profitable. When they finally reach their goals it is not right for any gov't or political party to think that they are entitled to take their money and the ability to make it. With ideas like that we are truely on the road to nowhere. OH I GET IT

 

[arabianequine]

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If you make any money under the table or not it should be reported there is a self employed question to when you file every week. Up to you to report it and hope you don't get caught if you don't report it. Even babysitting, mowing lawns, animal sitting all is to be reported but your call.

You benefits don't stop....if you make more then your weekly benefit amount then you don't get any unemployment for that week. About $ for $. If you make half from a job then you will get the other half from unemployment for that week. You report to unemployment when you make it not when you receive it. Meaning you might not get the money from the job you did for a month that is the way that unemployment does it.

Hope that helps....that is how it has been working for me here in Washington.

It sure does... but not if I make it! Its only effected if my husband makes any money. Which he has! He's taken on small contracts, and we claim them when he works so he didn't get unemployment that week. He had a few weeks in June, July he received nothing from ESC, August and September he only got a little bit as the jobs wound down and finally the contracts ended. We also pay extra taxes off those contracts which is all the money we had saved.

Each ESC account will tell you how much as MOST you can make without effecting your unemployment. Kinda like ours, hubby could make $60 a week extra without effecting his benefits... after that they remove the difference from your compensation.

This is why I am confused on why they ended my husband's... he didn't even withdraw benefits all year!? He only got a total of $7000 since January. Because he didn't claim when he found some temp work.

Anyways.... I could go out and get work... and IF he still gets unemployment, we don't claim my income for that. I however, if I had a fulltime job, making what he made... since we only need $2000 to live decently a month... I wouldn't have him collect anymore. That's not fair to the people who need the difference to survive.

That is correct you don't include money you make in his weekly hours claimed. You can do the work very true.

My understanding is that whatever tier you were in they will finish it after that you are done and they won't let you move on to the next tier. I don't know why or how but that is how they are stopping it. I have 4 full weeks left and like 2/3rds on the 5th week.