cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/7076150
this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2024
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Why would unemployment cause people to lose their homes and vehicles? Wouldn’t a lot of retraining programs aim to find ways to sustain people’s living in the meantime?
Benefits aren't as big as the income you lose, and often get tied up in red tape on the way leading to delays. Depending on how weird your personal situation might be, it could be up to a couple of months. I don't recall her plan involving increasing and expediting benefits to people in her retraining program.
Unemployment doesn't provide as much money as the jobs people are losing. My state has a maximum of $362/week. That isn't going to let you make a mortgage payment, car payment, and buy food. There also generally a lag in receiving benefits, the first payment could take a month or so to show up.
Especially in red states that have intentionally made getting benefits a long and tedious process and don't hire enough people to process a sudden surge in unemployment (see Covid in places like Texas where it could be weeks or longer until you can even apply because the website is down from the surge of people)