Gordon Shumway wrote in :

On 14 Aug 2011 18:50:51 GMT, Han wrote:

Are you too lazy to work and don't pay taxes and do you want the
government to give you money to support yourself or do you work at a
government job and want to insure you never get laid off or have to
work very hard?
If yes, vote democrat.

I agree that need has to be established for a handout. Wish that was
simple. Getting unemployment because you don't want to work should not
be possible. On the other hand, if the only job available was one that
cut wages to less than half, some kind of subsidy should be available.

Why would the pay scale have anything to do with it? Let us suppose a
person was hired to do a high-paying job, because they interviewed
extremely well and had an impeccable resume but they were totally
unqualified. Then let us suppose in 2012 that person is fired from
that job because of his incompetence, arrogance and corruption and
someone qualified was given the job. It shouldn't be the government's
(read tax payers) responsibility to hold that persons hand when things
get rough, that's what relatives, friends and charities are for -- not
my hard earned savings.

Sorry, left a sentence out. There has to be a limit above which
salary/wages wouldn't be supplemented. Also supplementation of reduced
wages needs to be to 75% (WAG number) of previous salary, with a 2 year
(another WAG) time limit.

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Best regards
Han
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