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Congress has voted, again, to extend unemployment benefits. Currently, one can receive unemployment extension for about 99 weeks, which is in close proximity to two years. Realistically, voting to not extend unemployment benefits may be political suicide for a Congressperson or Senator. But refusing to extend this government benefit is in addition the right course of action.

The continual extension of unemployment benefits may seem, on first blush, to be a compassionate outreach of our government to those who have been hit hardest through the dishonesty, corruption and outright theft that have characterized both Wall Block and D. C. for so many years. In fact, it can be harming both the unemployed along with the economy.

Unemployment insurance was designed for short-term job loss that was no fault of the employee, such as lay-off. It is paid for by businesses, like me. When people let someone go, it can also be "for cause" or "not for cause. " If "not for cause, " unemployment begins to spend. If the person was fired for, say, insubordination, unemployment insurance was originally designed to pay less or practically nothing, as the job loss was seen as the employee's fault. Just let someone go without cause, the rate of my own "insurance premium" (tax) can move up, especially if I allow several people go.

Need I tell you that the system doesn't exactly work this way anymore. Employers who contest your unemployment claims of quite possibly the worst employee fired for cause are seen as cruel and heartless. People, or their representatives, can spend expensive hours and days preparing for and defending the contesting in the unemployment claim. They face a process biased against employers, however, so many employers don't even bother to contest the claim. They pay up which has a grimace.

Now, there is really no such thing being a tax on a business. A business is no individual. So taxes on businesses really end up as taxes on their customers. If I, as a business, get "soaked, " those costs either have to be passed on to consumers or, sooner or in the future, I go out associated with business. Econ 101, right? Well, unfortunately, it seems that people inhabit the fairy get called "Washington D. J. " never took Econ info.

The more taxes Really easy to implement pay per employee, the fewer employees I'm about to hire. Extending unemployment insurance will, sooner or afterwards, result in higher and higher rates. Someone has to pay for these extensions, and the present climate is not business friendly. So, I will hesitate to use more people because I have no idea how far my employer taxes is going to be raised per employee. Many other business owners feel the same. Thus, the unemployment overtax extensions place a chill on hiring.

The extensions are bad for workers, too... especially reduced level workers. Many in the things they are unemployed from are things that are vanishing. For case, if you're an putting your unit together line worker, it is much more likely that your job is going to be done by a robot in lieu of coming back. Robots don't acquire sick, don't need advantages, and don't join that will major American job monster - unions. So, what these folks should do is to use their brains and find something else to accomplish. Many have. Others check their mailboxes for any unemployment checks.

By increasing unemployment benefits, we are preventing this unemployed from finding various ways to make a living. Some, even many, these ways would pay a lot more than unemployment benefits. Many of us do this every day.

Extending unemployment benefits just creates a class of those people who are buying the minimum, additionally impairing the economy. People on unemployment don't constantly buy cars, microwaves, TELEVISION SET sets or computers. But those who have found a way to produce money for themselves quite often do.

Extending unemployment benefits is delaying the essential change from a 1950's America where most people are employed by large corporations, to the America with the 21st Century, where small business owners, independent workers and project-oriented jobs could be the norm. Reform of health insurance and other benefit applications to expedite this, if completed any intelligence (care we expect any from either dishonest and corrupt side in the aisle?), are excellent methods for assisting this necessary transition.

Increased unionization, waiting for jobs that can never return, and relying on the government are simply foolish and short-sighted notions that must end. The old way of doing business is creating a valiant last gasp. President Obama and Congress should just pull the plug and bring America into the 21st Century.