Falling off the unemployment insurance cliff

[Demo_Chris]

15. How many different times and ways do I need to explain this?

What I propose:

1. Someone who loses their job should, as now, receive TEMPORARY UNEMPLOYMENT. The amount they receive should be based on what they earned while employed.

2. This benefit should be TEMPORARY. This is unemployment insurance. The goal is to prevent a brief and temporary job loss from devastating a family. It is not intended to be anything BUT temporary. If you cannot find a job within a set period of time, this benefit should end.

3. When it expires they should still receive assistance, but if a different sort. Call it welfare. And everyone in this position -- regardless of what they earned while employed -- should receive the same benefit. For example, every single male with no children should receive $25 a month (just a number) regardless of what they earned at their former job.