> for some f'n reason there is no will
Short of overhauling personal identification in the U.S., I don’t see a simple solution. Making unemployment benefits more tedious to claim is politically risky.
Short of overhauling personal identification in the U.S., I don’t see a simple solution. Making unemployment benefits more tedious to claim is politically risky.
Any change (resulting in potentially reduced benefits) to any social service results in the following headlines in the next days news:
"President X yanks benefits for the nation's most vulnerable"
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2019/8...
Why? Because cutting benefits is popular with his supporters.
Callously cutting benefits for a miniority of the populat is populist for the selfish majority.
The beauty of this argument is that it works for any level of welfare at any given time. Dems could award unemployment benefits of 100K per year and when Reps point out this is crazy, unsustainable, and unfair to tax payers you can trot out the "Callously cutting benefits". Is there any form of welfare reduction you wouldn't call callous? What about the "Callous theft of the incomes from hardworking taxpayers"?
-"Poor minority" demand free medical care ? Steal it from the middle class -"Poor minority demand" ..paid vacation, paid sick leave, paid maternity leave, 4 day work week, free childcare, free whatever.... Steal it from the middle class
And before you say "The middle class gets to benefit from it too!!!" Thats a bunk argument because if they wanted those services they would pay for them like every other service. All of this is just wealth redistribution from those are creating value to those who arent for the market.
IMHO implementing a 2FA or a ID verification wouldnt be a burden on anyone but the bumbling bureaucrats. This problem isnt limited to UI, its a major problem (10's of billions) at the IRS. Who will send a refund before they even check the return or the income.
They send the refund to the first filer, with no verification! But when it comes to collecting the funds, they will hunt you down if your EIN doesnt match your entity name on the most obscure forms...
Source: have personally done it twice
Public airport or private?
"Retail" or privately hired pilot?
I would call that ‘more efficient’.
Besides, they apparently have ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ to spend on it.