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

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

Unemployment insurance was suitable for short-term job loss that's no fault of the employee, such as lay-off. It is paid for by businesses, like me. When we let someone go, it can be "for cause" or "not with regard to cause. " If "not for cause, " unemployment begins to pay out. 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 permit several people go.

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

Now, there is usually no such thing as a tax on a company. A business is not an individual. So taxes on businesses really end up as taxes on their own customers. If I, as a business, get "soaked, " those costs either have to be passed on to clients or, sooner or afterwards, I go out with business. Econ 101, right? Well, unfortunately, it seems that those who 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 planning to hire. Extending unemployment insurance will, sooner or in the future, result in higher and higher rates. Someone has to pay for these extensions, and the current climate is not company friendly. So, I will hesitate to hire more people because I do not know how far my employer taxes are going to be raised per employee. All kinds of other business owners feel the same. Thus, the unemployment tax extensions place a chill on hiring.

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

By stretching out unemployment benefits, we are preventing your unemployed from finding various ways to earn an income. Some, even many, these ways would pay more than unemployment benefits. Many of us do this every day.

Extending unemployment benefits simply creates a class of those people who are buying the minimum, further impairing the economy. Those on unemployment don't usually buy cars, microwaves, TELEVISION sets or computers. But a poor 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 so many people are employed by large businesses, to the America in the 21st Century, where small businesses, independent workers and project-oriented jobs will be the norm. Reform of health care insurance and other benefit applications to expedite this, if done with any intelligence (care we expect any with either dishonest and corrupt side of the aisle?), are excellent ways of assisting this necessary change.

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