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Treat Unemployment as a Job

chuck — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:46:13 +0000

To regular long-time readers, it might seem like I'm repeating myself, but as I've said before, some things deserve to be said more than once, especially in the blogging world where old posts sometimes sink deep into the abyss.

This is important.

Unemployment Rate Drops to 9.7 Percent as 20,000 Jobs Lost

chuck — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:30:39 +0000

The front cover of The New York Times today almost made me want to buy the paper. Then I realized that I didn't have two bucks in my pocket and hurried home to the computer to read it online. If I had had two bucks, I probably would have blown it on the paper -- the news was that exciting.

Taxes and unemployment

chuck — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:03:34 +0000

A couple of people have asked if unemployment benefits are taxable. Yes, if you live in the U.S. I don't know about other countries. Cruel and unusual as that might seem, your income from UI is subject to taxes.

Are taxes taken out of your unemployment insurance payments?