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GUEST, -
THE NATIONAL AND WHAT A LOT PROJECT IS A NATIONAL -- PROFIT RESEARCH ORGANIZATION WHERE -- HERE IN NEW YORK CITY. WE BASICALLY ADVOCATE FOR POLICIES...
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| 00:01:05 |
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BE HAPPY THAT THE FOCUS IS ON JOBS THIS WEEK. GUEST:
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| 00:01:09 |
GUEST, -
ABSOLUTELY. IT IS A FOCUS THAT HAS BEEN NEEDED FOR SOME TIME. HOST: THERE
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| 00:01:15 |
HOST, -
HAS BEEN A GREAT DEAL OF DISCUSSION ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EXTENSION OF IT. WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GO THROUGH THE MECHANICS WITH YOU ABOUT HOW...
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| 00:01:48 |
GUEST, -
YOU MENTIONED WISCONSIN, BECAUSE IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE TODAY, BUT IN THE THROES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION THERE WAS NO UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AVAILABLE...
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| 00:03:51 |
HOST, -
ARE REALLY 50 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS. GUEST:
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| 00:03:55 |
GUEST, -
RIGHT. I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY 52 WITH PC AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. -- WITH D.C. AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. EVERY EMPLOYER U.S. WORKERS THAT ARE COVERED...
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| 00:05:32 |
HOST, -
STATE OF THE FEDERAL COFFERS SUPPLYING THE MONEY? IS THAT OPERATING AT A SURPLUS OR DEFICIT? GUEST: THE ORIGINAL
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| 00:05:41 |
GUEST, -
BORROWING WAS SOMETHING FROM THE FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT ACCOUNT, WHICH WAS SET UP UNDER THOSE LOSSES SECURITY ACT, BUT THAT RAN DRY AWHILE BACK. THAT...
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| 00:06:06 |
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TO INVITE VIEWERS TO JOIN IN THIS DISCUSSION. A NUMBER OF YOU HAVE HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THE UNEMPLOYMENT SYSTEM. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR...
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| 00:06:40 |
GUEST, -
BASICALLY ANY BUSINESS THAT HAS AT LEAST ONE COVERED EMPLOYEE AND IS ENGAGED IN EMPLOYEE/EMPLOYER RELATIONSHIP IS REQUIRED TO PAY AND EMPLOYMENT TAXES....
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| 00:06:55 |
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SELF- EMPLOYED -- SO UNLESS YOU ARE SELF-EMPLOYED. GUEST:
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| 00:07:01 |
GUEST, -
RIGHT. UNLESS YOU ARE A PARTNER OR CORPORATE PRINCIPLE, YOU MIGHT NOT BE REQUIRED TO PAY, BUT GENERALLY IF YOU HAVE AN EMPLOYEE, YOU SHOULD BE SUBJECT...
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| 00:07:15 |
HOST, -
IS THE RATE OF TAXATION? GUEST: THE RATES
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| 00:07:22 |
GUEST, -
VARY TREMENDOUSLY WITH OF THE STATES. AVERAGE PER EMPLOYE COST IS SOMEWHERE IN THE $350 PER OF FOUR RANGE, BUT STATE TAXES ARE BASICALLY REQUIRED TO...
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| 00:08:20 |
HOST, -
EMPLOYEE DISTRIBUTION -- CONTRIBUTION? GUEST: THE
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| 00:08:25 |
GUEST, -
SYSTEM DOES NOT REQUIRE AN EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION. THERE ARE JUST A COUPLE OF STATES THAT A PLOY THE EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTION. NEW JERSEY IS ONE OF THOSE...
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| 00:08:54 |
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MORE QUESTIONS FROM ME ON THE SYSTEM, AND THEN WE WILL GET TO CALLS. WHAT ARE THE ELIGIBILITY RULES IN GENERAL, AND WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME FOR WHICH PEOPLE...
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| 00:09:09 |
GUEST, -
THE ELIGIBILITY RULES RELATE TO HAVING HAD RECENT WAGES OR RECENT WORK HISTORY. I WOULD BREAK IT OUT INTO THREE MAJOR COMPONENTS. FIRST, ARE YOU MONETARILY...
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| 00:11:38 |
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ARTICLE HEADLINED, U.S. JOBLESS BASE BENEFITS SQUEEZE. WE HAVE LEARNED THAT ABOUT 7.3 MILLION U.S. WORKERS THAT ARE NOW COLLECTING SOME FORM OF UNEMPLOYMENT...
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| 00:12:38 |
GUEST, -
IN 2007 PAYOUTS WERE SOMEWHERE IN THAT 35 MILLION RANGE -- I AM SORRY, BILLION RANGE. IN 2008 THEY WENT UP OVER 40. IN 2009 IT WAS REALLY THE TOUGHEST...
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| 00:14:39 |
HOST, -
DETAILS OF THE TABLE. THAT WAS OUR GOAL. WE HOPE YOU WILL HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM YOUR OWN STATE TO ADD TO OUR UNDERSTANDING OR QUESTIONS ABOUT...
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| 00:14:58 |
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GOOD MORNING. MY QUESTION IS ON THE EXTENSION SIDE OF THE BENEFIT, IT IS NOT PAID FOR BY THE EMPLOYER OR THE RECIPIENT. I AM A COLLEGE GRADUATE. I WANT...
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| 00:15:34 |
GUEST, -
CALLLER RAISES A GOOD POINT. THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE IS JUST THAT, AN INSURANCE PROGRAM, AND IT IS BASED ON AN INDIVIDUAL'S WORK HISTORY AND WAGES...
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| 00:16:37 |
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ALREADY THIS YEAR SIX STATES HAVE INSTITUTED UNPRECEDENTED CUTS TO THE PROGRAMS TIED TO REDUCE THE LENGTH OF PAYOUT FROM THE STANDARD 26 WEEKS. MICHIGAN,...
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| 00:17:04 |
CALLER, -
LET GO FROM A JOB WHERE I WAS IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT OF A COMPANY, AND THE HUMAN-RESOURCES GUY TRIED TO EVOKE THE NAME OF INSUBORDINATION...
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| 00:18:44 |
GUEST, -
TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THE CALLLER POINTED OUT, WHICH IS THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF CLAIMS ARE BASICALLY AN CONTESTED,UNCONTESTED, BUT BASICALLY IT BENEFITS...
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| 00:22:00 |
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EXAMPLE OF THE LINE, THE STATE OF GEORGIA. MARK BUTLER IS THE COMMISSIONER OF GEORGIA. WHY DON'T WE START WITH YOUR STATUS REPORT ON A POINT IN THE STATE...
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| 00:22:16 |
GUEST, -
BIT OF A DIP EARLIER THIS YEAR. WE GOT% FOR A FEW MONTHS. DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS WE HAVE SEEN THAT RATE RISE AGAIN. RECORD TO BE A LITTLE BIT OVER 10%...
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| 00:22:46 |
HOST, -
A STATUS REPORT OF GEORGIA'S OF LIVE AT TRUST FUND? ARE YOU SOLVE IT? GUEST:
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| 00:22:52 |
GUEST, -
NO, WE ARE NOT. WE HAVE HAD TO BORROW OVER 700 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO PAY OUT BENEFITS. RIGHT NOW WE ARE CURRENTLY NOT OUR WING...
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| 00:23:19 |
HOST, -
ARE THE INDUSTRIES HARDEST HIT? GUEST: GEORGIA WAS
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| 00:23:23 |
GUEST, -
ONE OF THE FASTEST-GROWING STATE OF THE UNITED STATES WITH THE RECESSION HIT. ONE OF THE INDUSTRIES WITH THE HIGHEST RATE OF GROWTH WAS CONSTRUCTION....
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| 00:23:49 |
HOST, -
ON NOT JUST TO LEARN ABOUT YOUR STATE, BUT TO ALSO LEARN ABOUT OUR PROGRAM THAT IS BEING FREQUENTLY CITED OF THE NATIONAL SCENE ABOUT PUTTING PEOPLE...
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| 00:24:06 |
GUEST, -
WAS A PROGRAM STARTED BACK IN 2003. JUST TO GET THE BASICS OF IT, BUT IT IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE THAT ARE ON UNEMPLOYMENT A CHANCE TO GO INTO...
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| 00:25:10 |
GUEST, -
IS SOMETHING WE'RE STILL TRYING TO DETERMINE. WHEN I TOOK OFFICE BACK IN JANUARY, WE OF IT GOING THROUGH THE NUMBERS AND THE DATA WE HAVE AVAILABLE, AND...
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| 00:26:00 |
HOST, -
GA. WORK IS COMING TO THE NATIONAL ATTENTION. YOU ARE ASKING LOTS OF QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW EFFECTIVELY THE MONEY IS BEING SPENT. GUEST: NO
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| 00:26:09 |
GUEST, -
DOUBT ABOUT IT. WE'RE CONSTANTLY ABOUT WAITING PROGRAMS. WE WANT TO STRIVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY AS OBJECTIVELY AS POSSIBLE. ON-THE-JOB...
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| 00:26:53 |
HOST, -
LAST QUESTION. YOU SAID YOU HAVE IDEAS ABOUT HOW TO REFORMAT THE DIRECTOR WORKS PROGRAM TO MAKE IT MORE EFFECTIVE. -- THE GEORGIA WORKS PROGRAM TO ...
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| 00:27:10 |
GUEST, -
BE OVERSIGHT. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE INDIVIDUALS ARE IN ACTUAL TRUTH TRADING OPPORTUNITIES TO WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY LEARN SKILLS THAT THEY COULD EITHER...
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| 00:27:59 |
HOST, -
HOST: YOU WILL HAVE REAL SUGGESTIONS IF THEY LIKE THE IDEA OF THE MORE OR LESS APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM, MORE ACCOUNTABILITY AND FIND A WAY TO DIMINISH...
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| 00:28:14 |
GUEST, -
DOUBT ABOUT THAT. WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO THEM. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CALL. WE COULD TELL OF THE GOOD AND BAD. HOST: THINK YOU FOR TALKING
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| 00:28:23 |
HOST, -
TO OUR AUDIENCE THIS MORNING, COMMISSIONER BUTLER. -- THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. GEORGE WENTWORTH, OUR GUEST FROM NEW YORK CITY LEARNING ABOUT THE...
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| 00:28:51 |
CALLER, -
QUESTION IS EVER SO SLIGHTLY OFF TOPIC, BUT MAYBE I CAN GET AN ANSWER. IT PERTAINS TO THE FIRST CALLLER. WE HAVE BILLIONS OF COLLEGE AND HIGH-SCHOOL GRADUATES...
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| 00:31:06 |
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THE HALL IN TENNESSEE RATES THAT I FEEL FOR EVERY ONE PERSON GETTING BENEFITS, BUT THERE ARE ABOUT 150 THAT ARE NOT. HOW DOES THIS FACTOR INTO THE...
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| 00:31:30 |
GUEST, -
BASICALLY THE AND A FLOOD INSURANCE NUMBERS ARE NOT PART OF WHAT THE LABOR OF STATISTIC REPORTS WHEN IT CALCULATES THE ACTUAL OF A PLATTER RATE. THERE...
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| 00:32:21 |
HOST, -
WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT HOW THE STATE AND FEDERAL AND APPLIED INSURANCE WORKS. THE NEXT CALL IS FROM JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA. DAVE, GOOD MORNING. CALLER:...
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| 00:32:34 |
CALLER, -
IS TRUST FUNDS. I REMEMBER SEVERAL OF ITS STATIONS AGO THERE WAS A SURPLUS OF WHAT TIMES WERE GOOD. 190 BILLION SURPLUS WHERE THEY TOOK THE MONEY AND...
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| 00:33:01 |
GUEST, -
YOUR CALLLER MAKES. MOST STATES ARE NOT MOVING GET OVER TO THE GENERAL FUND. WHAT A LOT OF STATES DID BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST DECADE WHEN UNEMPLOYMENT...
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| 00:34:46 |
HOST, -
AT THE STATES WITH THE HIGHEST OF LIVE IT, THE BATTLE IS 12.9 PERCENT SIGNED, THE HIGHEST IN THE NATION. -- WITH THE HIGHEST OF OF LIVE ATUNEMPLOYMENT,...
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| 00:35:33 |
CALLER, -
TO THANK GEORGE FOR GOING ON THE AIR OF SUCH A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC. CURRENTLY EMPLOYED A RATE OF 9.1% -- UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 9 .1%. IF YOU ACCUMULATE...
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| 00:36:15 |
GUEST, -
THINK THE CALLLER MAY BE REFERRING TO THE LARGER RATE THAT INCLUDES NOT JUST AN UNEMPLOYED, UNDEREMPLOYED AND THOSE THAT HAVE STOPPED LOOKING FOR WORK....
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| 00:36:40 |
HOST, -
QUESTION FOR YOU. TO PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS PAY AT A FLOOD INSURANCE AND WHAT HAPPENS TO AVOID PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS? CAN THEY COLLECT? GUEST:
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| 00:36:52 |
GUEST, -
YES, BUT THEY CAN'T. PRIOR TO 1970 THERE WERE NOT COVERED, BUT CONGRESS ACTED TO ENSURE THAT THEY WERE IN THE 1970'S, AND ONE THING THAT IS A DIFFERENCE...
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| 00:37:39 |
HOST, -
COUPLE MORE MINUTES LEFT. MIKE, A DEMOCRAT. CALLER:
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| 00:37:44 |
CALLER, -
GOOD MORNING. I WANT TO SAY A FEW MORE WORDS ABOUT THE GEORGIA WORKS PROGRAM BECAUSE HELP ME FIND OF LOVE IT. IT ALLOWS PEOPLE TO COLLECT OF APPLY THE...
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| 00:38:17 |
CALLER, -
YES, I DID. THEY GIVE YOU $240 PER MONTH TO HELP COVER CHILD CARE AND TRANSPORTATION. THE BIG THING IS THE EMPLOYER DOES NOT HAVE TO PAY IS BECAUSE THE...
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| 00:38:45 |
HOST, -
SUCCESS. WERE YOU CHANGING CAREERS? CALLER:
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| 00:38:49 |
CALLER, -
YES, I WAS. I HAD SOME EXPERIENCE ON FORKLIFTS, AND THAT IS WHAT I WENT INTO, AND HE LIKED MY EXPERIENCE OF A FORKLIFT AND MY WORK ATTITUDE, AND HE HIRED...
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| 00:39:05 |
HOST, -
THANK YOU. GLAD TO HEAR A SUCCESS STORY. WE'RE JUST ABOUT OUT OF TIME. IF PEOPLE WANT TO UNDERSTAND ABOUT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND THE POLICY ISSUES...
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| 00:39:26 |
GUEST, -
GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.NELP.ORG. WE ALSO HAVE AN ONLINE FORM CALLED OF A PLANET UNEMPLOYMENTWORKERS.ORG. THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INFORMATION OVER THE...
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| 00:39:56 |
HOST, -
YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WE TAKE YOU NOW TO THE FLOOR OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. THE HOUSE COMING INTO SESSION. THE MAJOR LEGISLATION IS QUALITY...
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