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    Default Umemployment claims because school was on spring break???

    http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/05/news...laims/?iid=MPM

    According to a government official familiar with the report, it was something much more unusual. Schools on spring break in New York threw the entire reading off kilter.

    In some states, education workers -- such as cafeteria workers, bus drivers and other contracted employees -- are able to file for unemployment benefits when school is out of session.

    The government usually tries to account for this temporary distortion, by seasonally adjusting the numbers. But this time around, claims related to New York spring break were not factored into that adjustment, the government official said.
    WHAT THE FUCK????

    They claim unemployment for the week the school is on spring break? Are you fucking kidding me?
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    They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "

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    Wow. Pro athletes only get paid during the season. Maybe we'll see them file for off-season unemployment benefits.

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    So in response I get two nonsensical posts from a troll, one from toppy and one from a delusional USC grad.

    Any on the left care to explain how this makes any sort of sense?
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    They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "

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    How to lie with statistics.

    More and more, i've come to the conclusion that most of the democrats here simply don't understand statistics. Take Jarod, for instance. The guy can't spell at a third grader's level. Do you really believe that guy understands statistics?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    So in response I get two nonsensical posts from a troll, one from toppy and one from a delusional USC grad.

    Any on the left care to explain how this makes any sort of sense?
    you'er too fucking stupid to see what the liberal bastion has going on. Pad that seat moron
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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    http://money.cnn.com/2011/05/05/news...laims/?iid=MPM



    WHAT THE FUCK????

    They claim unemployment for the week the school is on spring break? Are you fucking kidding me?
    They get to do that because they are likely to be living paycheck to paycheck. These employees, unlike teachers, do not get paid throughout the year so the week off is unpaid, and can be detrimental to household bills.

    Of course, people in such a position should prepare for that, but that is the basic thinking.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    So in response I get two nonsensical posts from a troll, one from toppy and one from a delusional USC grad.

    Any on the left care to explain how this makes any sort of sense?
    More than likely it's an exploit they found. Educational staff typically claim UE benefits during the months off in summer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by King of Wisdom View Post
    More than likely it's an exploit they found. Educational staff typically claim UE benefits during the months off in summer.
    Most places they cannot. Their wages are pro-rated and paid monthly, even during times they are off, UE benefits are not available to those getting paid like that. However bus drivers and cafeteria workers do not get the same deal, on weeks they aren't working they aren't paid.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Topspin View Post
    you'er too fucking stupid to see what the liberal bastion has going on. Pad that seat moron
    Before calling others stupid morons, perhaps, you need some remedial education so you can form a simple contraction, in order to avoid looking like such a stupid moron.

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    I'm off this weekend, should I apply for unemployment?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ice Dancer View Post
    Before calling others stupid morons, perhaps, you need some remedial education so you can form a simple contraction, in order to avoid looking like such a stupid moron.
    Is someone who uses "except" rather than "accept" a moron?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ¯¯¯̿̿¯̿̿’̿̿̿̿̿̿̿’̿̿’̿̿ View Post
    Is someone who uses "except" rather than "accept" a moron?

    No answer? I wonder why?

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    Quote Originally Posted by cawacko View Post
    Wow. Pro athletes only get paid during the season. Maybe we'll see them file for off-season unemployment benefits.
    Yeah, the average salary for a pro football player is $700,000 and the average salary for a bus driver is $32,000. I wonder which one lives from pay check to pay check? I wonder which needs that week of unemployment? If the school district doesn't pay them for that time, why shouldn't they collect unemployment?

    If you have car insurance, do you file a claim when you wreck the car? Isn't that what unemployment INSURANCE is all about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Damocles View Post
    They get to do that because they are likely to be living paycheck to paycheck. These employees, unlike teachers, do not get paid throughout the year so the week off is unpaid, and can be detrimental to household bills.

    Of course, people in such a position should prepare for that, but that is the basic thinking.
    How can one prepare when they are living from pay check to pay check, and isn't that what unemployment insurance is for and why they contribute to it in their pay checks? Isn't that why we have unemployment insurance?

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