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• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Depends on where you live.

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  • LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Unemployment benefits in the US are a short term (usually less than 6months) insurance plan that pays out only under qualified situations. Eg fired and without cause, after having paid into the unemployment system for either a set amount of time or hours. Insurance plans by law cannot go under like that. Also, since it’s a temporary payment, people will exit the unemployment system as other enter it. And last, the insurance is paid for by the individual who gets the money - it’s their money.

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    • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In my country, Canada, it goes hand in hand with welfare. One will often lead into the other if things go on long enough.

      There’s a lot of complexity to it that I won’t get into, but the unemployment system likely can’t handle a rapid influx of new request, even from those that have paid into it.

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      • LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It appears in Canada, unemployment benefits are indeed an unemployment insurance. In the US, this is paid into automatically from our paychecks, and id assume it’s similar in Canada but I could be wrong.

        www.canada.ca/en/services/benefits/ei.html

        Yes it would be bad if a ton of people went on unemployment, it just wouldn’t work exactly how you’re describing. Unemployment isn’t UBI.

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