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In fact, if it bounces around enough it ALL gets paid as one tax or another, so it comes back to the government.
This is a concept too few people understand. "A recent study of UI's economic impact, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Labor in 1999, found that UI benefits produced $2.15 of increased economic activity (GDP) for every $1.00 in UI benefits paid to laid off workers." 2002. UI benefits are also income taxable.
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Here, as elsewhere, people are outraged at what feels like a rigged game -- an economy that won't respond, a democracy that won't listen, and a financial sector that holds all the cards. - Robert Reich
