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southdenverhoo

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Wonder how that works? In Colorado your unemployment benefits are


determined by your wages in the 4 quarters preceding your the quarter of your claim, dividing that total by 52 (to get a weekly number) and then dividing THAT number by two. There is a minimum of $25 a week and a maximum of $650 (I think

tl;dr: you get half of what you earned in the previous year, subject to a maximum which translates out to $33,800 per year

Most states have a similar means of calculating benefits. I don't see any way a "college student who worked a 15 hour a week summer job" could get a grand plus a week, even with $600 coming from the feds, under that sort of statutory scheme.

If these hypothetical summer job system-gamers of yours live in a state that doesn't have that sort of sliding scale benefit based on the claimants actual wage history, they live in a state which is a) an outlier and b) pretty fucking fiscally irresponsible.

Because I don't believe such a state exists, I call bullshit on your post.


(In response to this post by Tuckahokie)

Posted: 08/07/2020 at 3:31PM



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