Why are so many people unemployed?

[DiggityDaggityDo]

Domino’s is hiring
Walmart is hiring
Sam’s Club is hiring
etc
etc
etc

[big joe 1212]

Too much incentive for people to stay unemployed

[slayer14]

I think warehouses are employing also no one wants to be in a warehouse during these times

[KnuckleHeadz]

Cause California is a joke and anyone can walk in and get disability and now everyone has a excuse to collect unemployment.

[sweethook]

Cause California is a joke and anyone can walk in and get disability and now everyone has a excuse to collect unemployment.

this = 3rd world america

[seaborneq]

People are scared to work after initially being told to go home.

[SBR_Guest_Pro]

why would i go work for Amazon for $19 an hour, or the grocery store for $17 an hour, when right now with the extra $600/week on unemployment, i'm making $26.25/hour based on a 40 hour week. So not worth going to work....i'm sitting at home getting drunk instead and making good money since i don't have to pay my car payment or rent this month

[INVEGA MAN]

white people dont want those jobs!! They were brought up not to take those jobs

[Brock Landers]

Who's taking a totally different job when they aren't sure when their "regular" job is back?

[Emily_Haines]

You would have to be a complete fukkin dumbass to work a shitty ass job when you get unemployment and 600 per week simply by quitting your job and claiming you fear getting the covids.

[Mr KLC]

why would i go work for Amazon for $19 an hour, or the grocery store for $17 an hour, when right now with the extra $600/week on unemployment, i'm making $26.25/hour based on a $40 hour week. So not worth going to work....i'm sitting at home getting drunk instead and making good money since i don't have to pay my car payment or rent this month

This

[clockwise1965]

Make more money sitting at home with unemployment then working.

No reason to go back to work.

[thechaoz]

Lol are you serious?

[KnuckleHeadz]

Gonna be a bunch of Mayans sleeping inside those oversized jerseys in the doorways of closed down buildings in 6 months

[clockwise1965]

Make more money sitting at home with unemployment then working.

No reason to go back to work.

Of course not.

[clockwise1965]

Lol are you serious?

Of course not.

[Art Vandelay]

why would i go work for Amazon for $19 an hour, or the grocery store for $17 an hour, when right now with the extra $600/week on unemployment, i'm making $26.25/hour based on a 40 hour week. So not worth going to work....i'm sitting at home getting drunk instead and making good money since i don't have to pay my car payment or rent this month

Pretty much ends this thread, no further discussion needed!

[slayer14]

white people dont want those jobs!! They were brought up not to take those jobs

I thought they are the hardest wokers

[KnuckleHeadz]

What is wrong with today’s youth. Instead of jumping on a opportunity when many Jobs are available and building a name for yourself with a company while most are sitting on there arse

[The General]

Unsustainable entitlement. hopefully, Mr Trump wipes this nonsense out in his second term. Doubt it, but maybe a dent.

[ronald]

why would i go work for Amazon for $19 an hour, or the grocery store for $17 an hour, when right now with the extra $600/week on unemployment, i'm making $26.25/hour based on a 40 hour week. So not worth going to work....i'm sitting at home getting drunk instead and making good money since i don't have to pay my car payment or rent this month

The government has really screwed this one up.

I think Trump has been a great president, but I also think his handling of this virus has been horrible. He should have never given directives to shut anything down. And his bailouts/stimulus/free money program has been something you'd expect Bernie Sanders to come up with.

[TommieGunshot]

I love how out of 20 posts, one was asking the question, one gave a personal answer, and all the rest is speculating on the motivations of others. Any answer other than the reason why you personally aren't working is complete horseshit.

Here are the main reasons I am unemployed instead of working at Amazon or Walmart:
-there isn't much stuff I care to buy right now, so I don't need extra money.
-before this pandemic, there wasn't much stuff I cared to buy, so most of the money I did earn I was able to save/invest.
-I predict the casinos will be opening up again soon, so I can go back to earning money there later this year.

Seeing other people not working is only a big deal for those who think we should not have the personal freedom to do what we want.

[ronald]

I love how out of 20 posts, one was asking the question, one gave a personal answer, and all the rest is speculating on the motivations of others. Any answer other than the reason why you personally aren't working is complete horseshit.

Here are the main reasons I am unemployed instead of working at Amazon or Walmart:
-there isn't much stuff I care to buy right now, so I don't need extra money.
-before this pandemic, there wasn't much stuff I cared to buy, so most of the money I did earn I was able to save/invest.
-I predict the casinos will be opening up again soon, so I can go back to earning money there later this year.

Seeing other people not working is only a big deal for those who think we should not have the personal freedom to do what we want.

Not when we are the ones paying others not to work.
I don't care if other people don't work, but I don't want to be footing the bill for it.

[seaborneq]

You can't pay more NOT to work than to work. Just unsustainable and definitely screws with the employer/employee relationship.

[TommieGunshot]

Not when we are the ones paying others not to work.
I don't care if other people don't work, but I don't want to be footing the bill for it.

For you to lay blame on the people accepting the money and not the people handing it out shows you are as much of the problem as anyone.

I got $1200 that you helped pay for dumped into my bank account. I never asked for it, Trump just decided to put it there, yet you're still going to vote for him in November.

[seaborneq]

The government has really screwed this one up.

I think Trump has been a great president, but I also think his handling of this virus has been horrible. He should have never given directives to shut anything down. And his bailouts/stimulus/free money program has been something you'd expect Bernie Sanders to come up with.

Who gives Trump directives to do anything?? Do tell. The buck has ALWAYS started and ended with him. You are one of the first to admit the his handling of this virus has been horrible, all others just make excuses how he is handling it well and doing the right thing.

[jjgold]

Uber eats a decent job and safe

[cincinnatikid513]

people are lazy

[The General]

"Think about our kids, America's future"...but very very few really give a chit about the kid's future, especially politicians.

[SBR_Guest_Pro]

Not when we are the ones paying others not to work.
I don't care if other people don't work, but I don't want to be footing the bill for it.

except you're not the one paying me to not work... I paid my taxes, my company paid their unemployment taxes. The unemployment i'm collecting came from my companies unemployment tax payments. Nothing from "ronald" is coming to my bank account right now. learn economics

[pologq]

as mentioned, getting more to be home right now

plus, not really looking to work a new job when my job is ready for me once my place reopens. feel this is important as fired instead of furloughed influences my decision here.

really rather people who need steady work even after this is over take the jobs so they can start building something

[King Mayan]

90 percent of y’all are on disability. Wtf you talking about?

[ronald]

except you're not the one paying me to not work... I paid my taxes, my company paid their unemployment taxes. The unemployment i'm collecting came from my companies unemployment tax payments. Nothing from "ronald" is coming to my bank account right now. learn economics

If you think the government budget for unemployment payments going out (including the $600 weekly bonus) is sufficiently covered by workers paying into the fund, then it is you who does not understand economics.

[ronald]

For you to lay blame on the people accepting the money and not the people handing it out shows you are as much of the problem as anyone.

I got $1200 that you helped pay for dumped into my bank account. I never asked for it, Trump just decided to put it there, yet you're still going to vote for him in November.

I am in no way blaming you nor anyone else for taking advantage of the system. Go read my posts again. I'm blaming the foolish government policies.

[ronald]

Who gives Trump directives to do anything?? Do tell. The buck has ALWAYS started and ended with him. You are one of the first to admit the his handling of this virus has been horrible, all others just make excuses how he is handling it well and doing the right thing.

He has screwed this one up badly. Believe it or not it is possible to support a politician without blindly applauding every decision he makes.