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Michele's avatar

Interesting--and I had imagined all the smartphone-owning un- and underemployed were sittin' pretty!

That system is so messed up; it blew my mind that CA w/its reputation for handing out gobs of aid was actually, ehrm, not. Like, at least have the balls to be like a red state and say NO honestly, instead of using the nudge. I think the former head of CA UI--presumably the one who let it get so beslogged--is one of those dems who managed to fail upward into Biden admin, too.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-02-10/california-unemployment-benefit-problems-julie-su-federal-appointment-edd

Good luck with your claim--and with your next gig! Hopefully w/a company not going belly up!

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Keahi's avatar

Thank you! Next gig is retirement in Mexico. Just get me through the next six months, Lord!

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Michele's avatar

Glarghghgh another good soul leaving the state!

Can't blame you.

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Keahi's avatar

Home is always in my heart but you talk about blue, honey, omfg it's pathetic. There's no going back. I'm from Hawai'i. And they lick the boots of their captors there. Unless they're the neo-colonialists who've bought up the place like Fuckerberg, Oprah, Obama - oh wait! Yeah - he's from there! snort.

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