South Carolina to change unemployment ruling

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Evidently, my state has decided to relax the rule that states you can't attend school while you are drawing unemployment.

We talked about in this thread how the unemployment people made my husband drop a class he was taking while he was unemployed.

So, I get this thing in the mail (which I had meant to save and type you up some quotes from, but I just got back into town and can't find the thing. My house is a wreck, it could be anywhere. My husband may have used to it wipe his ass for all I know) saying that the rule prohibiting classes while taking unemployment benefits was lifted due to the economic situation, and because it's an emergency, they've decided that an educated workforce would be less of a drain on the system, and now unemployment recipients may even be eligible for a Pell Grant.

Now, let me get this straight. I have problems with word problems, so help me out here. A good way to get people off unemployment in a bad economy is the same way that is condidered a BAD way in a good economy?

An educated workforce is only valuable in a bad economy? It's best to keep them skill-less and helpless if the economy is good? Am I understanding that, correctly?

EDIT: Okay, here it is online. There is only a pdf version, so if you want to read what they sent me, go over to the red bar on the right and click on the "Pell Grant info" link to view the pdf.

Keep in mind, this is a new thing since unemployment is through the roof here. Normally, they will not let you take training while drawing benefits even if that training allows you to get a job immediately.

[BroomJockey]

I can explain this. It's not rational, intelligent, or even a good idea, but I know the thought process that goes in to it.

1. Good economy means people have more money, and they are therefore able to afford to send themselves or their children to classes.

2. More people with skills means fewer people willing to do menial jobs.

Therefore, people who cannot afford classes should be stuck doing the menial jobs, so that those who can afford the classes have skilled jobs to go to. So if you took a class and got a skilled job, you'd be taking a job away from a person NOT on unemployment.


Gads, do you have any idea how hard it was to type that with only two of my brain cells in my head? I had to take the rest out to discern their motive. I'm better now, though.

[crashhelmet]

Broom... I think you just found a new way to explain the adage "The rich get richer and the poor get poorer"

CH

[Boozy]

It's not a good economy/bad economy thing. It's about a shifting economy.

There aren't as many unskilled jobs in the US as there once were, especially after the recession hit. The US economy used to be a manufacturing economy, but now its future is in research and technology. Education has become more important.

[Fryk]

Great job, Broom. Your explanation has broken the local space-time continuum. I just had to fend off a velociraptor that leaped out from the wormhole in my monitor, for Chrissake!!!!!

[BlaqueKatt]

I just had to fend off a velociraptor that leaped out from the wormhole in my monitor, for Chrissake!!!!!

must have been a tiny one-can I have it?