And my understanding is based on what I pay if I were to become disabled I am allowed to draw out ex amount and my chld ex amount blah blah blah

really where are these jobs with benefits ?? My dad worked for 30 years and got laid off which he took early retirement it took him over a year and a half to find a job for a lot less money and with 1/2 the benefits .. oh yah if you want to work at burger king ..

A job is a Job i have had places close down on me
And have had to take lower pay but work is work and you can
Work a lower Pay job until you Find something Else

What is your opinion of people who are able to work, but sit home and collect unemployment due to laziness?

I think that it is easy to make assumptions without considering all the facts. I think it is something that should be judge on a case by case basis.

The voice of reason. Anything can be abused, insurance, love, etc. Thank you for an insightful, unbiased post

Well, my brother "works" two months a year to collect unemployment. Somehow he is broke for 12 days of the 14 days he has to wait for unemployment. He really is a leech on society it's really sad. he's 28 and has no ambition or will to do anything besides smoke weed or drink. It's really sad I'm much younger have had a car since the day I drove and always keep busy with school or work. He's a real piece of work.

Rob, we agree... watch the sky for the apocolyse....

was that a voodoo nail in my side...?

FICA Tax

TaxesPayroll taxes for Social Security benefits are collected under the authority of the Federal Insurance Contributions Act or FICA. Most people simply refer to these taxes as FICA tax. This tax had its origins back in 1935 when the tax was part of the Social Security program.

http://www.money-zine.com/Financial-Planning/Tax-Shelter/FICA-Tax/

not the i stands for insurance

thus it is insurance you pay for

in case you can not work

or a child of yours is in need of assistance called ssi

Fica is social security at 12.4% and medicare at 2.9% Disability is a part of these programs. The emplyer pays half and the employees pay half. Self employed people pay both portions. Look into going to an S~Corp shoes then the business will carry 1/2 of your tax burden.

FICA is Federal and goes to disability.

Unemployment Insurance is at the State level and varies by State. In Oregon, the employer pays UI taxes, the employee doesn't. (Self employed pay as if they're an employer.)

FICA is Federal and goes to disability.

Unemployment Insurance is at the State level and varies by State. In Oregon, the employer pays UI taxes, the employee doesn't. (Self employed pay as if they're an employer.)

Frankly, it p*sses me off. I have worked all my life, I was taught to work. I never drew a dime of unemployment up until about five years ago...thats a pretty good record, thirty years. Theres a guy down the road on disability....nothing wrong with him.....he can dig post holes and build chicken houses but he can't work? Yes, lets support him.

I am single and an S corp would be crazy that means that if I marry the person I marry can take 1/2 of my business .. I am an LLC so that my personal assets and my business are not one in the same like in an S corp ..

read the previous posts

and you will understand why that is there

another poster went off topic saying



and thus a social security discussion developed