Anaxagoras
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Joined: 5/9/2009 From: Eire Status: offline
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ORIGINAL: LadyHibiscus Okay, are we talking about the same things? Here in the US we have "unemployment", which is from a fund that EMPLOYERS pay in to, subsidized by state and federal governments. You have to have a certain amount of work history, and minimum earnings to collect, and the amount you get is based on your earnings, up to a cap of about $375 a week. Generally you get 26 weeks, maybe a second set of 26, then you are fucked until you have enough work credits built up. "Welfare" or other assistance is based on income, disability, and whether you have kids. Hard to get most kinds without kids, run by the states, so every state is different in terms of rules and how much you might get. Yes they are two somewhat different things but Kev was saying he had paid his way in taxes. In Ireland there is "Unemployment Benefit" which is taken from a taxed contribution from on weekly earnings, and "Unemployment Assistance" which is a benefit anyone unemployed can claim. I think they are roughly about the same at €200 /pw but the former is not means assessed (and might be a little more) while the latter is. One can also claim various allowances for rent etc. on top of that. quote:
ORIGINAL: xssve But yeah, Celt babes make my fingers twitch, must be the Viking in me - and maybe some Celt blood in the woodshed there, I have Red hair myself. Might be surprising but it may be that the Irish aren't Celtic after all. Its not said very openly by archaeologists but no evidence was found for the assumed Celtic invasion of Ireland. In fact one typically finds more Celtic artefacts in one of the many Celtic grave yards in Europe than has been found in the entire country. The association with the Celts may be cultural instead. There were a lot of trading routes into mainland Europe during the Iron Age so their culture and religion may have spread a distance across the water...
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