XPost: ont.general, ont.politics   
   From: Canuck57@nospam.com   
      
   On 27/03/2010 8:14 PM, PV wrote:   
   > Nobody wrote:   
   >> PV wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Canuck57 wrote:   
   >>>> On 26/03/2010 8:21 PM, The Henchman wrote:   
   >>>>>   
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   >>>   
   >>>> EI, history.  Welfare only for those really at the bottom.  Gone   
   >>>> will be the days of owning cars homes and collecting EI and   
   >>>> welfare. Reserve social assistance to those that really need it   
   >>>> and lazy, drugs, flop house mamas don't qualify.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Your ignorance is simply stunning by it's breadth and width.   
   >>>   
   >>> Laid off last July and looking for work for six months, EI kept my   
   >>> family fed and kept the roof over our heads.  Stuff your   
   >>> generalizations and talk about something you really know about.   
   >>>   
   >>> Twenty four years of paying into EI and it kept us off the welfare   
   >>> rolls.   
   >>   
   >> The point is, they pay a pittance and, if you make too much in the   
   >> year, you have to pay it back.  What kind of 'insurance' does that?   
   >>   
   >> There are, I believe, about 50 or so different 'zones' for EI.  I   
   >> understand that if you live in Alberta, for example, you have to work   
   >> the most time before collecting and get the least benefit.  If you   
   >> are a Newfie fisherman, it is WAY different.  What kind of bullshit   
   >> is that?   
   >   
   > I was referring to Canucks57's generalization that EI was used by people   
   > living high on the hog while abusing EI, which is a load of bullshit in   
   > itself.   
   >   
   > Yes it pays a pittance, enough to keep body and soul together while looking   
   > for work, but better then nothing.  As for the zone variations, a government   
   > solution but I cannot accept Iggys 300 hrs across the board to qualify.   
      
      
   Why not so it yourself?  You are not a broke student fresh out of   
   school.  Hell, save your own EI reserve fund and reap the profits for   
   your family and no the government pork machine.   
      
   Say you need $3000/month for your family, if you accumulate a $18,000   
   reserve fund then get EI your part and the employers part for life, that   
   is a sweet deal.  It costs an awful lot to have government manage your life.   
      
   So why liberals need to force this shit on those who don't want to pay   
   for it and willing to conceed they will never use it is called fascism   
   herd managmeent.   
      
   The reality is EI is employment tax.  A crappy ROI unless you are an abuser.   
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