Unemployment Benefits: Out of Sync From: The Washington Post | Date: May 16, 1991| Author: Hobart Rowen | Copyright (null) The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

If you lose your job, you're entitled to get unemployment insurance, right? Wrong. The nation's vaunted unemployment insurance system, crucial as an "automatic stabilizer" for the economy since the Great Depression, has lost its punch. The general public - and that includes most members of Congress - is unaware that today many unemployed persons get no benefits at all.

For those who do, the payments are less generous than in the past, are taxed at both federal and state levels and ...

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