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Filing for Unemployment
Jun. 25th, 2008 11:19 amSo, it turns out that filing for unemployment is not actually as terrifyingly soul-sucking as applying for Food Stamps/Tenn Care...but only by the narrowest of margins.
I have been doing without government assistance quite happily for many, many years now—and quite frankly, I resent having to go through this again.
Yes, I know that unemployment is an entire cauldron of fish different from Tenn Care/Food Stamps. Yes, I know that there is nothing inherently shameful in needing, and utilizing the government assistance programs that my tax dollars have helped to finance.
But the thing is, in my tiny little universe, government assistance is like anti-depressants. A Good Thing (tm) for people to need it, possible to abuse, and Not For Me. Because I am, you see, so much better/stronger/abler/whatever-er than that, and shouldn't HAVE to need it.
Yes, I know that this is a giant steaming pile of dragon dung, no need to point it out.
I have been doing without government assistance quite happily for many, many years now—and quite frankly, I resent having to go through this again.
Yes, I know that unemployment is an entire cauldron of fish different from Tenn Care/Food Stamps. Yes, I know that there is nothing inherently shameful in needing, and utilizing the government assistance programs that my tax dollars have helped to finance.
But the thing is, in my tiny little universe, government assistance is like anti-depressants. A Good Thing (tm) for people to need it, possible to abuse, and Not For Me. Because I am, you see, so much better/stronger/abler/whatever-er than that, and shouldn't HAVE to need it.
Yes, I know that this is a giant steaming pile of dragon dung, no need to point it out.
