Unemployment Funds Running Out

Ah, no one saw this coming. 30 states are probably running out of money for unemployment benefits, and are solving this problem by (1) borrowing from the federal government and (2) raising taxes paid to the fund by employers. Ironically, these employers don't have any money, which is why they laid off their employees in the first place. And now that they'll have even less money, they'll probably lay off more employees, thus further depleting state unemployment funds. Yaaaayyy! Recessions are like fun games!

If you were trying to decide whether it would be worth it to pick up a couple of shifts a week at a coffee shop when it would mean receiving less money from unemployment, your new answer is yes. Yes it would be. Soon (a) there will be no more shifts available (since high school kids saving up for college, college-aged kids who can no longer afford college, college graduates who have already been laid off from their first jobs, this guy, and these upper-class-turned-upper-middle-class kids, are all competing for that one barista position); (b) there will be no more unemployment money; and (c) you will no longer be able to afford any coffee but that shit in the yellow can, and will wish you worked in an industry where such ambrosia flowed for free. Take the job. If you were waiting until things got that bad, the time has come.