You know when the Deputy Director of California's Unemployment Insurance Branch admits to the LA Times that the state's booklet on unemployment benefits doesn't help applicants much, you're in trouble, right?
"We know they don't read it," (Deborah) Bronow said. "It's big, and we're the government."
The LA Times reports, "Even the table of contents is confusing."
Uh oh.
Which is why I'm happy to report that the Times has taken it upon itself to run, in their Surviving Recession series, a piece dedicated to understanding Unemployment Insurance.
I really don't expect the government to be smart enough to figure out that when someone's laid off, they're not going to be feeling up to a confusing labyrinth of online paperwork. Or that they'd know that person would need some assistance when they go through the process. These are things the Times obviously understands.
I think I'll have to go back to getting their paper all week long. Dang, I'll miss them if they're gone.
In the meantime, here's the whole piece on their site.
Now I can read the funnies.
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