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Scarblac:
And then, when you have no unemployment, is there any other fallback? I've heard of "welfare"?
(in the Netherlands, you also get unemployment benefits for some period, depending on how long you've worked, amount based on your last salary. When that runs out, if you have no other sources of income (like a spouse) and no savings, you'll get some money each month that's just about enough to live).
Oilman:
--- Quote from: wdfarmer on 27 Jan 2015, 01:54 ---
--- Quote ---Man these US american problems are so weird to us europeans.
Do you really not have any form of general unemployment insurance over there in the USA ?!?
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It can vary state to state, but generally, if you were laid off (the employer needed to reduce staff to make ends meet), then yes, you can receive unemployment compensation for about 26 weeks. Or, if you were temporary, if your contract ended. In both cases, you can receive payments only if you're looking for a job.
But if you quit the job, or get fired, then you're ineligible for unemployment compensation.
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unemployment benefits vary considerably in UK and in Europe, that's one of the BIG problems UK has with the EU. Broadly speaking you get a fixed period of unemployment benefit (subject to various qualifications - if you quit you may be ineligible for a period, for example) in UK then pass on to various forms of social security. Social housing provision differs greatly from the US model.
Re below, do we KNOW that FAYE has a bona-fide diagnosis of PTSD?
rschill:
Mending things with Dora won't be easy, but I think a consistent demonstration of consistently changed ways over some period of time could do it. She'll have to do that anyway just to maintain what she has left.
I'm wondering if she would, should, or could change her mind about moving to NY. She just pissed away her sweet job and Dora's trust, did Jeph-knows-what with Pintsize, and could very well have vomit drowned. She might be comfortable where she is, but it ain't making her happy. Much as the rest of the cast and readership might miss her, I think she'd be better off as an artist in NY and better off with a decent partner close and long good friends distant. In my experience, long distance friendships are more viable.
phyllis:
I think that, in the last panel, Marten is well aware that Faye's issues go beyond getting blackout drunk, and is asking "she'll be OKAY, right?" because he wants the doctor to assure him that all those issues will be cleared up, not just her physical recovery from this incident. He knows that she can't actually give that assurance, but he's there on his own and worried out of his mind, and he doesn't have a friend there to give him a hug and reassure him that "it'll all be okay in the end" which is what friends generally say to each other in emergencies, even if there's no way of knowing it to be true. Unfortunately the doctor can't fulfill that role, but I think that's what he's asking for. I agree that Marten's natural tendencies would probably lead him to be an enabler, but there are several healthcare staff who will fill him in on why that's a bad idea, and once he knows what't best for Faye, I'm sure he'll do it.
I'm not convinced that going to NY would solve anything for Faye, even assuming that Angus would be interested in renewing their relationship. We already know that he had issues with her drinking when they were together, so this might have thrown any slim chance that they would get back together out of the window.
I would love to see Faye's mum show up soon, although I'm not sure that it's the type of hospital admission where phoning a parent would be the natural course of action--Marten may figure that Faye wouldn't want her mum to know that, you know, she got so drunk that she had to be admitted to hospital.
bhtooefr:
--- Quote from: Scarblac on 27 Jan 2015, 01:58 ---And then, when you have no unemployment, is there any other fallback? I've heard of "welfare"?
(in the Netherlands, you also get unemployment benefits for some period, depending on how long you've worked, amount based on your last salary. When that runs out, if you have no other sources of income (like a spouse) and no savings, you'll get some money each month that's just about enough to live).
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So, outside of unemployment benefits, there's a few separate programs.
There's food stamps (which actually aren't stamps, it's a card) that provide food assistance, there's disability payments (if you have a medical condition that prevents you from working), and there's a few other specific programs that can provide assistance (low income heating programs, that kind of thing). She's also in Massachusetts, which may have some other programs that would be useful.
Faye would likely be able to get on disability easily, given that her alcoholism is driven by her depression and her PTSD. And, going on disability would also make insurance more available to her, as there's more cheap insurance options available to those on disability.
However, would that actually help her?
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