Funferal

Insanity and bureaucracy

Radio Left – and CNN – classify this story as ‘offbeat’ and ‘humorous’ but it highlights the idiocy of a system designed primarily to penalise, rather than help, the unemployed:

John Bothe was unemployed with time to spare — so he paid a radio station about $1,000 for air time to showcase his talents as host of a Saturday sports show…. The state Labor Department determined that Bothe’s unpaid radio gig qualified as work and disqualified him from receiving unemployment benefits.

So this guy was actively seeking work – by advertising his skills – but because spending time on air meant he wasn’t available to take up paid work during those hours, he is deemed not to be eligible for benefits. Oh, and he’s already lost an appeal!