#1
Posted: 4/20/07 at 4:49pm
A friend of mine has just come off New York State Unemployment. I can't believe how the government scams the unemployed.
He was forced to take his weekly benefit payment on a Chase Direct Payment Card. He had three options for getting his money: ATM (only in increments of $20); use it in stores that accepted debit cards; or go to a Chase branch and pay a fee.
He was getting $369 a week. (If he was getting $400 a week, he could have taken everything out of the ATM). Now that he's off unemployment, he has a balance of $1.25 on the card. Chase won't give him the money and he can't take that out of an ATM. He's stuck running around NYC trying to buy something for $1.25 because he doesn't want that money to go into Chase's account.
The State of New York should be ashamed for paying out money but not allowing citizens to collect the full amount.
He was forced to take his weekly benefit payment on a Chase Direct Payment Card. He had three options for getting his money: ATM (only in increments of $20); use it in stores that accepted debit cards; or go to a Chase branch and pay a fee.
He was getting $369 a week. (If he was getting $400 a week, he could have taken everything out of the ATM). Now that he's off unemployment, he has a balance of $1.25 on the card. Chase won't give him the money and he can't take that out of an ATM. He's stuck running around NYC trying to buy something for $1.25 because he doesn't want that money to go into Chase's account.
The State of New York should be ashamed for paying out money but not allowing citizens to collect the full amount.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
