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Matt Darling 🌐🏗️
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He's right - and this means that construction workwrs pay higher UI taxes than any other industry. If we want more and cheaper housing,.we should stopping taxing the construction industry extra. searchlightinstitute.org/research/the-h
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Conor Coutts
@ConorCoutts
LMAO. Reporter tries the 'data center jobs are temporary' line on a Pennsylvania tradesman literally building one. His answer: “Every job in my field is temporary.”
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Kyle Pomerleau
@kpomerleau
Your proposal would represent a *subsidy* for the construction industry because they would receive generous UI benefits paid for by other sectors.
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Eisenfurst 🇺🇲🧦🌻🤘
@eisenfurst42
Most states the employer pays the taxes. At least in Ohio the new business rate for construction is higher in order to build the reserve balance but the max experience rate is the same.A lower NB rate likely cause their RB to go low or negative early and have a higher exp rate.
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Brendan Moore
@BrendanDMoore
Out of all the issues with the American UI system, experience rating is probably the best feature! Firms internalize (much) of the fiscal cost of layoffs, it limits cross-subsidizing sectors, gives firms a stake in claim accuracy. I do agree we should expand taxable wage base.
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Bird
@BirdNewEngland
Nah they are predatory with their use it. It’s literally part of their business model at this point. If we are paying for their slack capacity, they should minimum be reimbursing some of it. Which is all they’re doing
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