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As with most websites, the comments are even better reading than the article (which is excellent). One that stuck out:

This guy is going to be in legal trouble. He certified every 2 weeks he was looking for work and admitted he wasn't. I work for the state unemployment office. This is going to be investigated. Jail time!

Wow, dude... lighten up :)

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The comments are outrageously hilarious. It is unbelievable how much energy is spent by some people to prove that someone is "wrong"!

It reminds me this cartoon: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png

My favorite part of the comments is the hate on how he is essentially stealing from the system.

In Canada:

The cumulative EI surplus stood at $54.4 billion at March 31, 2007, about three times as high as necessary (annual payouts are ~16B). They recently increased the length of time you need to be employed before receiving and reduced the time you can be on EI.

The system is essentially taking more money out of everyone's pockets than it needs to. Who is doing the stealing?

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