Comments about ‘Senior unemployment proposal shelved’

Shouldn't even be considered to penalize those on SS incomes.

This offset should also apply to anyone receiving welfare or other state financial support, it they intend to enact such a law to punish retirement income.

There are tens of thousands illegal foreign nationals getting financial, medical, rent, utilities, and tax free incomes that must be addressed before we start passing laws punishing our citizens.

If the state was serious about budget cuts the illegals in Utah is the first place to start, make them prove citizenship, incomes, taxes paid, and verify it before any freebies are given to them.

Cut it 100%.

At least until Social Security is bankrupt, which will only be a few years.

The government (at any level) can only "give" money away after they first confiscate it from hard working taxpayers, or borrow it to be repaid (plus interest) by future generations.

We MUST CUT GOVERMENT SPENDING AT ALL LEVELS!

If you need money, borrow it straight from your kids and grandchildren and eliminate the added expense of the government bureaucracyto get it the other way.

This only adds to my stress since the SS retirement pension was supposed to be my money I paid into the Federal fund working all these years.

I’m 75 years old and lost my job after 10 years, . I have suddenly lost $5000 a month, and the unemployment checks are only about $1187 per month, while I’m trying to find another job in a bad economy.
I’ve used up my savings, my IRA retirement stock has crashed to less than $5000, (10% of original fund.)
Now have cancer, doing Chemo each week, which adds more medical bills to pay.

I’m contemplating Bankruptcy to settle credit card payments I can’t make.
So, the bottom line is the legislature helps put me near the poverty level.

Utah has one of the highest tax burdens on citizens in the country. I need a break!