The last time I was on unemployment, it was through Nj. It took DAYS to get through, it was insane. It’s just as bad in NY and PA:

NJ taxpayers spent tens of millions for help answering phone calls from unemployment claimants during the pandemic. And some applicants are expressing a familiar frustration: the inability to reach a human being on the phone at the Dept. of Labor. https://t.co/UlIE0MeO7i

— NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) January 18, 2023

Whenever people tell me they want to move to a state “because their taxes are so low,” they mean other people are treated badly so their taxes remain low — whether they realize it or not:

Retired Texas teachers, denied cost-of-living raises since 2004, get even smaller checks in 2022 https://t.co/jugnsX4atf

— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) March 8, 2022