Monday, September 07, 2009

Preview of Coming Attractions: Wisconsin Unemployment Hotline Drops 86% of Calls


Gee, grandma, I can't wait until the government controls the entire health care industry! The completely unionized staff will be soooo responsive!

Like in Wisconsin, where the unemployment phone line drops 86% of all calls.

The voices taunt thousands of Wisconsin's unemployed.


Here's what happens: Unemployed people call a hotline run by the Department of Workforce Development to check on their claims for unemployment benefits or to answer agency questions about their application.

The calm, recorded voice of a woman says: "To speak with the next available claims specialist, press 0."

But about 86% of the time, the caller is soon disconnected with a simple "Goodbye" from the calm, recorded voice of a man.

The callers still don't know why their unemployment checks haven't hit their bank account, and they can't ask a live person any questions...

Not to worry, though. Nothing can possibly go wrong with the plans of President Training Wheels to re-engineer a $3 trillion industry: after all, he's historic!

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