Comments on Advance Indiana™: Whistle Blowers Say Mismanagement At Department Of Workforce Development Contributed To $2 Billion Debt

Deanna's story was very well done, and from wh...

2012-02-28T17:46:02.410-05:00

Deanna's story was very well done, and from what I understand, this will be a continuing series. In fact, she's doing another story tonight during the 6 PM news on Channel 8.

Gary -- what you describe is a typical day at the office at DWD, and that's disgusting it happened that way. Unfortunately, that's a common, recurring story, as is what happens with appeals (that's a WHOLE other bad issue there).

Concerned:
I understand the need to blame the Obama administration, and you will (and it deserves it often), but this was PURELY of the Daniels administration's doing. Their modernized system was to be done in April 2008 (Bush II admin), the first federal extension of benefits was done in July 08 (Bush admin), the UI Trust Fund went bankrupt in November 2008 (Bush admin), Indiana's DWD was responsible for overpaying more claimants than any other state agency in 2008 (Bush admin). The problems, as Gary noted, have been numerous. And they started 7 1/2 years ago, during the Daniels' administration's first year.

I don't understand why people keep defending Mitch as if he was the second coming of Christ on Earth when he's nothing but a Fiscal Fraud. Obama (and Bush II) have done much to destroy our federal government, but Daniels has devastated Indiana and always seems to get a pass. Not much longer, though.

There were a lot of odd decisions being made. I ha...

2012-02-28T10:35:35.715-05:00

There were a lot of odd decisions being made. I had a client who fired an employee for stealing and DWD paid him unemployment benefits over the employer's objections. The fired employee then filed for worker's comp benefits. When the client complained to DWD, they finally agreed he shouldn't have been getting benefits. I also have heard about how the telephone hearings work. They tell the employer and employee to be prepared for a telephonic hearing at a certain time. You wait by the phone. It never rings. You call later. They claim you didn't answer the phone and tell you they've already decided the case in favor of the employee.

So, nobody knows how much, if any, was OVERPAID, a...

2012-02-28T10:15:37.140-05:00

So, nobody knows how much, if any, was OVERPAID, as well as UNDERPAID, or if the debt has been caused by the MASSIVE blows to the economy caused by the Obama Regime's policies over the last 3 years.
So, maybe we shouldn't automatically blame Daniels or the Indiana system for trying hard to keep up with paying unemployment to people.