When State Unemployment Funds Are Inadequate to Continue Paying Benefits

question 26

Multiple Choice

When state unemployment funds are inadequate to continue paying benefits to unemployed workers, the state can:

• A) declare bankruptcy
• B) levy additional taxes on an ad hoc basis, but no more than 10% in one year
• C) do nothing other than file a claim under any private unemployment insurance it may have purchased
• D) borrow from the federal government without paying interest

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