Professor Elam

Texas, along with other states, is hiking the minimum unemployment tax on employers.

This of course is a disincentive to hire any more workers.

The better idea for unemployment is that every week the check should decrease, then the recipient would realize this is a temporary measure and they should seriously be looking for work, rather than laying around on their new job, collecting unemployment. Then people would move if necessary to where they could find a job. Then communities would be forced to do what it takes to attract a business. As it is, communities are just asking for more 'stimulus' money which results in more unemployment payments which hikes taxes which are a disincentive to hire, this will only increase unemployment. 

Note to students, if you are thinking a college degree is simply going to land you a job, think again.

Now more than ever it will be important to have a defined skill set to offer. And presentation skills will be necessary to convince someone of your intrinsic worth.