{"id":3659,"date":"2021-07-16T07:25:41","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2021-07-16T07:25:41","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T11:25:41","slug":"michigan-uia-undermining-us-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3659","title":{"rendered":"Michigan UIA Undermining Us Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JPA300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"412\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JPA300.jpg\" alt=\"Michigan UIA Undermining Us Again\" class=\"wp-image-3660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JPA300.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/JPA300-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Undermine is a good word. It&#8217;s very intuitive from its roots what it means. Is there a category for those types of words? It&#8217;s not quite an onomatopoeia, or is it? Perhaps <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michiganradio.org\/programs\/thats-what-they-say\">Rebecca Kruth<\/a> can help me out with this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In any case, under and mine together creates a clear picture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1. erode the base or foundation of (a rock formation).<br>&#8220;the flow of water had undermined pillars supporting the roof&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>2. lessen the effectiveness, power, or ability of, especially gradually or insidiously.<br>&#8220;this could undermine years of hard work&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let me add another:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>3. ruin an already tenuous trust<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;the Michigan UIA again undermined the notion that our government is of the people, by the people, for the people&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This week, just as Democrats and the Biden Administration continue to build the case for a more helpful and reliable government, the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridgemi.com\/business-watch\/michigan-changed-unemployment-rules-now-648000-may-have-repay-benefits\">as reported by Bridge Magazine<\/a>) dropped this little nugget:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Nearly one-fifth of the Michigan residents who received unemployment payments during the pandemic are now learning their eligibility for jobless benefits didn\u2019t meet federal standards.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Michigan officials will reevaluate claims filed by 690,092 people. The vast majority \u2014 648,000 \u2014 will have to confirm their jobless status from a different set of criteria and may learn they weren\u2019t eligible for funds they already received.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even worse, the Michigan UIA has a well-documented past of grinding up unfortunate souls who have gotten caught in its machinery. It&#8217;s pretty awful. But does it prove that all government is fundamentally bad? I don&#8217;t think so. The Michigan UIA is to government what Enron was to capitalism \u2014 a really bad instance that undermines the whole thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undermine is a good word. It&#8217;s very intuitive from its roots what it means. Is there a category for those types of words? It&#8217;s not quite an onomatopoeia, or is it? Perhaps Rebecca Kruth can help me out with this. In any case, under and mine together creates a clear picture: 1. erode the base [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,13,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editorial-cartoon","category-michiganpress-org","category-michiganradio-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3659"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3661,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3659\/revisions\/3661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}