TheVoiceOfJoyce. The unemployment insurance program was designed for a different economy and no longer serves the unemployed, the gig worker, or the long term unemployed. Low Corporate taxes contribute to the problem along with States too stingy to pay a living wage. The result: only a small percentage receive benefits and they’re not enough to assure people aren’t impoverished. There’s little job retraining either. A program needing a solution to function and serve the millions out of work. You can’t pick yourself up if you have nothing and no options