More unemployment benefits in millions don’t grab Florida Legislature

Even as the state borrows $300 million a month from the federal government to pay unemployment claims, a key senator said the Legislature is unlikely to consider a change in the law that could bring more than $400 million in federal stimulus money to Florida.

Even without modernization, a series of changes approved by the Legislature last year and the erosion of the trust fund will push tax rates up from about $8.40 an employee this year to $100.30 an employee in 2010.