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Bureaucratix: $1 Per Day in AdSense Revenue Strips Blogger of Unemployment

Red Tape If you’re a blogger who draws unemployment from the State of New York, beware. An unemployed lawyer, named Karin (Last name withheld) told Forbes that New York State has withheld her unemployment benefits after declaring that her blog constituted self-employment.

The New York Department of Labor initially told her that her Google AdSense revenue was residual, and that it would not affect her unemployment. However, the NYDOL later launched an investigation into her “business” to determine if she is still

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