Self-employment FTW.

I too was/am self Employed. It has its good and bad side. The bad being in my line of work, IT Project Management, PMP and all that. When I don't have a contract I can't collect unemployment, even though I must pay into it when I do have a contract.
From 1982 to 2007 I was never without a contract for more then a week. from 2007 to today, I have only had 14 months of work total.