Unemployment - Nobody's Friend

I have taken a lot of classes in my life. But I don't recall any classes that taught me what to do if you, or your spouse, loses a job. When Troy was told this September that his job was done, effective immediately, due to budget cuts, we did know that he needed to file for unemployment right away. That is where our knowledge on unemployment ended. Six weeks later, we are wishing we had known more, because if I knew then what I know now, I don't think he would have even bothered to file. So here are some tips that I would like to share so that if you are ever in our position, (which I hope you are not) you will be a little more informed.

A)If you are taking classes and also working but get laid off, you will be denied unemployment if you state on your application that you are not willing to quit your classes.
B)If you appeal your case and speak to a judge who reviews your case, you will still be denied benefits even though you would be able to accept a job while taking classes.
C) If on your initial application you choose to have taxes taken out of any benefits (which you assume you will be getting), you will then be required to pay taxes on benefits you receive when those benefits have actually been denied but are sent to you mistakenly due to a "clerical error."

This has been an on-going process for a month-and-a-half. I did my best to deal with the sudden shock of his job loss, accept the fact that we weren't going to get any unemployment compensation, understand that our appeal was denied, and even try not to feel too disappointed that Troy didn't get a part-time job he applied for at BSU. But coming home today and finding out that we now owe taxes (on money that we don't get to keep) due to someone else's mistake has made me really mad. The saying "kick a person while he's down" comes to mind. Oh, in case you're wondering, we're supposed to get reimbursed for the taxes we have to pay now when we file our taxes this spring. Call me crazy, but that doesn't sound like a good deal to me. I have a feeling the final chapter has not been written on the unemployment saga.