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Bye Bye Unemployment Benefits?

~ The Rebel ~ 2012/05/12 02:22:32

More than 200,000 long-term jobless Americans will lose their unemployment checks this week, when eight states roll off the federal extended benefits program.

Nearly half of them live in California, and the rest reside in Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Texas.

The federal extended benefits program has provided the jobless with up to 20 weeks of unemployment checks after they’ve run through their state and their federal emergency benefits, which together last up to 79 weeks.

But the extended benefits program is expiring throughout the country as the economy improves.

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  • JanHopkins 2012/05/12 15:51:15
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    200,000 off the unemployment roles will prove that the economy is back on it's feet whether it is or not.
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  • Pat 2012/05/12 05:35:04
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    Yeah, this is bad but I think we all knew that the extensions would have to end at some point. I just hope these people can get some kind of job to keep them going.
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  • Angela Chambers 2012/05/12 05:02:35
  • Dagon 2012/05/12 03:49:33
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/12 15:54:35
    JanHopkins
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    Considering that appears our local factories are getting ready for another round of lay offs here is what I think will happen. The people who are layed off now will get the jobs of those who will be layed off soon making it appear that the economy has improved and jobs have been created.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/12 18:58:49
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/13 03:32:15
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    I keep wondering about all the boomers that have retired in the last 3 years. Do their vacancies get counted as "created" jobs.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/13 05:15:34
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/13 13:00:30
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    I have to hang on until 66.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/13 17:35:02
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/13 17:45:31
    JanHopkins
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    My work is back breaking. Even the young men complain about it. Nothing to love there.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/13 17:48:11
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/14 02:25:24
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    I just hope I still have steady hands and can still see clearly enough when I retire. Then I will be working in the art field where I always belonged but could never spend 100% of my time.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/14 03:58:09
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/14 12:06:48
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    The weight problem is going to be hard to handle when I retire. I stayed pretty thin most of my life but I will have to deal with the fact that all that steel lifting muscle developed over decades is going to want to turn to instant Jello. I've met other women who retired from my trade and they all say they wish they had kept lifting weights to counter that. Unfortunately they said it's hard to do that.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/14 21:09:27 (edited)
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/15 04:12:19
    JanHopkins
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    My favorite exercise is gardening, walking the dogs and dancing. I really can't stand gyms. I do have some rather weighty swords I use to work out and stay limber. I have to do that outside for safetys sake. I bet the neighbors think I'm a first class loon.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/15 13:15:40
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/15 14:26:42
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    Oh goody! A fellow loon!
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/15 17:04:56
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/16 04:37:08
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    LOL! I don't think so. I got mine at a rummage sale like almost everything I aquire.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/16 19:54:14
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/17 03:46:51
    JanHopkins
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    Me too! The price of a new book is getting so high! My problem is that I enjoy science fiction and sword and sorcery and you almost have to pry those kind of books out of the owners cold dead fingers. I sure have a tough time finding any.
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  • Dagon JanHopkins 2012/05/17 07:25:27
  • JanHopkins Dagon 2012/05/18 05:05:57
    JanHopkins
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    You know what really frys me? I owned science fiction from Edgar Rice Burrows 1st editions and just about everything written since then but the pages got so fragile they started to crumble at the lightest touch. Now my collection has been winnowed down a lot. My original McCaffries have been replaced several times. I am still trying to replace my Asimove. My problem is that I don't just own them, I read them again and again and again.
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  • wtw 2012/05/12 03:04:57
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    I hate to see anyone lose unemployment but we can't afford to keep paying for this!
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  • Matt 2012/05/12 02:51:11
    Matt
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    Spin those numbers a little bit and unemployment just went down.

    This is not really important. There are gay people out there who actually want to get married.
    funny job creation
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  • Beccy 2012/05/12 02:47:35
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    Well it seems like they should have lasted longer here in Michigan because times are still bad even with a tea party governor. In fact they are worse.
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  • Peewee Beccy 2012/10/06 05:23:14
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    Have faith, Beccy. Rick did kill the movie industry which really bummed me out...I have movie critters. Rick himself is OK but he has a stupid legislature to deal with. Hubby is a corrections officer and since that's a huge part of the budget they;re beating up on those guys I am a county Farm Bureau board member and believe me there is a lot of grass roots efforts on all of our behalf. It's going to be bad until we get on track as a country. If you care about any issue, contact me offline and I'll make sure your voice is heard to the right people.
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  • Kat ♪ 2012/05/12 02:45:49
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    Economy still sucks, but they'll be claiming jobless rates are down if all these people quit reporting.
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  • Beccy Kat ♪ 2012/05/12 02:48:41
    Beccy
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    Well the ones who lost their unemployment are off the rolls.
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  • K-ZOOMI-----0 2012/05/12 02:43:43
    K-ZOOMI-----0
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    This administration will make sure that these 200,000 will be counted as "created jobs".
    This "Slow Recovery" is a lie.
    The media won't tell the truth!
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  • Beccy K-ZOOMI... 2012/05/12 02:49:40
    Beccy
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    Yeap, JP Morgan is down the tubes and will bring others with it
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  • K-ZOOMI... Beccy 2012/05/12 05:31:37
    K-ZOOMI-----0
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    Wait till the newly elected Greek Socialist ruins Greece and tanks the Euro.
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  • JanHopkins K-ZOOMI... 2012/05/12 15:55:53
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    And how about those French?
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  • K-ZOOMI... JanHopkins 2012/05/12 16:48:22
    K-ZOOMI-----0
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    Europe is going down and I believe before we have a chance to vote a President out ourselves.
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  • Beccy K-ZOOMI... 2012/05/12 17:00:12
    Beccy
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    And also look at what is happening in France
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  • K-ZOOMI... Beccy 2012/05/12 17:23:03
    K-ZOOMI-----0
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    Reminds me of the 1930's.
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  • Beccy K-ZOOMI... 2012/05/13 01:28:52
    Beccy
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    It is like the 30's and it will get worse.
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  • say what? 2012/05/12 02:33:08
    say what?
    +7
    I expect an increase in crime soon.
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