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North Carolina

octoberlib

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7. They'll be cut off after 26 weeks

Reply to littlewolf (Reply #5)

Wed Feb 13, 2013, 05:16 PM

Feb 2013

In his news release,US Labor Secretary Harris wrote:
"The North Carolina legislature is considering legislation that would reduce state Unemployment Insurance benefits. If enacted, the legislation also would cut off all federally funded Emergency Unemployment Compensation — that is, benefits after 26 weeks of unemployment — to 170,000 unemployed North Carolinians. This cutoff is automatic under federal law. I have no discretion to stop it. As a result, families struggling to secure their place in the middle class will suffer a grievous blow, and the state's economy will lose $780 million in federal funds that are vital to reducing North Carolina's high unemployment rate.

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North Carolina Unemployment Benefits Cuts Harshest In Country: Report [View all] octoberlib Feb 2013 OP

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Hope the brain dead who voted for these sociopaths ProfessionalLeftist Feb 2013 #4

this truly sucks ... littlewolf Feb 2013 #5

They'll be cut off after 26 weeks octoberlib Feb 2013 #7

i knew it would be bad barbtries Feb 2013 #6