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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 01:53 PM Original message |
Prolonged Aid to Unemployed Is Running Out |
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stuball111 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
1. I did my part... |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. What the unemployed need are JOBS.... |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 03:11 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Exactly. |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 03:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. i want a part time job and can`t find one |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
4. my unemployment is finished for now. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 04:42 PM Response to Original message |
6. What's going to happen to this country???? |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 05:29 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. No, we're all shiftless, lazy good-for-nothings |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. problem is will people be willing to bust their ass for the same amount of money |
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Amos Moses (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. A lot of people are used to working hard for |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 07:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. sorry i dont think i stated it well, the question is would people work for $300 a week |
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Amos Moses (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 08:08 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. OK I get it. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 08:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. That's the point of an Unemployment guarantee . . . the jobs have to have appeal . . . |
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SeattleGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 08:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Exactly. When I was unemployed, I was never told that I had to take |
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vadawg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 08:34 PM Response to Reply #19 |
20. come on you know as well as i do, there are always people who game the system |
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mother earth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:28 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Perhaps the system is "gamed" in good times, these times are |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #20 |
32. Well, unemployment is there for these times.. AND most people have |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 09:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. We've had decades of unemployment and underemployment . . . |
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glowing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:20 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. I work at a hotel. I have a degree in marine/ environmental science. |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 07:17 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Well, if you really wanted a job, you would work for nothing. |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 07:45 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Actually, there was a news segment suggesting just that |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 07:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
13. I don't doubt it. |
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Zhade (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 05:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Remember how Obama spoke about such a thing for about, oh, five minutes? |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 08:15 PM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Corporations want to cut jobs and not pay into unemployment . . . |
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saigon68 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 07:10 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Welcome to MEXICO 2011 |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 07:01 PM Response to Original message |
8. No problem, just print more money like we did for the banks. nt |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
16. They need to return to the original Welfare Guarantees/Full Unemployement Guarantees . . . |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-01-09 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's my two year anniversary |
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OKNancy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. kick |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
24. Here's the graph that was in the article in the OP |
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Triana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. No Recovery - worse than no recovery. n/t |
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fasttense (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. In Greene County TN, our unemployment rate is 16.5%. |
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Amos Moses (551 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:26 AM Response to Reply #26 |
27. As long as the bankers stay bailed out |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
31. but the gobmit's MSM recently said the recession is over |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 10:26 AM Response to Original message |
30. maybe the bailed out bankers will pay their taxes on bonuses they got recently |
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YoungAndOutraged (107 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
34. Why won't these lazy leeches just start their own business? |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Aug-02-09 09:50 PM Response to Reply #34 |
36. 2 Obama administration officials can't guarantee middle-class Americans won't see tax hike |
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