Senate Gets Closer to Unemployment Benefits Extension
Monday, April 12, 2010 at 6:07 pm
The Senate this evening took a step toward extending the filing deadline for unemployment benefits, hopping a procedural hurdle that sets the stage for final passage of the bill later this week.
The count was 60 to 34 to sidestep a filibuster by Republicans — notably Sen. Tom Coburn (Okla.) — who were urging the Democrats to offset the $9.2 billion cost with unspent funds from last year’s economic stimulus bill.
The legislation — which the House had passed unanimously last month — extends COBRA benefits and the filing deadline for unemployment benefits through May 5. Those benefits had expired April 5, leaving hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers without an income.
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Comment posted April 12, 2010 @ 10:29 pm
See this is a deadline extension, not an extension. This helps noone…
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Comment posted April 12, 2010 @ 10:46 pm
Your right, this does nothing for the long termed unemployed. Even the short termed unemployed with this extension will have benefits cut off again in three weeks. Why not just sign a six month tier extension, then re-evaluate after that expires? What a nightmare we have in Congress..
Sign the tier V unemployment petition!
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Comment posted April 12, 2010 @ 11:27 pm
After working for a living for 43 years, I quit my job in April of 2008. My father passed away on Christmas Day of 2007 and I had to go back to work the next day, due to legal/tax requirements of my job. After being threatened with termination by my employer if I took any time off work for bereavement, I submitted my 30 day notice. I have now exhausted all 99 weeks of unemployment benefits allowed in Illinois. I have no family to help me, and my friends are having their own financial problems. My plan for my future is to take what little cash I have left, about $850, donate it to my local no-kill animal shelter when I drop off my 3 cats and my small dog,(the only “kids” I could ever afford to have) then I’ll commit suicide. I’m diabetic and have a nice jar full of pills just waiting. I’m 55 years old and have nothing left to live for anyway. Public aid in Illinois is a joke. The unemployment office treats you like scum. Their job center hasn’t sent me one job referral in two years, yet they think I should have found a job by myself! I don’t qualify for any other type of aid, primarily because I don’t have a house full of bastard children, and by the time they pass a Tier 5 UI plan, I’ll be dead. Billions and billions of dollars of my money given away to businesses that can't make a profit, and NO dollars left for me. Give me a check for a billion dollars, I'll stimulate the effing economy for you! MY COUNTRY HAS ABANDONED ME!
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 12:11 am
can our lawmakers just stop being politicians for one minute & be the americans they're suppose to be? my husband was holding 2 sometimes 3 jobs when recession hit, now we are waiting for that unemployment check every 2 weeks like crazy we need it. families depending on these unemployment checks would rather work than wait on these trust funds politicians who have no idea what financial hardship is. if you don't want to extend create jobs! we pay taxes, you are just giving back what we already paid for. shame on you for trying to rob unemployed americans of whatever self respect they have left.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 12:36 am
Republicans didn't blink when it came to giving tax breaks for the rich. Now that the poor are asking for a penitence it's a big deal who pays and what it does to our kids burden. I has a voter will remember Bunning and Coburns attitute to the poor has I enter the voting booth.
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Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 3:00 am
WHERE IS THE HELP FOR LONG TERM UNEMPLOYED, THIS MOVING OF A DEADLINE IS TAKING FOREVER, ANDIT WILL ONKLY HELP HALF OF US!! CALL EVERYONE AND EMAIL ALL OF THE SENATORS AND HOUSE AND TELL THEM THIS WILL NOT DO
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 3:17 am
CYNTHIA IT IS TRULY A TRAGEDY WITH WHAT OUR COUNTRY IS DOING TO US BUT PLEASE DONT OFF YOURSELF THAT IS WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE US LOOSE OUR MINDS REMEMBER TO KEEP GOD FIRST AND HE WILL HANDLE THE REST
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 3:37 am
The long term unemployed like Cynthia need help NOW. We need Tier V to survive and it is unacceptable that this legislation does not address the issues of adding weeks or another Tier to help those most affected by recession. The long time unemployed were among the first to lose their jobs and will be the last to reenter the job market. Many are 50 yrs of age and over and will never recoup the loss of pay and benefits let alone most have had to cash in any savings they had and most likely won't be able to recoup that either. This bill is a joke because it ignores an entire group of unemployed. My last week of benefits was in March. Remember the long time unemployed when you publish anything about unemployment insurance. The media has misled people into thinking the current Senate bill adds weeks or another Tier which it doesn't. Most don't even care enough to get it straight. Until the jobs come back our government needs to help by adding a Tier V NOW. I have spent so much time writing to congress, writing to the WH, writing to media etc. And it so frustrating to feel as if my voice isn't heard. I don't know why more people don't get proactive about this issue. Every workers group should be involved in this cause. If we don't take care of each other who will? Tier V to Survive!
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Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 5:41 am
CYNTHIA I KNOW ITS HARD PLZ KEEP YOUR HEAD UP..MANY PRAYERS YOUR WAY!!!
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 6:27 am
I feel your worry and pain here. My father committed suicide last year at age 61 due to the economy. Please call Senator Ried's office in Las Vegas and tell them your story. I have called to tell them about my dad's suicide and my families pain. They need to be reminded that we are real people.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 6:59 am
I will not kill myself over this depression we are going through. I am going to borrow a gun walk into a bank and rob that motherf@cker. The Government gave them that big bailout and as American tax payers we have to wait for f@cking debates about passing an extension that is not going to even help the long term unemployed. This country is a f@cking joke our tax money pays these politicians to debate about helping us out. When it comes to war or bailouts or any other thing they add to the deficit quick but all of a sudden when it comes time to use the money to help the people, they need to make sure it is paid for. That is a crock of sh!t if you ask me. We need to ban together and have a revolution get these old bast@rds out and put some new blood in there, who knows what is to look into there kids eyes when they are hungry and you have nothing to feed them.
My second option is to move from America go to France where there are jobs and free health care. Also my kids will go to college for free. I would'nt mind paying more taxes in France if my family and I are taken care of like that.
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Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 9:10 am
Till the millions of unemployed unit together into one big organization, this is what we will always get. We need to start our own organization for the unemployed. And get someone to lobby for us in DC. Congress takes the cake and we get the crumbs. We all have been writing and calling our Senators. Has it gotten us anywhere? Not much. We are still in the same mess. The way to go is start contacting more news media. Write letters to the Editors. Call in to every radio talk show and tell them what little Congress is doing for the millions of starving jobless out here. Get some of these Tea Party groups around the nation to start a March on Washington, DC for the jobless. Get a big protest going. Picket the offices of your local Senators. With signs saying Tier 5 to Survive.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 9:29 am
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Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 12:39 pm
To Cynthia… I am the same age as you and lost my job too.. No big deal I thought.. well a few moths after I got sick one day and my friend told me to go to the hospital.. (I was always one that never went to the doctor) but she took me and I was having a massive heart attack.. They life flighted me (3 more minutes I would have been dead).. anyway the hospital bills came..(I can't pay them).. no one will give me a job now (I'm high risk because I was a truck driver) my unemployment claim ran out.. even with a bad heart and back I can't get SSI… I don't know what to do either… I hope the best for you… you are not alone…
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 1:41 pm
lol way to go pissed! I am with you bro, why should all these crooks on Wall Street enjoy their million dollar bonuses and their fat-cat vacations at taxpayer expense and we cannot even provide food for our families, and as far as this gonad Coburn is concerned, every unemployed man in the country ought to go to his house and pitch a tent in his front yard…freakin crooks!
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 1:58 pm
Dear Cynthia, Im very sorry you feel this way. I completely understand how you feel. Im a single mom and I also have 3 cats to feed. Times are really hard for many Americans. Your pets need you. Look to the higher power for comfort and he will provide what you need. Just ask for it. Suicide will not resolve our problem, not even yours. I dont know who you are but im going to pray for you today. Yes, Public assistance is a joke. It may cover the light bill , but nothing else. Its really sad. We can no longer rely on our Government for anything anymore. We have to rely on the higher power to meet our needs. I think you should join a local church too.Churches help alot in your circumstances. In my city, we also have a pet food bank that donates food for pets. I get quite a bit of food to feed my cats and it last a good while. Hang in there sweetie. I pray that things turn around for you.
Sincerely,
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
Lawrence, you should get an SSI attorney to help your case. With your heart problems, you should be able to get SSI. It takes a few tries to get it, but it will come through if you have all of your medical proof.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 2:44 pm
hit the phones people. this is the only thing that works. i just got off the phone with my senators office, and they reported that they have not got many calls from people who need a tier V. hit the phones, explain your plight, and demand help from your reps.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 3:12 pm
CYNTHIA I FEEL YOUR PAIN BUT YOU WILL HAVE VICTORY IN THE END. GOD FORGIVE US FOR A LOT OF THINGS BUT ILLING YOURSELF IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THERE IS LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL I HAVE BEEN OFF SINCE FEB 2008 AND YOU RIGHT PUBIC AID OFFICE AND THE UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICE TREAT US LIKE WE SHIT. BUT ACTUALLY WE ARE THE ONES WHO ARE KEEPING THERE JOBS. PLEASE PLEASE FALL TO YOUR KNEES RIGHT NOW AND ASK GOD TO BE YOUR PROVIDER AND TO REMOVE ALL THE EVIL THOUGHT'S YOU HAVE AND GOD WILL SUPPLY ALL OF YOUR NEEDS. CONGRESS WILL FEEL WHAT WE GOING THRU ONE WAY OR ANOTHER LIVING IS THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT GOD DIED FOR.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 3:26 pm
When two bulls fight the grass experience the worst pain. What is interesting is that the two bulls are feed by the grass, and whether they step on the grass fighting, at the end of the day they will still go back and seek their food from the grass. what is happening in the case of unemployment is that Democrats and Republicans represent the two bulls, unfortunately Republicans here seem to assume to concern or regard for the grass that suffers, but at the end provides him with his maximum food. What on hell do you think your are Republican! You think you are smart? Trying to give a hard time to the Obama's Administration, through every way possible including hurting those who voted you in the congress. May the Lord who rewards accordingly deal with your evil ways, and bring your to bow and humble before him for life belongs to him and no other. You talk of your grand children vs. deficit when some of you might live to see no grandchildren, because the grand children are suffereing right now when you hold to the unemployment extension benefits for those who have no job not because they want to, but because they can't find a job, and lost one for reason of not their own making. What do you think $150-335 means at the end of the day. It is still a struggle for the unemployed, but the little money keeps food on the table, and takes them out to hunt for jobs, because they want to improve their lives.
Wake Up for heavens sake and think of lives, and God will bless you all!
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 4:35 pm
“But Congress must also recognize the tremendous burden we are placing on future generations of Americans through our continued deficit spending and our unsustainable debt. Although our attempt to pay for the extension of these programs was defeated, I am hopeful that we can begin to rein in our out of control spending and find a way to pay for these programs before it is time to reauthorize them. Benefits to help those who are unemployed provide important protection between jobs, but extension after extension only treats the symptoms, not the problem. With the 30-day extension we supported, Congress now has the time to pass meaningful job creating legislation.”
Above is from Senator John McCain, after that last extension through April 5, 2010.
As seen from your position on the Unemployment Benefits (Tier IV) Extension above, my question is what have you and Senator Kyle done within the past 30 Days that will result in “meaningful job creation legislation” ? I thought so.
Other than taking a vacation, I fail to see and neither have I heard anything of social significance from your or Kyle's office in the past 4 years let alone the past 30 days. I worked my entire adult life, paying my dues, contributing to the tax and social security bases with the expectation that I would be able to work through until it was time for me to retire and cash in on my hard work.
Instead I have been reduced to an “on the dole” ex-worker that can no longer contribute anything meaningful to the “new and modern” (young) workforce. Worst still, any jobs that I night have been “able” to do with my over-trained, aged self were sent off shore to foreign nationals and I was sent to the ranks of the unemployed.
Now whose fault is this ? Do you really believe that the major corporations (that you and Kyle represent)did this so that the American workforce's futures would be secure and that promise of “lifetime employment” that was the heart of the American workforce for so many years would remain intact?
IBM, Ford, Chrysler, General Motors, (my favorite) Zenith in the 1970's, AOL, Dell all banking (telephone) services, and on and on and on.
You want to secure America's future ? Then punish the manufacturers that abandoned America in her time of need. Place HEAVY taxes on the profits gained by using foreign nationals instead of the unemployed American workforce. Make the ones that caused the problem, fix the problem !
Or is your loyalty to the profit takers so ingrained that you are debilitated and unable to be an American? Do this and I will say to you to take your Unemployment Benefits and shove it so far up your “bosses” hind-sides that we Americans will never need it again!
Shame on you and shame on Corporate America. You want to hold the tax increases for whom, surely not me since I won't be able to contribute as I am barely above a poverty level. Yes of course your rich friends and your “corporate Bosses” so they continue to make America weak.
You ask who will pay, certainly not the unemployed and that makes my heart feel good that finally the money grabbers are at the threshold of having to be responsible for their own greed. Get ready, the end is near!
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Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 5:12 pm
WE NEED A TIER 5 UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT NOW. There are thousands in CT. due to lose their benefits which will further stall our economic recovery. Unemployment is all that is keeping long term unemployed families afloat. After All the billions we sent to Wall Street, it seems that dome consideration should be given to the people most affected by unemployment. The bonus taken by one Wall street insider could cover 100,000 CT. unemployed for an entire year. The inequities are shameful, and our leaders seem to have no shame. You want to pay for these so called “benefits”. Let’s eliminating the long term capital gain loophole for Wallstreet compensation, and implement a windfall tax on their obscene bonuses. When did Congress creating these inequities become “free market' and rectifying them “socialism”. Probably about the same time our representatives became “politicians” rather than “statesmen”.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 5:22 pm
Unfortunately there is NO addition to the Tier system of extensions which took into account the terminal unemployed. Tier IV is the end of the weeks available in the last legislation mandating extensions for hard hit areas above 10%. We should call our senators to demand an extension of Tier IV benefits and create a permanent rider with this month by month game they are playing in Washington. I just hung up with Sen. Nelson of Florida's staff. She said only a few have called about the Tier V. Oh my God, people…..let's start calling the media.
I agree the stimulus funds should be used. It is proven that unemployment checks are the fastest and best short term stimulus available for the government. Building the roads and bridges is great for a few jobs but the day to day existence of the long term unemployed depends on this critical extension.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 5:47 pm
I agree with you. It's surprising we don't see more of this in the media. I've sent letters and emails.
I'm also very disappointed that Florida, being one of the hardest hit states of unemployment, only has a max of 79 weeks when the government has provided funds for 99 weeks!! Wish our reps and governor can answer that one!!! ): (
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 7:23 pm
I see NO MENTION of a Tier 5 in the 4-12-10 vote. Is this dire necessity being ignored? TIER 5 to SURVIVE! Why isn't Tier 5 being addressed? Why isn't the media mentioning it? My kids and I will be homeless by June – I work 2 jobs but the ex is past his 99 weeks and lost his benefits. He cannot pay child support now. I had to apply for food stamps yesterday. :(
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 7:50 pm
Fifteen million people out of work and Congress is not addressing the issue of the long term unemployed people like me. One month of jobs growth with less than 200,000 jobs created does not help. 48,000 of these jobs are census takers. It took 3 years to loose these jobs. I have been looking on the internet, going to job fairs and calling everybody that I know. I still can't find work. We need tier 5!
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 7:56 pm
they might be able to stop our unemployment benefits turn a deaf ear to our pleas but theres one thing they cant take from us thats our right to vote and for those who deside to ignore us i say we reward the favor in november WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA WILL PROVAIL!!
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 9:10 pm
I simply do not believe these senators when they say that 'hardly anyone has called or shown interest in a Tier V extension of benefits.' I have called, and emailed, numerous times, and will continue to do so, but I think they are LYING THROUGH THEIR TEETH when they say that they haven't had many calls regarding this at all. You can't fix the economy by closing your eyes and pretending all is well.
Face it guys, these senators don't WANT to see us. They don't WANT to hear us.
When I have called Nancy Pelosi's office, you get a human staffer until you mention Tier 5, then a 'click' and straight to an answering maching. A second call went to a 'click' followed by a dial tone…simply hung up on me. But still I call.
Unfortunately, I think they're going to pull the whole 'hardly anyone has shown interest in a Tier 5' no matter how many calls they get…because they don't want to introduce, pass, or see a need for one.
Call like mad and email anyway; it is the best we can do.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 9:37 pm
Cynthia, please hang in there, DO NOT LET THEM WIN. You can get thru this, i know..i have been unemployed since march 08, due to company downsizing, im 55 now, and over 800 resumes sent out, countless job fairs, and only 3 interviews, with the same results, over 200 people applying for the one position thats open…i am going to pray for you and countless others are praying for you. PLEASE know that there is hope, and just give this all to God, he will see you thru this. You have worth, and people need you, you can make a difference somewhere!
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 11:20 pm
They will not act until there are enough of us out of benifits. There is only a small number of people that have lost all bennies right now. Give it a month, then when more than a million are out of money they will act. Right now the numbers are just too small. No consolation for us out of money. I signed up for food stamps and am going back on the 1st of may for welfare. When all of the people that run out of unemployment end up on welfare then they will do something…. maybe.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 11:28 pm
After we have exhausted our Tier 4 benefits we are off the books so to speak. They count the unemployed by the number collecting benefits. So as we exhaust our benefits and fall off the books it looks like the number of unemployed went down. They look better and so there is no incentive for the politicians to create a Tier V. We want to work. We are not bums. Until the economy improves to a point where there are enough jobs to employ us we need these benefits! Please do what's right. This is just a drop in the bucket compared to the billions that were given to the banking industry. Remember every dollar of this extension money will be put back into the economy. Grocery stores, clothes and shoe stores etc.
Comment posted April 13, 2010 @ 11:56 pm
Cynthia, hang in there. I'm in the same boat as you are. My 80 year old mom lives with me, in what is now a single wide mobile home, and I struggle to find a reason to bother, too.
We will make it through this, though. As you can see by the responses to your note, we're all in it with you. Call every agency you can think of to find assistance until the bills we need, pass. In Washington State, you can dial 211, and receive help with resources to get you through until we are all back to work. Your animals need you, and so do the people who love you.
Be brave.
Jennifer
doctorwhonut@gmail.com
write anytime you need a friend.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 12:35 am
As high unemployment will continue even if businesses recover this year a tier 5 is need and make it until end of Dec 2010. No one can honestly tell the unemployed that things will get so much better by end of this year we won't still have high long term unemployment. I say as long as they where so willing to give AIG 180 billion we will never get back then help the unemployed at least until end of 2010 with a tier 5. They will do better things with that money then AIG anyway.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 1:06 am
Times are a mess, I dont no what to do anymore i am a laid off worker and i have exhusted all my benifits, stress is really getting to me. I spend more time worrying about how i am going to find work and how i am going to pay my bills, no money = no car cause they are going to repo it. So there for i wont be able to look for work, or have a home to live in. I wish they just would open their eyes and see that we are in trouble here, there is no work and if you do get a interview your competeing against 200 other people. We need this extension
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 1:17 am
Adding a Tier V is a start but let’s be honest, there needs to be more than a tier V. Unemployment benefits need to be extended as long as the unemployment rate is high. It doesn’t make sense to discontinue unemployment for the long term unemployed, especially when the unemployment rate is still elevated.
The Great Recession has really made appreciate the Democrats even more for their efforts to help the unemployed. After this economic crisis, I don’t think I’ll EVER vote for a republican. I get so irate when people who have jobs protest to unemployment extensions, and say that the unemployed are indolent. Well, that’s simply not true I have a Master of Science degree and I have been looking for a job well over a year. I’ve gone on plenty of interviews, and I still have not landed a job.
Also, another issue that I personally have notice is that that companies are exclusively hiring people who already have jobs, instead of hiring the unemployed, which hinders the unemployed from ever getting a job. I have been on interviews, and through my own research, found out that the employer hired someone who HAD a job! I believe that kind of recruiting also contributes to the unemployment rate.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 1:36 am
The reason why nobody talk about Tier 5 is because some of the State with less of 8 % UN rate , didnt has Tier 4. The 30 day extension is going to work for everybody, Tier 3 or Tier 4 . The Senate is going to fight for maybe 10 more days ( April 23 ) to get the extension but on May 5 is going to expired again. All this is a political campaign, playing with the people. Sucks
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 1:49 am
Cynthia…be strong..I have 3 kids and im on the edge..I know the feeling.I found it hard sometimes to go forward,I look at my kids for the strenth…Please look at what you have and take care of the cats..they and you deserve better..our goverment has let us all down,,we need you to stand tall,,we all need to stand tall,,,I WILL HELP ALL I CAN..e-mail..and what little i have.
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Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 2:06 am
If one has used 99 weeks are they still entitled to apply for the extension pending on unemployment 12April2010?
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Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 2:42 am
From Georgia-2nd Tier ending in 5 weeks. reading this site scares the crap out of me. I am a IT person and can't fiind anything. Being over 50 doesn't help. This country has lost it's soul.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 2:54 am
OVER 250,000 WILL LOSE THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CONGRESS NEEDS TO ADD A TIER V!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My unemployment ran out last week. I thought I was ok because I kept hearing how Obama signed the extension in place. The extension he signed was only an extension to QUALIFY for unemployment benefits! It is NOT an extension of benefits (as in tier 5) like it read in so many articles! How misleading! So I guess me falling off the unemployment roll will make it look like the unemployment rate is going down. Multiply this by THOUSANDS/MILLIONS and the unemployment rate will really be declining soon. I wonder what the REAL unemployment rate is? Also, Obama is proving to be not so much for the average person and more for bailing out huge corporations and foreign aid. The only thing we can do is contact our representatives and let them not forget how bad it is out there and we need a Tier 5. And to think they just voted themselves a raise, YET THEY PUT THIS UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENSION BY WAY OF TIER 5 ON HOLD SO THAT THEY CAN GO ON THEIR EASTER VACATION!!!!!!!!! SOME WAY TO RUN A GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The HR 4213 touted as extending vital unemployment benefits through the end of this year, does NO SUCH THING. IT DOES NOT ADD 1 single week of additional Jobless benefits for anyone who has exhausted all of their benefits (the 99ers)!! All that H.R. 4213 does as far as unemployment benefits is help the shorter term unemployed. In truth it does absolutely NOTHING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY LOOKING for a job ANY job for over two years now. The LONG TERM unemployed are the ones who need the most help.
It's a game of political chicken: Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are each gambling that the other side will look worse for the lapse. Senate Republicans blocked the Democrats' $9 billion proposal to extend the programs on an emergency basis (without a funding offset); Democrats rejected a Republican proposal to pay for the programs by raiding stimulus bill funds. Party leadership in the Senate had apparently negotiated a one-week stopgap extension with a funding offset, which Senate Republicans said House Democrats rejected.
The National Employment Law Project estimates that 212,000 people will lose eligibility for EUC benefits this week. And many more people will be told by state workforce agencies that unless Congress does something, they too will exhaust all of their benefits.
Put partisan politics aside & do what is right!
CREATE A TIER V!!!!!!
COME ON REPORTERS, LETS GET THIS STORY OUT THERE AS A HOT BUTTON FOR NEWS. PUT SOME PRESSURE ON THE GOVERNMENT!!! I WANT TO SEE THIS AS A TOP STORY AT ALL NEWS HOURS AND LETS GET THIS TOPIC SCUTINIZED AND OUT THERE AND GET CONGRESS FROM HIDING ON THIS. THEY KNOW THERES A PROBLEM. IT LIKE 'THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM' – ITS A PROBLEM THAT EVERYONE IN CONGRESS KNOWS ABOUT VERY WELL NO ONE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT IT FOR REASONS OF POLITICAL AGENDA, TABOO, OR THE LIKE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 3:46 am
Do our so called White House Reps think they are representating the average American? No, I don't think so. They go on a two week vacation and leave those of us who have exhusted all 99 weeks without nothing. I'd like to know where they found the money to send up another space expedition and yet there is no money for People; who need to eat, pay rent, support families, and pay bills. Do they honestly think ending benefits will help the economy?
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 3:59 am
I am one of the 99 ers and one thing you cannot take away from me is my right to vote. Many of you in government get ready for a career change. How intersesting that will be when you will join the unemployment line like us. You puy us here, we want to work, so come and join us and see the anxiety that comes with it. I can't wait to vote and honestly i havent voted in many years, This woke me up !!!!
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 4:07 am
Cynthia
Do not LOSE hope or faith. I too have a major injury that keeps me from apploying for jobs that don't exist anyway. But those cats need you more than you know. If you need to talk to someone send me an email at billhart43@aol.com. I have been where you are and maybe i can help. Nothing is worth taking your life over, nothing, KEEP PUSHING AND IT WILL WORK.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 4:27 am
PRESIDENT OBAMA:
YOU MUST EXTEND THE UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AFTER THE 99 WEEKS – YOU MUST ADD A TIER V!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OVER 250,000 WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED THEIT 99 WEEKS OF UNEMPLOYMENT WILL LOSE THEIR BENEFITS THIS WEEK!!!!!!!!!!
Jobless individuals who have exhausted all unemployment extensions, remain lost, unaccounted for, and without proper representation are stepping up their efforts to ensure Congress and the President hear our pleas for continued financial assistance.
This segment of the United States population lives in day-to-day fear wondering how to keep going when everyone in Washington deem to look the other way with a blind eye. Having exhausted all unemployment extensions, and therefore no longer counted among the jobless, is a clear demonstration of how easy it is for Government to play with the numbers. Congress and the President are anxious to provide hope that the unemployment crisis outlook is brightening. The Washington spin is a far cry from reality. NO LONGER COUNTED DOES NOT MEAN 99'ERS HAVE SECURED JOBS!!
My unemployment ran out last week. I thought I was ok because I kept hearing how Obama signed the extension in place. The extension he signed was only an extension to QUALIFY for unemployment benefits! It is NOT an extension of benefits (as in tier 5) like it read in so many articles! How misleading! So I guess me falling off the unemployment roll will make it look like the unemployment rate is going down. Multiply this by MILLIONS and the unemployment rate will really be declining soon. I wonder what the REAL unemployment rate is? Obama, you are proving to be not so much for the average person and more for bailing out huge corporations and foreign aid. And to think that Congress just voted themselves a raise, YET THEY PUT THIS UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENSION BY WAY OF TIER 5 ON HOLD SO THAT THEY CAN GO ON THEIR EASTER VACATION!!!!!!!!! SOME WAY TO RUN A GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The HR 4213 touted as extending vital unemployment benefits through the end of this year, does NO SUCH THING. IT DOES NOT ADD 1 single week of additional Jobless benefits for anyone who has exhausted all of their benefits (the 99ers)!! All that H.R. 4213 does as far as unemployment benefits is help the shorter term unemployed. In truth it does absolutely NOTHING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY LOOKING for a job ANY job for over two years now. The LONG TERM unemployed are the ones who need the most help.
It's a game of political chicken!!
Put partisan politics aside & do what is right!
CREATE A TIER V TODAY!!!!!!
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Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 4:23 pm
I too am feeling desperate!!!! My unemployment is running out shortly and I have no idea what to do. I actually did not qualify for the full 99 weeks because my last job eliminated my position after 10 months, and I was out of work before that started (company I worked for was sold) so my claim was only for 20 weeks instead of 26. All of my extensions have been reduced as well. I think I totaled it and lost out on about 24 weeks, and of the weeks I did get each week before my extension switched, my check was short, sometimes I only ended up getting around $20. I am freaking out right now. I have worked and paid for Unemployment Insurance since I was 13 years old. This is not a hand out as many are saying. I apply for almost every job I can find. (The newspaper has only has 2 positions for strippers available sometimes) I have noticed that they are not talking a whole lot about a Tier V, something we must have to survive.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 4:23 pm
I too am feeling desperate!!!! My unemployment is running out shortly and I have no idea what to do. I actually did not qualify for the full 99 weeks because my last job eliminated my position after 10 months, and I was out of work before that started (company I worked for was sold) so my claim was only for 20 weeks instead of 26. All of my extensions have been reduced as well. I think I totaled it and lost out on about 24 weeks, and of the weeks I did get each week before my extension switched, my check was short, sometimes I only ended up getting around $20. I am freaking out right now. I have worked and paid for Unemployment Insurance since I was 13 years old. This is not a hand out as many are saying. I apply for almost every job I can find. (The newspaper has only has 2 positions for strippers available sometimes) I have noticed that they are not talking a whole lot about a Tier V, something we must have to survive.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 1:37 pm
You can barely get support for a little 30 day extender…3 of your boys didn't even show up. So how do you think mythical tier 5 will happen? I know write santa claus. He'll make it happen. You just got a handout 5 months ago.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
These politicians son't care about us. they only care about themselves. They are all rich and are set for life. We who are suffering are just pests that they want exterminated. Luckily my wife works but, we moved into a cheap studio motel room
to survive. Right now it's all about survival and we have to call on family, friends, or whomever to get by. If you put your hopes on this administration you will be sorry. Hope for the best, expect the worse but, get in survival mode.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 2:23 pm
please add tier 5 for those who ran out of benefits and no jobs please help
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 2:54 pm
Kim, I understand and my situation is the same! I am just stunned an amazed at what is going on with our so-called leaders and representatives. Surely, they have to consider everyone's situation. I am at a lost for words which is rare! I am sending up my prayers to God regarding Tier V because my family will definitely need it.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 3:01 pm
Angelsaroundus, I agree with you, I just told a previous poster that I will be sending my prayers up to God regarding my situation and not just my situation, but for all of us who needs this extension.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 3:16 pm
please give a tier 3 to us not to sound mean but i dont care about a tier 5 you have had it longer then some people and now my family is about to loose everything and we cant even get a tier 3…..this is not good at all. what do they expect people to do. THERE IS NO JOBS OUT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO GET.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 3:36 pm
anybody know the split of the 9.2 billion price tag between cobra and the actual extension? i'm tired of cobra being lumped in with unemployment extensions
if you look at the schedule for congress the logical place for additional weeks to be approved would be after june 6 and before july 4
a 26 week tier v passed then would last through december of 2010, well past the november elections
this is what the longest termed unemployment have been resigned to since march of this year
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 3:59 pm
Vanessa it is sad that you would say that you dont care about a tier 5 when u NEED A TIER 3! and may NEED A TIER 5. Yes we had 99wks and still no jobs are available but you know that! so yes I hope and pray that you get your tier 3 and may GOD bless the 99ers who have no other income and cant pay rent and support there family ! ( Praying for a tier 5 because because we need it!)
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 4:03 pm
lemme see…$9 Billion? the way i figure, theres no where near 9 billion people in america, so just give everyone in america (who makes less then $100,000 a year and just give them a million bucks…ALL PROBLEMS SOLVED!
the govt is so quick to help those (rich people) in need….but when it comes to the people who not only built this country with OUR blood sweat and tears, but also keep this country alive….they just shit on us? why is this? i though 400 years ago we established a govenrment that would protct its people, serve its people and help its people?! wheres the protectionm of me losing my house and car? wheres the service of providing new jobs? wheres the government help when jobs arent available?
i filed for welfare the other day…you know what they told me…I MAKE TOO MUCH ON UNEMPLOYMENT to qualify for welfare….does this make sense…OH and guess what…my unemployment ran out and im not eligible for welfare or food stamps for another 2months…SO NOW WHAT!?
So…Oh fearlous government of our, so much trust and OUR HARD EARNED TAX money goes to you every year…and we get nothing in return but a “You're Lazy…Time to go back to work!!” I WOULD LOVE TO!!! GIve Me your job and well see how things go! MY COUNTY IS ON A HIRING FREEZE!!!!!! you know that means NO ONE is hiring in my whole tri-county area!!!
then THEY (govt) want to know why crime is up….
i had a thought, of holding up any business at gun point, not demanding money, but demanding a job…
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 4:11 pm
I think that if they gave the actual numbers of people out of work, including those of us not counted anymore, investers would start pulling out of The Market, meaning they wouldn't be making as much money..which they're doing now. Oh the market's going up, for now…..until the real numbers come out, showing how nobody will be spending so much( for things like food, shelter, etc.) By then, they will have added the nice Big value-added tax, so there'll be more money coming from the Big Stuff, like yachts, and Luxuries. Wall Street in bed with Government. God, they're having fun! I think we have another Bubble coming…Unemployment will please everybody, won't it? the poor get to eat, stocks can be propped up a little longer..come on, it's a no-brainer…and didn't we give business a chance in this country? It's just a fact of life, that people are greedy. It will never change. Let's move up from there.
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 4:25 pm
Plain and simple, we NEED an unemployment solution that lasts as long as this depression lasts. We are hard working Americans who put our trust in the politicians we've elected to look out for us.
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Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 5:30 pm
and goes back one step. Yea madeleine. Scoreboard 58 – 38. I've said all along this is costing a lot money and its becoming upopular…tier 5 HA!
I'm going to share some of the sentiment out–Scared-in-PA Today at 1:11 pm
i'm ready to throw in the towel and accept my fate. — not a bad idea.
Grab the classifieds
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
Yes that's right!! I'd also like to know where they got the $2 billion dollars to give to Haiti!! GIVE TO HAITI??!! Americans should come first!!!! And that $2 BILLION would be a great step to creating a Tier V for us unemployed who have exhausted all 99 weeks!!!!!
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Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 7:03 pm
i agree i lost mine to and was told today that i would get nothing at all until bill was passed..i tried to explain i started getting unemployment on oct 20, 2009 does not matter i'm out and all they can say is keep filing weekly..i told them that does not pay my rent, car note or put food in my house!! I now found out that congress gave themselves a raise…you have to be kidding me!!! Do what is right and help the ones who need it…. we could stop spending billions to help other countries and fix home or stop fighting wars we can't pay for…upset to the highest level…
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 7:18 pm
Let us look to History for a moment?
Lets look at France before their Revolution! Now Spring a head to our modern day America! Dose this Not look to be the same?
Its as if The Government is saying ” Let them Eat Cake”this is no longer a government By the people and for the people it is by the corporations and for the corporations
We have the Constitutional Right To Fire our government
These people Have No Callouses on Their hands there for Do not know what its like to have to Really work for a living! They live in a plastic bubble and have no Real common sense! They Arte a Government That is so out of Touch with Reality They could Create jobs like Roosevelt did but refuse to do so
they complain about the environment
How about hiring us the unemployed to Clean it up? If they can build the hoover dam and other projects during the Great Depression why cant they do something simple as this? American Workers WANT TO WORK! Not Worry if they should take their last Penney and have to go buy a tent!
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 7:42 pm
What would they Do If we The American People Marched Right up to these so called Elected Officials looked Them Right in the EYE and said ” Your FIRED!”
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 7:45 pm
Here in Florida if you can not pay your child support Currant or Back child support they Take your Drivers license away and if that don't get it they put a lien on your bank account if you don't have a bank account they put a lien on your house if you don't own a home they PUT YOU IN JAIL
They don't CARE if you have no job or no Income
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 7:57 pm
Sign the tier V unemployment petition!
http://www.change.org/petitions/view/the_99ers_…
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 8:01 pm
Tier 5 is needed by over 250,000 people now and that number goes up every week. At what point does this become a national emergency?
If 250,000 people lost their homes in a storm wouldn't we be right there (even if they are not Americans).
All the people that are against this, lets put it this way. I just paid my property taxes and income taxes on my unemployment. So I am paying taxes on insurance benefits as well as still paying in taxes on property, gas and everything else. It comes out to pretty much a wash.
The benefits help, but it is not like you can live on the benefits. Benefits need to last as long as the job crisis last.
I am not at Tier 5 yet but can see it coming. It is not getting better out there. They say jobs are added, well I don't see them. They say that the economy is coming back… well my 401K is not were it was last year. My other investments have been cashed in to pay off debt and live.
I don't see foreclosures stopping. Do you? I see 4 more signs in my neighborhood .
Unemployment is an insurance that we paid into (in my case for close to 20 years). Even if we hit Tier 5 do you think that the funds I paid into that insurance would be repaid? Then what do you think happened to those funds while I was paying in. Those funds made interest.
So the real question is not where are the funds coming from, I want to know where the funds went?
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 8:20 pm
Are you kidding me?!! What's taking so long?? Get this Tier 5 going now – there are so many people out there that have been mentally and physically ill from this situation. I am not one of them but a family member is. She has worked everyday of her life and supported herself throughout and has never taken a penny from anyone. Unfortunately she was in the banking industry and was let go. At her age, no one barely looks at her and she has thirty plus years of experience. Now she has medical symptoms induced by the stress of the situation. She wants to work, needs to work and Congress takes a recess before making any decisions regarding this?! Are you serious?!!
Another 30 days extension is ridiculous. Our “wonderful” president needs to sign a tier 5 for those that have exhausted their benefits today – not tomorrow!!!
Stop dragging your feet. Use your authority and take care of our people for a change!!!
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 1:56 am
I do think they are lying. Especially after reading so many people begging for it online and not just at this site but many other sites also.
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 2:01 am
Maybe we should all just move in with them in their big houses and let them pay our bills and feed our families! :o)
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 9:05 pm
The question I have is: who is going to continue paying for this after the stimulus money is gone? Doesn't the present administration need to be working toward creating jobs? Wouldn't the creation of jobs be a long term solution to this problem?
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 9:27 pm
Are you kidding me?!! What's taking so long?? Get this Tier 5 going now – there are so many people out there that have been mentally and physically ill from this situation. I am not one of them but a family member is. She has worked everyday of her life and supported herself throughout and has never taken a penny from anyone. Unfortunately she was in the banking industry and was let go. At her age, no one barely looks at her and she has thirty plus years of experience. Now she has medical symptoms induced by the stress of the situation. She wants to work, needs to work and Congress takes a recess before making any decisions regarding this?! Are you serious?!!
Another 30 days extension is ridiculous. Our “wonderful” president needs to sign a tier 5 for those that have exhausted their benefits today – not tomorrow!!!
Stop dragging your feet. Use your authority and take care of our people for a change!!!
Comment posted April 14, 2010 @ 10:05 pm
true no tier 5 in this bill!!! go to http://www.change.org to sign the prtitions for the 99er's and tier 5 to survive causes. there is also one under poverty in america.that address unemployment.a site http://www.unemployed-friends.com has phone numbers and emails of your representatives.and state by state moderators for questions.we have a u-tube video tier 5 to survive. we are almost 10,000 signatures strong join us. don't think this bill will help you and your family. call your news stations and papers and ask why they are not informing people. many do not have phone or internet servive, find them inform them fight to survive. don't get on here and fight back and forth. fight the system….we need a tier 5 to feed our families-shelter and the basic needs. www,freepress.com may help us. pass it on!! join us
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 12:03 am
Its time for all the longterm unemployed workers to ban together and march on washington. We need to some organize a march. Why should the banks get the help, and the people don't. This country was built by the people for the people. My ancesters died for the american dream. Its time we march.
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 1:21 am
I agree Regina, but apparently creating jobs is on the back burner also.
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 1:29 am
You should care about a Tier 5 Vanessa, because Tier 4 is the last one and it is only for 6 weeks. I am all for you getting Tier 3 though. Also remember that those who have been unemployed the longest have not only exhausted their unemployment benefits, but also their savings and any other assets they could sell or trade to get money from just to survive.
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 1:33 am
Won't put them on the unemployment line, Bill. They still have their great retirement plans or will go back to their lucrative lawyer jobs.
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 1:40 am
Nope. If you've exhausted your 99 weeks (Tier 4) that's all folks. No more coming, no more to file for. I also just read that the extension they are talking about doing through Dec. 31, 2010, DOES NOT contain any help for those that have finished Tier 4. In other words there is no talk about a Tier 5 (6 or 7) at all.
Smells like big trouble is brewing to me.
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 1:47 am
“… when they say that they haven't had many calls regarding this at all.”
They tell you this when you call or you read it someplace? (Tell them to listen to their answer machines more often!)
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Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 1:40 pm
I understand that Americans r hurting so let do this. tell the goverment why not spend billions the U E need a jump start why not give at least $50.000 AS PART OF A RELIEF STIMULIS.
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 9:30 pm
almost to 12,000 keep spreading the word !!!!! yippie :}
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 9:35 pm
I've Tried to post this to local and national news pages and Guess what?
no where to post! I did manage to send it to local WESH tv2 news weather or not they run with this is up to GOD
I still don't think they care! Just vote!
I would Rather Vote for a Common Seance Farmer into Office than some Business Person or GREASY POLITICIAN
The Farmer Knows what its like to have to go with out!
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 10:45 pm
Congress ignores 99er's they think economy is getting better, now the real crash shall come 6-12 months out 17%-18% unemployment 27%-30% real. And America will take it's usual place at the cellar of a world economic crises, it hasn't occurred to congress that what they were doing for the last two years was actually helping the economy, they are so used to doing wrong. Now they shall feel more comfortable and like in the 30's we can be worst off of industrialized nations.
Comment posted April 15, 2010 @ 11:34 pm
Whats All This Then?
Senate Restores $18B In Jobless Benefits
by The Associated Press
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April 15, 2010
The Senate passed an $18 billion bill Thursday to restore unemployment benefits for people who have been out of a job for months and resume Medicare payments to doctors about to absorb a 21 percent cut.
The 59-38 vote sends the measure back to the House, which was expected to vote and send it for President Obama's signature Thursday night.
The vote comes as welcome relief to hundreds of thousands of people who have been ineligible to reapply for additional weeks of benefits after exhausting their state-paid benefits. They will be able to receive those checks retroactively under the legislation.
Several other popular programs had also expired, including federal flood insurance, higher Medicare payment rates for doctors and generous health insurance subsidies for people who have lost their jobs.
The situation became more urgent Thursday afternoon when Medicare announced that it would start paying doctors' claims at a 21 percent lower rate. That won't be necessary now.
Thursday's measure provides unemployment checks averaging $335 a week to people whose 26 weeks of state-paid benefits have run out. It's a temporary extension through June 2 that gives House and Senate Democrats time to iron out a measure to fund the program through the end of the year.
On successive votes earlier in the day, Democrats narrowly turned back two amendments by Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) that would have paid for the measure over time by cutting spending and raising almost $10 billion in revenues with a variety of Democratic-backed ideas to tighten the tax code. One of Coburn's amendments was killed by a 50-48 vote.
The topic of providing additional weeks of jobless benefits in the midst of bad times had been regarded as routine. But with conservative voters and tea party activists up in arms about the deficit, conservative Senate Republicans upset about the deficit have twice caused interruptions of jobless benefits and other programs.
In February, it was Jim Bunning (R-KY) who single-handedly blocked an extension of unemployment benefits in an unsuccessful bid to force Democrats to pay for them. The measure passed on a 78-19 vote after Republicans were smacked by a public relations backlash.
But many Republicans subsequently decided it was a stand worth taking, including Coburn, who blocked a vote last month on another short-term extension.
By the time Senators returned from a two-week recess on Monday, only four Republicans — Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe of Maine, Scott Brown of Massachusetts and George Voinovich of Ohio — voted with Democrats to defeat a GOP filibuster of the bill.
“I think people spent two weeks out listening to people about spending and debt,” Coburn said.
Democrats said deficit-financed jobless benefits not only needed to help people unable to find work but that they are one of the most effective ways to pump up the still-struggling economy
Comment posted April 16, 2010 @ 1:25 am
Tax the RICH!!! Before Ronald Reagan (a man who was completely a puppet of the corporate CEOs), the super rich paid up to 70% taxes (of course, with all the loop-holes, much less), which is line with countries like Sweden, which can afford national health care and subsidized education. This level persisted through Eisenhower and numerous other presidents until the Rich Businessman Lobby got Reagan in. He got the taxes of the rich to 28% (just slightly more than a working class person pays, and probably a lot less, once the accountants get to work). Take a look at what's happened to this country since then. The rich are richer than ever. The poor are worse off, and the middle class is rapidly shrinking. Tax the RICH!!! If you make 50 billion a year, you should contribute at least HALF of that to the American economy. The rich are making that money off OUR backs, our sweat (or maybe the sweat of a child in Indonesia). Take the country back for the working person.
Comment posted April 17, 2010 @ 12:50 pm
PA Senator Casey sends message, (answers!!!!) (Wow) no, you all are out of luck and we don’t foresee doing tier V, says go pick cotton, or..can go pick cotton soon….yasirisurleewill
Comment posted April 18, 2010 @ 6:54 am
I'm a Medical Assistant I have been looking for a job for the past 2Yrs and cant find anything! even tried being a home health aide but was over qualified. Now that there is no tier 5 I dont no what to do! I'm scared that I will lose everything no income no home, Create some jobs or give us our benefit's we the people did not do this to the economy and dont deserve this I worked all my life.This a real low point for us! please help us do whats right give us a TIER 5
Comment posted April 19, 2010 @ 3:43 am
We need help desperately. I live in a 99er state (NY) but I did not work in the State, I worked in Hawaii, which does not have NO 99 weeks. Been laid off since May 11, 2008, I worked for a cruise company that decided to downsize, because of the economy. And here I thought this type of industry it would not ever happen to me, but it did. I had Tiers 1, 2, 3, but no 4, because rate in HI is only 6.7 %.
You know the spooky part of it is the Vets can't even get work, now what the HECK. If they cannot get work how the hell am I supposed to. Vets are ALWAYS the first to be hired anywhere around where I live, I am screwed. I am over-educated, and over-qualified for almost everything here that is available. That is usually a cashier in a store like once a week, but I am to bright for that job so I don't get it. Looking for medical personnel here, I refuse to go back to school, because I am already over-educated with 6 years of college. Go on welfare, sure I did for 2 months, you know what I received 155 a month, WOW that paid sooo much I did not know what to do. Dropped it the moment Tier 3 was activated and told them to basically go where the sun don't shine, the COunty that is!
I go with everyone about giving us a large sum so we can go to a place and start over. About 10,000 dollars would be enough for me to move and get the heck out of this area to a city that one can get a job by walking in a door and saying I need work. Or stand on the street and get work LOL!!! Believe me I would even do that!!!
I want to wish luck to everyone and vote out those that stopped or delayed our tiers, because I waited 4 months for Tier 3 and cannot do that again, my benefits ran out Feb 13th, 2010. The ones that just gotten started and depressed about what we have written, believe me there is supposed to be high unemployment for at least 2 more years and no work so good luck to all, I think the Recession is just in the beginning stage…
Comment posted April 19, 2010 @ 5:18 pm
Why do congress, make tax payers bag for help when theyre down, but our president run to other countrys, third world countrys when they need help. congress just got raises with our money, when the economy is at its worst. i worked for the last 25 years straight, now i have to beg the people who salary i paid for years for an unemployment extension for tier 5, the USA treat other countrys people better than their own, just like how the Jews killed Jesus.
Comment posted April 19, 2010 @ 5:33 pm
Congress.. give us the TIER 5! We need it as well as those who have the current extension.. We made it all happen for the rest of the youngers what about us?
Comment posted April 19, 2010 @ 6:39 pm
How many are we up to now?
How many Signatures will it take to Rattle The Cages?
Comment posted April 19, 2010 @ 6:44 pm
We need tier 5 passed now. We all the people should recieve the same. We are out of unemployment with no luck of finding jobs. We should all be treated the same. This extension should be available for everyone unemployed and jobless, not in tiers. We all need help NOW! What is happening to the freedom in the United States?
Comment posted April 19, 2010 @ 7:37 pm
http://www.change.org/my_change/search?Search=S…
we are now up to 15,883 and how many signatures do we need to rattle cages? as many as we can get!!!!!! thanks :}
Comment posted April 19, 2010 @ 7:55 pm
http://worldnewsvine.com/2010/04/temporary-unem…
this web site and its editor is with the long term unemployed. and a free press.let yourself be know ..tier 5 to survive !! http://www.change.org. http://www.unemployed-friends.com email and phone numbers for your representatives. start calling now before they recess out again
Comment posted April 20, 2010 @ 4:06 am
we need congress to get a tier V up and running ASAP. Whe the masses of homeless htis the streets it will be to late. Why can't congress and the Pesident recognize the needs of the American worker. This is the New face of another Great Depression.
Bush got us here now he's gone having a great life with his cronieswhile we ppay for all his lies and for bankrupting this country.
Does anyone in Washington Really care about any of us? What are we doing going to therd world countried and giving them billions without enen blinking an
eye? Meanwhile back at home more forecloseure's, depleted saving's, and what about the suicide's, there' a subject no one has addressed. peple are prostituting thier daughters. It;s time to clean out Washington and fill the vacant seats with people who give a damm.
Talked to Boxer's office today. They said she's made no mention of adding another tier. Boxer has always been good to the people what has changed? A mid-term election has all the chickes in the coop running scared,
They already have re-furbished army barracks waitingfor all of us. At least we will have a roof over our heads maybe even food. Welcome to the New America
Posted e-mail for what ever it is worth, won't have it mich longer will be dropping
off the roles soon to become another body of the uncounted unemployed.
Comment posted April 20, 2010 @ 4:56 am
You got to reallize the reality is that Congress does not give a damn about you or your family. But giving themselves a pay raise last month and giving enough money away to other countries in foreign aid tp pay for the health care bill alone is ok.
This country does not care about the American citizen – with exception to paying taxes – but when you need them, they are no where to be found like right now.
Comment posted April 20, 2010 @ 3:50 pm
The repercussions for the political and the wall street hacks that created this depression: A pat on the head and rich rewards. For the victims who actually need to work for a living: HOMELESSNESS! Even if the morons in washington suddenly had a flash of morality and added a tier 5 extension, for many it is too late. We have already been tossed into the street like a useless cigareete butt. Obviously the politicians cannot comprehend, but once on the street, the odds of getting work(even if there was any available) are greatly reduced. With NO money for gas or bus fare how does one look for a job? With NO money how does one get to an interview? With NO money how does one get to a job? I guess people on the street are limited to only jobs within walking distance. What a joke.
Comment posted April 20, 2010 @ 7:19 pm
Ive Started A Cause with that link on Face book
I laugh when I see causes in my in box for stupid things like more of this and that for the Face book games
Every now and then Something like This will come up
So far we have 4 added on one account dont know what the other account has chalked up for us today but i will keep you posted!
I urge Every one to Sign the Petition!
Comment posted April 20, 2010 @ 8:06 pm
No amount of rallying is going to change one single thing in this Government. We have been robbed, raped and kicked to curb. The United States Of America is being run by a bunch of thugs. When are you people going to realize that Congress and the Senate does not give a shit about the homeless and unemployed. Every single one of those bastards in congress are making 5 times the amount that any unemployed makes. They need to give up their pay and start receiving unemployment until the unemployment goes down. Why do they get to still draw off the backs of the American people.
This country is doomed, congress is deliberately letting this countries people waste until every one has to rely on the government only. This way they gain full control of the American population. Does not anyone see this? Why did we bail out the very people who caused this shit to happen? Why do they walk free without any justice for the American people. Is anyone getting this we are being robbed, the mafia has taken over wall street. It does not make a bit of cense to give billions of dollars that the government don't have to the very people on wall street who deliberately caused the economy to crash so they could get bailed out. Are we really this stupid to not see that the united states is being terrorized by those who are above the law. It is time for a revolt / revolution , we need to go in and forcibly remove these terrorist.
America has just been dealt the Kansas City Shuffle. For those who don't get that, it is when they create a problem on the left side and take what they want from the right side when you are looking at the distraction.
You people out here that like Obama are totally without any knowledge of what is going on. Your children are being sold right now into slavery.
What do you think, in the year 2014 people will be begging the government for help, everyone will be compelled to do what ever they say. We are on the slave boat right now.
Comment posted April 20, 2010 @ 8:33 pm
The Romans killed Jesus you uneducated, illiterate fucktard. Do you think bringing your hatred and bias towards others is going to help this situation? People like you have always made maters worse. Go get your H.S. diploma, maybe then you will be more elligible for a job, and to be a member of the human race.
Comment posted April 20, 2010 @ 10:06 pm
I too am an unemployed, so the comments I am about to make should not be mis-construed. I read these comment pages on a daily basis. I am what is popularly known as a “99er”. Which means I have been unemployed for longer than two years. I can empathise with anyone whom is currently without employment. However, after reading these blogs and comment pages I can completely understand why some people are sill unemployed. And I say this with the best of intentions. PEOPLE…. get a grip!!! If you can't even write a simple post without misspelling and completely destroying the english language, how do you expect to compete with people who at least have command of their native language. While reading the preceeding posts, I understand why America is falling behind in the world. We as a people can't even write comprehensive sentences with proper spelling and punctuation. How can you even hope to challenge others for a postiton of employment if you can't even fill out an application correctly. Wake up America…. we shall never be the leaders of the world if our people can't spell or use punctuation. Please review your post before hitting the “send button”. We cannot continue to look “stupid” and expect the world to look to us for leadership. If we cannnot lead, we cannot be the “producers” of the products that the world needs. I urge you all to please proof read your material before making a post.
Comment posted April 21, 2010 @ 3:00 am
Here's how to pay for Tier V and others if needed. Place a small payroll tax (say fifty cents a week) on all currently employed workers and pay benefits out until unemployment drops nationwide to five percent. I'd gladly pay it to have the long term protection from losing my job. It would be a safety net for all and we wouldn't have to beg or contemplate suicide if we lose our job during a recession.
Comment posted April 21, 2010 @ 9:28 pm
WE NEED A TIER V!!!!!
PLEASE HELP US PASS THIS TIER V FOR US MILLIONS OF LONG-TERM UNEMPLOYED WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL OF OUR BENEFITS (99 WEEKS). WE NEED ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYMENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE SO THAT WE CAN PUT FOOD ON OUR TABLES, A ROOF OVER OUR HEADS, AND CLOTHES ON OUR BACK – IN SHORT, SO THAT WE CAN SURVIVE!!!!!!! DON'T LET CONGRESS FORGET ABOUT US!! WE ARE HURTING THE MOST!!!!!! I HOPE YOU CONSIDER THE MILLIONS OF LAID OFF WHO THROUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, ARE BEING DENIED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS DUE TO SOME BIZARRE STATE RULE OF REGULATION!!!! THIS 99 WEEK LIMIT MUST BE CHANGED!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE EXTEND THE LONGTERM UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR US 99'ERS WHO HAVE EXHAUSTED OUR BENEFITS TO 125 WEEKS AND CREATE A TIER V PROGRAM!!
I am writing to urge you to take quick and immediate action on renewing federal unemployment benefit extensions to those who have exhausted their weeks, by way of extending the 99 weeks which would also help the 99ers (Tier V). The millions of those jobless individuals who have exhausted all unemployment extensions, remain lost, unaccounted for, and without proper representation are stepping up their efforts to ensure Congress and the President hear our pleas for continued financial assistance.
This segment of the United States population lives in day-to-day fear wondering how to keep going when everyone in Washington deem to look the other way with a blind eye. Having exhausted all unemployment extensions, and therefore no longer counted among the jobless, is a clear demonstration of how underhanded and easy it is for Government to play with the numbers. Congress and the President are anxious to provide hope that the unemployment crisis outlook is brightening. The Washington spin is a far cry from reality. NO LONGER COUNTED DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE 99'ERS HAVE SECURED JOBS!!
In addition, as of today, home foreclosure rates surge; the biggest jump in 5 years AND the unemployment claims jump an unexpected 24,000 to their highest level this year!!! Wall Street admits that the recovery will be MUCH SLOWER than they originally expected. Please stop putting a spin on this that the economy's outlook is bright. IT ISN'T!!!!!! WE ARE HURTING!!!!!!!!
I am writing to also urge you to take quick and immediate action on creating additional Tiers for the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, including the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program and full federal funding of Extended Benefits, as well as the $25 per week Federal Additional Compensation supplement. This is essential for the large number of long-termed unemployed who have already exhausted all available unemployment benefits and who are not qualified for any assistance from their local, county, state, and federal government programs. How are they to survive, until such a time when jobs are plentiful and they are once again able to sustain themselves and their families?
This brings me to my next point. The American government entities cannot create jobs, nor can they force an employer to hire, and I understand this. American government has created incentives for the employers to hire, as the American government has given the financial sectors stimulus funds to assist borrowers. However, the employers and the financial sectors have not been pro-active with the government's calls to action. Simply put, they are not helping improve the current economic crisis. Today's high percentage numbers in unemployment, foreclosures, automobile repossessions, homelessness, bankruptcy filings, overall personal debt, and so much more reflect this point to be a fact, not an opinion. And now, after throwing a lifeline to the banks and financial institutions, giving them BILLIONS AND BILLIONS, Goldman Sachs is now under investigation by the SEC and is being charged with financial fraud “Double Dealing” in $1 Billion toxic sub-prime mortgages!!!!!!!!!
Plain and simple: Unemployment benefits are a lifeline for the unemployed. It will stimulate the economy, as the unemployed are all consumers. It will also prevent rises in the percentages of foreclosures, homelessness, bankruptcy filings, vehicle repossessions, overall personal debt and so much more. Therefore, by renewing and adding weeks to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, it will benefit all of America and the people within this great nation.
Re-establish our trust in the government systems and assist us in re-building our lives; re-instill our faith in the goodness of humanity, in our legislators and the overall system of government within our nation; assist us in being proud again to be Americans. Pass and/or create the bills necessary to renew federal benefit unemployment extensions and create additional benefit weeks. Our lives, the lives of our family members, and the overall economic health of America is dependent on this to survive the current economic crisis.
GET A TIER V PASSED IMMEDIATELY!!!
Please Help,
Unemployed & In Need of Financial Assistance
Comment posted April 23, 2010 @ 12:12 am
Do you have this up on Face Book?
I do Sort of i have a cause with the link to the petition
i only have 8 people so far i put this cause up Tuesday
Is there any way we can put up a counter to see how many people we have so far?
Comment posted April 23, 2010 @ 2:16 am
I am a “99er” and have been out of benifits for 4 weeks. I am a single mom of 2 children and I have worked and paid into unemployment for 15 years. How do the people in Washington sleep at night? How do they look thier children in the face and not think of the millions of children going without basic needs? How do they go on a two week vacation and not worry about people needing money. I don’t see why unemployment extentions are such a debate. In the end the banks get the money anyway. People use this money to pay thier bills and who do they owe???The banks. Why have we not stormed the banks and demanded our money back? Why do Republicans have no problem spending trillions on wars, but worry about funding unemployment for reasons they created to begin with. Who cut back all of the banking regulations that were in place to begin with? As they vacation and pay for Ivy leauge colleges for thier children and turn around and say that democrats have to come up wih a way to “pay” for unemployment benifits. We have already “paid” for it, and it has been stolen by thieves! We’ve bailed out banks with taxpayer money and in turn the banks make it harder for us to get money. What? Why are we not creating zero energy housing? Do you know how many people that would put to work. Designing, selling, installing, manufacturing, maintaining? Why do we pay a 1/4 of our income in taxes and not have money when we need it? They had better hurry up with another extention or they will have a revolution on thier hands. As more and more people lose thier benifits what do they think we are going to do? The banks have stolen Americans homes, savings accounts, retierment plans, forced credit card debt, and now thier way to pay for basic needs! Next is OUR civilization. When people are put into a position to survive logic goes out the window, and basic human survival insticts kicks in. Shame on you Washington!
Comment posted April 23, 2010 @ 2:27 am
We have already PAID for this. We pay 1/4 of our paychecks to the federal government. I have worked and paid into unemployment for 15 years, and it was stolen by crooks! The banks have stolen Americans homes, retierments, savings accounts, forced us to run up credit cards just to pay for basics, and by the way when people spend thier unemployment money to pay the bills, who do they pay ….the banks! They get the money in the end anyways. We pay trillions for wars but have to beg for money that we thought was put away for us in a time of need. Be a little more compasionate!
Comment posted April 23, 2010 @ 3:33 pm
People we must pray to God that he would work though any congress that truly wants to help. He doesn't want his children putting thier trust in “man” that in it self is asking to fall. God can do this for us today if we just believe that he will.God does things for the better of you but the devil wants you not to trust him
don't forget that because if so your ignoring God's promise. He will work I promise you he just needs more people trusting him first. amen P.S Faith+Works=Trust
Comment posted April 23, 2010 @ 8:00 pm
bdc 1 your are correct we Americans put our trust in the politicians, but when it is time for them when they need us I SAY strike back. When they need us to vote and put they silly A$$E$ in office, EVERYONE JUST DON'T DO NOTHING like they are doing to us. Grant you two wrongs don't make a right, but this is Beyond B/S of how they are treating the AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Comment posted April 24, 2010 @ 3:12 am
Time is running short on Washington to take action on a teir5 extension so the people can survive. If they don't take action soon crime will rise faster than they can handle it and right now their having a tough time as it is. crime more rampant people fearing their government ya fear and crime and nobody to protect us because more law enforcement can't be afforded to protect us. so we have to take law into our own hands meaning we have to go to Washington and take our country back. peacefully we can throw these bums out of their offices by hand. their like the little kid that got picked on in school and are trying to get back at us. But it's not going to happen because their about ready to get their asses kicked again but their much older now and it's going to hurt a lot more. I have no problem kicking an old man out on the street before he does it to me! Wake up Washington time is not on your side fuck voting you out were going to kick you out.
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Comment posted April 28, 2010 @ 2:48 am
I placed a call today to inquire about the tier 5
the cute little intern said and I quote” you know what? I think they are all out to lunch” (Couldn't be farther from the truth)
she went on to tell me about a job fair in Tallahassee
I told her that's was great but I don't have a license due to the State Dispersion for Back child support took my license which was due to being Unemployed!
(even if I had not lost my license who the hell has the gas money to go to Tallahassee from Orlando?) she said she would send me an Email with all kinds of job finding info
I never got the email all i got was the brush off
must be nice to be a rich spoiled brat who's internship was handed to her as a favor to her parents
anything to Dodge the Bullet!
Comment posted April 28, 2010 @ 2:53 am
If they get voted out the pain still gets us
They still get the same money they had while in office this my friends in arms is for the rest of their lives!!!
This is why the system is all messed up
this is why medicare and Medicaid is all screwed up!
this is why Social security is all messed up!
If they had to draw unemployment and or rely on Medicare you know for sure there would be some Massive changes!
Comment posted April 28, 2010 @ 11:24 am
I AM 60 YRS OLD AND UNEMPLOYED FROM A FLOWER SHOP. I USED TO WORK 40 HRS A WEEK AND TOOK HOME A MEAGER LIVING FOR MYSELF IT WAS JUST ENOUGH TO PAY MY BILLS AND FIT IN SOM FUN. THEN MY HOURS WERE CUT BACK, AND THEN CUT BACK MORE, THEN WENT TO PART TIME , THEN LAID OFF. SO I FILED UNEMPLOYMENT MADE A RESUME AND IN BETWEEN MY CHECKS LOOKED FOR ANOTHER JOB. EVEN WENT AS FAR AS FLORIDA…NO LUCK, NOW MY UNEMPLOYMENT IS EXHAUSTED AND I HAVE MANAGED TO GET A ONE DAY A WEEK CLEANING JOB AT A GREEN HOUSE MY TRUCK HAS BROKE DOWN AND SO I WALK. I AM STILL TOO YOUNG FOR SS SO WHAT DOES ONE DO? I AM FACING LIVING IN THE STREETS.. I NEED A TIER 5 TO CLOSE UP ENDS HERE AND MOVE TO WHERE MY CHILDREN ARE. PLEASE PASS THE TIER 5
Comment posted April 28, 2010 @ 11:29 am
WE HAVE PAID INTO UNEMPLOYMENT FOR YEARS… IF THEY WOULD STOP GIVING MONEY TO THE PEOPLE WHO COME OVER HERE TO WORK AND OTHER COUNTRIES MAYBE WE WOULD HAVE ENOUGH FOR TIER 5
Comment posted April 28, 2010 @ 2:37 pm
People are sill unemployed? Also postition? Do you mean position?
Huh,proof read much yourself?
Comment posted April 28, 2010 @ 2:57 pm
99er's are urged by congress to sign up for “THE PHONEY RECOVERY ACT OF 2010″ aka “THE VIRTUAL RECOVERY ACT OF 2010″ once signed up you can tell your bill collectors that you will pay them in virtual dollars, one can even go into a grocery store and tell the cashier that you have virtual dollars approved by congress, legal in all 50 states, and walk right out with your families groceries. This way the bankster and defense criminals don't have to lose more than 2.5% of one and half trillion dollars to the loser deadbeats. Elections? don't worry about that, they will get their ten million illegal aliens to vote for them.
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Comment posted May 4, 2010 @ 5:49 pm
I expect that without a Tier 5 unemployment benefit program, my family and I will soon be homeless. It seems impossible that we who have worked so hard, so dutifully all of our lives can soon become homeless. We lost our home, our cars and dignity. We are no longer social with anyone. Our spirits have become dampened. The library nearest me closed and this one has a line for the Internet. The red, white and blue are fading in to gray, gray and gray. What hope is there for individuals? I'm not a bank, automobile official…just an American who has worked hard all of my life. Please help!
Comment posted May 7, 2010 @ 9:49 am
well lets all rally together and build a tent city see how they handle that…..don't forget to hit on welfare too and every other freebee thing we can apply for…oh thats right you have to have an address for all that stuff. sorry.. this is a discusting tragedy…
Comment posted May 7, 2010 @ 9:52 am
WHERE IS TIER 5????? AND WHAT THE ….IS THE HOLD UP . THERE IS MONEY FOR IT.. DIG DEEP YOU'LL BE SUPRISED. THIS NATION IS FALLING DOWN LOOK AROUND YOU'LL BE VERY SCARED AT WHAT YOU SEE. JUST GET OFF THE SHITTER AND PASS IT.
Comment posted May 8, 2010 @ 11:42 pm
Where are the jobs,I have been everywhere and no one wants to give a 53 year old a chance,even in minimum wage jobs,I too am out of benefits,with 21 years of management experience,but I can not find work,so if people think we are just being lazy,give us a job,and we will gladly work,I have heard it said recently,that unemployment has dropped,thats because there are alot of us out in the cold with no more help,I say get the names of the senates and congress people who say give them no more help,because they need to work,vote them all out in November.everyone vote,and let them laugh at that,I bet they are not worrying about how their bills will get paid,or where their food is coming from,help us we need more ,99 weeks does sound like alot,but we can not force people to hire us,NOW PUT IN A TIER 5
Comment posted May 15, 2010 @ 6:15 pm
Congress
Yay To Tier V
Years, A staunch observer and analytical listener. Having been employed of such dieties, one which recalls the Eisenhower Addresses at age seven.
Gentlemen you are your own Damnation.
Enough of the Blame Games and Power Struggles. The Seats are not reserved for Challengings of Testerone. This is not a High end Political Chess
Game, aHistorical Challenge, Dual of Honor. De-Facto, the revolving ignorance does not make the world turn. What the Hell, Republican, Democrat, Seperatism, Seperate Entities instead of Soveran Unity of Power. The greatest Nation has been deminished by strength and decency of the People in the name of Greed and Power.
Governmental Abuse of Powers, Free Trade, Foreign Policies, and the WTO
and her sisters. The needless, useless orchestration of Capita titled Positions
resulting in misappropriated, unaccountable monies and funds of base founded corruption. Of course all outside of the United States soil, none of which should ever had Birth. An ongoing realm of chaos without benefit.
The continuous Outsourcing, Relocating of Corporations to Foreign countries, increased unemployment, How Dare You inflict upon the People as Squanders
and Meaningless Ameba when the trials and tribulations of your ignorance are suffered by the People. Then you dare to Impose and Deliver your “Save My Political Ass” speeches. The rights of the People of this country have been astronomically violated.
Your focuses have been diverted for many years instead of a concrete reprise.
To repair and restabilize, Reversal and Extraction is Mandatory.
Presentation of a Political Fairy Tale, twent-four hour initialization of Miracle Jobs, a projected 95,000 jobs every month for a year. Excuse Me, Last fundamental calculation, the past six months, negative 575,000, 200,000,
200,000, continued outsourcing of Employment, simple Math, calculus, formulization, do not generate a Super Positve Whatsoever.
A controlled Media and Media Sensationalism has become the Saviour and Guiding Light.
Incentives to hire the Unemployed and Minorities have resulted into a Corporate
Business, a constant Revolving door. Again, the Human Race is marketed
in the name of Profit and Position. Once acquiring monies said people no longer fit budgets and labor hours and cannot even be classified fraudulent for there are no restrictions or guidelines. These positions are misleading and an
abomination as well as President Obamas Miracle Networking of Non Existance. Experience and a twenty-year study, a one hundred tweny-five year
age Corporation had a revolving door of 100 MPH, today, said company is now a vacant Lot.
Yes, Tier V is required, but not enough. this Motion is temporary and short term without Resolution, place your focus on a positive instead of traditional
procrastination. Long Term is Mandatory. A rocket scientist is not required,
simple common sense is deduction, an Economic Turn Around is Timely.
The constant intervals of uncertaintity results and continues the negative foundation for 99ers and all present unemployed, sadly to say, the upcoming.
No, Hanoi Jane (Jane Fonda) is not my sister nor is her counterpart Senator Carey my brother. The Hollywood radical overnight sensation on Government
Authority and Foreign Affairs, Vietnam's Mistress. Her name allowed her to make History. Janie, You had Potential, never passing subject, Me,Me,Me
was your downfall. Senator Carey, the misappropriated, making statement
in fatigues, his statement surpassing his shirt collar. He does commemorate
himself, disfunction and the inability to exhort control, power and decision making, proof his wife, the Ketchup Queen, the dominating Element, Money –
thought processes are not required. Do you actually believe she would extract
her multi billions from foreign, thousands of Jobs. Yes, Senator Carey, you still make statement.
For those uniformed, misinformed, or just do not give a damn let this article be food for thought.
Gentlemen
Upon closing, as the words of the First lady Laura Bush instructed W. before leaving Office:
“Now Fix It”
Comment posted May 16, 2010 @ 5:06 pm
Hello Linnette,
I hear you, I am in the same boat here I have 4 children I have been looking for work from 8am- 5pm everyday and have thousands of resumes out there and that is not even a rounded number… I am days from being homeless with my 4 children and because of the down size in my old company it left me in a bad situation…. I have went days without eating so my kids can and I suffer from low blood sugars…. I cry at night and tears get no where my eletric company has no soul what so ever….Congress, senate, president of the united states sit there behind their desks with a fully paid pay check and we the people sit and struggle everyday….. It is okay for them too spend thousands on expensive luncheons we can not even get an etention…. What I think is we need to rally together as one….These companies need a wake up call also you can not boost a economy when there is no one working the president needs to except all of our resumes and say too these companies here hire these people now….. Officals have no idea what we are up against and have no idea how many people are ready to turn off utilities kick out of our homes because they want too take their time on the teir 5 situation I am starting too think the word change is what it is but not a good change for the good of us….
Comment posted May 31, 2010 @ 2:01 pm
sonn the people who have voted against the ability for people to live a some what normal life after they lost thier jobs do to the economy the older workers were hit the hardest its almost impossible to find enployment they act as if the its a relief that only 440,000 filed first time claims its jobs lost that more people looking for work on top of the ones who have been trying for a year are you people completely blind and stupid where is our help we are dying its just not right give me your government job I would be better!!!!!!!!!
Comment posted June 5, 2010 @ 8:09 pm
Amen Jonathan. That is precisely the answer. And, the only answer. I too had become distracted recently, putting my hope and faith into men and organizations that don't deserve it and wouldn't recognize it either. We all need to pray. Pray to God for He is the only one who can and will help. It is indeed times like this that we should all realize that the futile belief in government and its elected officials is a waste of time. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens without the Lord's commission. He hears us, he sees us. He knows we're hurting. He knows our politicians are negligent and callous, speaking hollow words, seeking only to increase their selfish,individual agendas. Of course as I write here on this page on this website; very, very few others will read or notice these words, most likely not one elected official's eyes will read these words. God judges all nations. One specific way is in how the leaders treat their subjects. Shame on our Congress. Why would you abandon your citizens in times of need? Pass some form of Tier 5. With options for Tier 6/7 if need be.
Comment posted June 7, 2010 @ 3:50 am
I dedicate “The Government Stole My Christmas” to the 99'rs and The Passing of Tier 5. http://www.reverbnation.com/renaethesexyrocker
Comment posted August 12, 2010 @ 1:23 pm
For those old enough to remember, there used to be commercials run on TV, before cable, that showed a group of people singing a jingle with the words, “look for the union label” reminding consumers to buy products made in the U.S.
Spare us the comments about corrupt unions, blah blah and that U.S. workers demand too much money.
Our citizens have been distracted the past 3 decades dealing with “wars”, deficits, disasters, natural and political, housing bubbles, wall street crime, cultural decay etc. Prices have gone up, while middle class salaries have stalled or declined.
Americans have been punked by politicians and outsourcing, corporate greed and our own consumer addiction.
The result is our current economy which is manufacturing unemployment, foreclosures and despair. The result is an economy that is fodder for campaigns and media spin. We are in serious trouble.
One step towards recovery involves voting at the polls and voting as consumers, with whatever spare dollars we have.
Do not patronize companies who outsource if possible, and vote all politicians who put lobbyists ahead of your family OUT of office.
And to those politicians who have demoralized their constituents by refusing to acknowledge and assist millions of American voters who are struggling, you have done great damage to your constituents and to your party.
Comment posted September 22, 2010 @ 1:22 pm
Regarding congress voting on and making a tier 5 extension possible for the long term unemployed who have exhausted
their benefits,I hope congress, and,in particular NANCY PELOSI,
(I hope she is very proud of herself).The figures show unemployment
is going down.This does not reflect the people who have exhausted
benefits and cannot find a job.Congress had better look long and
hard at an extension,and so had President Obama.They should
remember that it was the voters who gave them their jobs,and now
some of those voters are unemployed and will not forgot what has
not been done to help them survive.Congress needs to remember
that the same people who voted them into their jobs can also vote them out of their jobs.
.NOVEMBER IS COMING PEOPLE!Use it to your advantage.
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