Jobless Claims Rise AGAIN, "Unexpectedly"

[KevK]

Originally Posted by Neuling

It is sad to see so many people without jobs. A couple of days ago there was a report on that on TV, they showed a typical day in one of those job centers in Lisbon. In the morning the doorman opened the door and masses of unemployed burst into the building. They sit and stand there in the overcrowded corridors for hours only to go home empty-handed in the afternoon or evening. Many of those people are old or inaptly qualified, almost without hope of ever getting a job again.

You can file on line here in GA. As for the chronically unemployed, they used to have factory work for such people but thanks to 12 years of Clinton and Bush and NAFTA and GATT those jobs are all gone to Mexico.

[Quick Enough]

"Nobody wants to see 300,000 teachers or fire and police laid off".

Ever notice they NEVER, EVER say Board of Education admin staff or any other Admin staff.

[Neuling]

Originally Posted by KevK

You can file on line here in GA. As for the chronically unemployed, they used to have factory work for such people but thanks to 12 years of Clinton and Bush and NAFTA and GATT those jobs are all gone to Mexico.

Online, cool I don't think they have that yet here. Frankly many of the older unemployed probably don't seem like they know how to use a computer anyway. And probably it would lead to many more people being officially unemployed as some are too proud to go there in person and face those unfriendly bureaucrats.

[HappyTexan]

Originally Posted by Quick Enough

"Nobody wants to see 300,000 teachers or fire and police laid off".

Ever notice they NEVER, EVER say Board of Education admin staff or any other Admin staff.

I've noticed. It's fear politics. The first to get cut are the necessary services. And it's coming out of every city and state government.

Why here in Austin..the budget shortfall is in the millions and they talk of cuts to education and police. And, in the same meeting, they then talked of a new bond package they want to propose to study mass transit