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In the past those already qualified for a Tier of benefits have been allowed to complete them (even if they were eliminated)..but another issue is could also come into play with the extension
In the past those already qualified for a Tier of benefits have been allowed to complete them (even if they were eliminated)..but another issue is could also come into play with the extension
Are you kidding me? I thought this was taken care of. I seriously think we need to boot everyone out of the government and start over with a Parliamentary style government that includes more than just 2 parties. This is getting beyond ridiculous.
This better not hurt our chances of anything getting passed. It's pretty obvious that the unemployment rate dropped because people are no longer collecting UE, especially with a measly 74,000 jobs created.
And when next months report comes out the unemployment rate will drop again as a result of 1.3+ million people losing benefits and that will be declared a victory on unemployment. The system of counting unemployed people is such a fraud.
All of you who are now without income and cash assets, immediately visit your city/county social services people to get assistance with food, rent, utilities. I would guess these agencies will soon be overloaded with requests, so get in there - like tomorrow.
Also, don't forget your local churches. Ours saved us from ruin until hubby's disability was approved after his UE ran out.
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Originally Posted by Mosin Nagant
And when next months report comes out the unemployment rate will drop again as a result of 1.3+ million people losing benefits and that will be declared a victory on unemployment. The system of counting unemployed people is such a fraud.
Yes, it will drop even when you consider all those seasonal jobs that have been lost. 74,000 new jobs! Our business sector should be ashamed of themselves!
Are you kidding me? I thought this was taken care of. I seriously think we need to boot everyone out of the government and start over with a Parliamentary style government that includes more than just 2 parties. This is getting beyond ridiculous.
Frankly, I am not sure anymore what they do in Washington. This might have something to do with the debt ceiling (which used to be a routine vote) I am just thinking there is only a finite amount of time, and if you BS around with stupid stuff.....well
I have a question for Ad. At the very end of 2013 when the program stopped I only had three weeks left on my tier IV benefits. Now I read Reid's proposal and it would scale back to 31 weeks. So either way I won't be getting those last three weeks? Right?
No. Sixteen weeks were lost from Tiers 1 and 2. NO CHANGE for Tiers 3 and 4. At least, for now under the current proposal.
I'm guessing nothing happened today? I was out all day --- no one is hiring
From what I read online so far is that the few senate repubs that were in favor of the bill are backing out because they want amendments attached to the bill.
Meanwhile the jobs reports news came out today saying
Hiring slumped sharply in December, as the economy added only 74,000 jobs, according to the government. This was the weakest month for job growth since January 2011 and came as a huge surprise to economists, who were expecting an addition of 193,000 jobs.
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