Posted on 09/07/2009 1:21:39 PM PDT by george76
Massachusetts is experiencing its first wave of jobless workers to exhaust unemployment benefits after nearly two years of rising unemployment, state labor officials said.
The state this week sent out letters notifying about 2,500 jobless workers that they had or would soon receive their last unemployment checks, having used up state and federal extensions that provided up to 79 weeks, or about 18 months, of benefits. The state expects about 21,000 jobless workers to run out of unemployment benefits by Thanksgiving.
Nationally, about 400,000 jobless workers will exhaust their benefits over the next few months.
The depletion of unemployment benefits is another measure of the depth of the national recession, widely viewed as the worst since the Great Depression.
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Are we having fun yet?
Barney, Barney...the STIMULUS is not working. Time to stop spending your money on those ‘pumps’ thse judges use under the table.
And many are exhausting their benefits before looking for work just to take a "paid" vacation.
In most cases they will find that the wait is going to cost them dearly by missing out on open positions that were filled during their vacation.
The last two folks I know that got laid off....were happy!!
Those people are insane. They will be lucky to get a job at half their former salary.
When the riots start they can declare martial law!
wonder how many of these people voted for comrade obama?
and, if they realize their error?
And as every state reaches this point, the riots will start. I have several worthy honest friends who can’t find work and in the meantime I bet funds are found for the permanently indigent.
There will always be money for the lying, lame, and the lazy. Amazing how that works.
But just think of how reduced our carbon footprints will be!
But just think of how reduced our carbon footprints will be!
Brave New World folks. Get ready for Hyper Inflation.
............”after nearly two years of rising unemployment”
In other words right when the Democrats took control of the country’s finances.First act,raise the cost of doing business (minimum wage hikes) Second act,assure the expiration of the Bush Tax Cuts therefore again raises business costs and forcing cuts in any future business expansion.Third act,Democrat control insures higher costs for business due to the now unfettered lawyer,union and environmental shenanigans .
That’s a rather arrogant thing to say considering how difficult it is to find employment. I have several family members who lost their jobs. They were good at what they did and worked hard; police officer, dental hygienist. Both have taken jobs at retail stores to make ends meet. Some vacation?
Yep. Looking for a job in this market is no “vacation.”
Where's the arrogance?
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