Posted on 07/01/2010 1:12:51 PM PDT by Kartographer
The House voted 270-153 to restore benefits for more than 1 million people whose payments ran out in early June. The measure would extend the federal long-term jobless aid program through November and retroactively restore benefits to eligible people.
But the Senate has rejected several attempts to extend jobless benefits amid worries about record budget deficits, and it is not scheduled to address the issue again until mid-July.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Thank you. My mom is at this point fully hating Republicans now, after she’s been supporting them in no small part of my efforts.
She means the world to me, and I’m an old guy at this point. This ‘line in the sand’ over unemployment benefits is bizarre, and hard to really justify. Especially after all the huuuugggggeeeee spending of the last decade.
In the end, I am not a libertarian. I’m not for cutting off people between jobs and so on. I get on the defensive on here because, heck.. I’m one of the few that depends on this vs the wealthy on here. Thank you for your kind words.
I don’t think anybody lives well collecting our $240 per week.
As a matter of fact, you kind of look around all the time in your home and ask what can I get rid of and plan for garage sales just to make some extra money.
I have sold things I worked hard for and will probably never have again such as my silverware and china I purchased before I got married. I can live without these but this is what we had to do in order to survive.
Forgot to add that right now we are just thankful to have a roof over our heads and food on the table.
I’ve done the selling things off.
I am finally going to be selling Craftsman tools and a tool chest and some clothes.
It’s awful but we have to do it.
When the stuff to sell runs out, then what.
All one can do is pray.....
Praying doesn’t help income. I just hope I don’t end up using an exit bag before too long. We’ll see if this stuff gives me a bit of time to go on.
My faith in God and prayer has gotton us through many obstacles and He has provided for us so far. I cannot say prayer has not helped with regard to money as people have been kind to us out of the blue.
I do not doubt He will provide for us but that is where faith comes in.
Hang in there.....so many people are in this same situation.
We’ve been on it a little over a year now. We’re receiving 11.5%. We paid more in taxes the year before last than we received this year in unemployment. Of course, we’re lazy scumbags that don’t want jobs. *major eyeroll*
I’m completely with you on this issue.
I’d rather see them cut back on SEIU benefits or “No Child Left Behind” before they cut off unemployment benefits to folks who lost their job.
Freddie and Fanny pay ONE BILLION dollars per year for LANDSCAPING, and people here are bitching about extended unemployment benefits of $405.00 a week? Sheeesh!
I really would like to meet the employer who needs people to work but cant because people want to collect.
I genuinely would.
He either doesn’t exist or he pays so low people wont work for wages that will not pay their bills, and when unemployment pays more than a job, how can you fight that logic?
I can relate to your comments about older people being let go in favor of younger, cheaper workers. It happened to my spouse, who quit looking for work, became a free agent for hire in his field of specialty, and is now working on his own time, enjoying days off whenever he wants, and making more money than before.
I’d encourage those who have a lot of experience to think about trying this approach. With the health bill coming along, smaller companies are needing people with experience but cannot afford to hire - but will rent! Hopefully that theme doesn’t carry over to housing, though.
Available Jobs, Not Enough Skilled Workers
Published: 6/1/10, 9:28 AM EDT
Available Jobs, Not Enough Skilled Workers
Two years after the start of the recession, the unemployment rate is still near double digits, which translates to millions of Americans looking for work. For every open job, employers have dozens or even hundreds of applicants eager to get hired. Yet many employers insist that finding qualified candidates is difficult, even in this economy. How can that be?
These employers don’t have a shortage of applicants — they have a shortage of qualified applicants. For most positions, the necessary skills, experience and education requirements are firm and can’t be loosened because of a lack of suitable candidates. Bad economy or not, employers need to know their workers are the best possible people for the job.
People who can’t find work should not be punished. And they haven’t been. The state unemployment system helps job seekers for half a year. The federal benefits kick in at that point.
Even in this economic storm, that should provide relief. It also, perversely, has encouraged some people not to look for work as hard as they should.
Many of us know someone who has come to depend on long-term unemployment benefits, and perhaps to believe they will never run out. Employers see it, too, in their struggles to fill job openings; some job applicants would rather collect unemployment pay.
Jobless benefits were not intended to be part of people’s household budgets forever. They are supposed to be temporary, a safety net. As painful as it will be for some, we have reached the limit on this generous benefit.
http://www.mlive.com/opinion/jackson/index.ssf/2010/07/editorial_enough_is_enough_whe.html
Not necessarily my opinion. I’m just posting.
I know it’s hard. I wish you the best. Maybe you should watch the obits and find out where they worked. Okay, sarcasm, but in my 40 years of working, I don’t remember it ever being this bad.
I would love to see just what the job is, see how they determined the job requirements, and see who they passed over for the job, too
Whatever happened to training people to do the work??
How did the FIRST person who did the job learn to do it??
I remember when apprenticeships were the way people learned and worked their way up and made a very good living. I’m old, though.
I have a message for those “hard asses” on here.
“When the guy down the street turns to crime and has to start stealing to survive, I hope he steals from you. And don’t file for insurance, even though you’ve paid the premiums all these years. That’ll make your rates go up. So, suck it up and start crackin’ and go find a part time job to make up for the loss you suffered through no fault of your own.”
Hang in there, Tolsti2. You’re in my prayers as are all the others out of work. I went through this same kind of thing during the Reagan years. Lots of people don’t realize that it took almost 8 years to recover from Nixon (the first with a deficit) Ford and Carter. Especially in Texas. I was in my thirties and didn’t think I’d ever find a job. Quite a few times I thought about ending it. I took every job I could find including pushing a wheel barrel. Finally got a job working at least 60 hours a week for around $20,000 a year. And I was grateful to have it. In fact, I had a better job than many of my friends. This time I’m on up there in age and couldn’t take that kind of grind. And moving across the country is out of the question. So, I’m not sure what I’ll do either. But I won’t kill myself. I’ll die of starvation first but only after I’ve stolen from someone who has a job and would NEVER THINK OF drawing unemployment.
And another thing to those “hard asses”. Don’t try to stop the unemployed from stealing. They took your advice and bought guns and lots of ammo when they had a paycheck.
While I empathize with those that are truly trying to find work, for the vast majority this extension will just lessen the urgency to become employed. It’s human nature. Procrastination with compensation is pretty hard to beat.
Yeah, but he was dumb. Don't believe it? Just read any school history textbooks. They'll tell you.
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