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800,000 Jobless Americans to Lose Aid
USA Today / AP ^ | 12/28/2002 | AP Staff

Posted on 12/28/2002 11:13:08 AM PST by ex-Texan

Edited on 04/13/2004 1:40:14 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

WASHINGTON (AP)

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government
KEYWORDS: dimsstupid; joblesscheckslapse
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To: clamper1797
So should we extend unemployment? And for how long?
221 posted on 12/29/2002 4:28:17 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: Keith in Iowa
How long then?
222 posted on 12/29/2002 4:28:52 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: clamper1797
I'm glad I'm self employed actually. I chose that knowing the implications

Then why are YOU complaining that you don't get UI.

223 posted on 12/29/2002 4:29:15 PM PST by clamper1797
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To: Keith in Iowa
You have quite an excrement thesaurus, I'll give you that!
224 posted on 12/29/2002 4:29:55 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: clamper1797
These extensions are government mandated, and paid for by the government. The "insurance" premiums were set up expecting 13 week payout periods, when the payouts are extended, the premiums don't cover it. The government does.
225 posted on 12/29/2002 4:32:14 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: Archangelsk
I can start drawing social security in less than two years. Training of any benefit wouldn't even be over by then. What's the point?
226 posted on 12/29/2002 4:33:04 PM PST by gcruse
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To: clamper1797
I wasn't. I'm glad I didn't have the choice. I'm glad I chose to work. I would've chosen to work regardless.
227 posted on 12/29/2002 4:33:27 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: Republic of Texas
So should we extend unemployment? And for how long?

A fair question ... IMHO UI payment amounts AND longevity should be based on the amount and the length of contribution.

Someone who has paid into the fund a certain amount should get a certain percentage back. If someone paid in for 20 years, they should get a comparable amount back ... and it should be PRIVATIZED and OPTIONAL.

228 posted on 12/29/2002 4:33:35 PM PST by clamper1797
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To: gcruse
A better life than the one SS gives you?
229 posted on 12/29/2002 4:34:06 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: Republic of Texas
and paid for by the government

guess again ...

230 posted on 12/29/2002 4:34:34 PM PST by clamper1797
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To: Archangelsk; spintreebob
spintreebob says: Oh pity, they actually have to work and get dirty on those jobs. For them, that is macho.

Archangelsk says: children under the age of 10 will see the 22nd Century - retraining will become a fact of life.

So is it retraining to pick lettuce that we should be doing? High tech is apparently out now as well as manufacturing....and the garment industry....and soon driving a truck won't be an option....

I was and still am in retraining for high tech but I'll stick with what I have for jobs now ---but I have to figure out what my retraining should be in now. I guess I could start standing in a Home Depot lot and beg with the other day laborers for a job and have my kids on food stamps and in government housing and on Medicaid along with the others. And I notice most of those vote for democrats.

231 posted on 12/29/2002 4:34:34 PM PST by FITZ
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To: clamper1797
You mean it's NOT privatized? That means it's the government. That's not how you made it sound in post #219. So, like I said, when it's extended, beyond the amount of the premiums paid IN, the government pays. So, from the first extension, the government has been paying.
232 posted on 12/29/2002 4:36:47 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: Republic of Texas
My retirement investments plus social security will give me what I need to live on. No problem there.
233 posted on 12/29/2002 4:36:51 PM PST by gcruse
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To: clamper1797
The government doesn't pay for anything ... we the taxpayers do. I will guarantee you that I have paid a whole lot more in taxes than the measly $4000 the 13 weeks extension would provide
234 posted on 12/29/2002 4:36:54 PM PST by clamper1797
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To: gcruse
Why worry then?
235 posted on 12/29/2002 4:37:56 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: Republic of Texas
You mean it's NOT privatized?

Onne more time ... It is paid by employers as part of an employees SALARY. Privatized means that you as an entity can go out and buy your own policy. That way the government does NOT mandate it.

236 posted on 12/29/2002 4:38:54 PM PST by clamper1797
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To: clamper1797
Yes, you have. Unfortunatley, THAT money was all used up with OTHER welfare programs. That's why, SOCIALISM ALWAYS FAILS.
237 posted on 12/29/2002 4:39:07 PM PST by Republic of Texas
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To: Republic of Texas
I still have almost two years to go before retiring. I'm not mentally or physically ready to pack in my career...problem is I may not have a choice. Such a waste of expertise.
238 posted on 12/29/2002 4:39:20 PM PST by gcruse
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To: Republic of Texas
You have quite an excrement thesaurus, I'll give you that!

It gets the point across without resorting to profanity, which my grandmother always told me was the feeble minded's way of expressing themselves with force. And it makes it harder for the moderators to spot and ban be for it.

As for how long to extend unemployment - I'm hoping the economy picks up before mine runs out in another 13 weeks - I'm half way thru my eligability - if the extension that expired gets re-upped, it would ease my worries.

239 posted on 12/29/2002 4:39:32 PM PST by Keith in Iowa
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To: spintreebob
How is it that Mexicans illiterate in Spanish, with no papers, find jobs here at $20/hr.

The other advantage those guys have is they aren't expected to pay income tax on contract work they do ----they don't always earn $20 an hour ---sometimes only $4 or $5 but without Social Security, FICA and the all the rest stolen from them, they can live quite well and still have $1000 to send back to Mexico. Plus they don't mind having their kids getting a free lunch and since they don't buy health insurance they don't have to worry about medical bills either. I know an American guy that tried to set up his business as "contract" labor, he was self-employed and the INS came after him after a few years ----ironically he fled to Mexico to avoid being put into prison.

240 posted on 12/29/2002 4:41:57 PM PST by FITZ
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