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  • A Shocking 52% Of Unemployed Americans Have Exhausted Their Benefits (What next?)

    11/06/2011 7:29:55 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 68 replies · 1+ views
    Business Insider ^ | 11/06/2011 | Via AP
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The jobs crisis has left so many people out of work for so long that most of America's unemployed are no longer receiving unemployment benefits. Early last year, 75 percent were receiving checks. The figure is now 48 percent — a shift that points to a growing crisis of long-term unemployment. Nearly one-third of America's 14 million unemployed have had no job for a year or more. Congress is expected to decide by year's end whether to continue providing emergency unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks in the hardest-hit states. If the emergency benefits expire, the...