[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')f you paid into the system, if you are unemployed for a reason OTHER than doing soething illegal (your company went bankrupt), you are owed this money REGARDLESS of what your lifestyle is.

[vision-master]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', ' ')left-handed midgets.

[MarkJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') was talking to a group of guys on extended unemployment that can't find a decent paying job because they either have a criminal record, they're casual drug users, or they have a poor driving record.

This is another MAJOR problem in Florida, and nationwide. We've arrested and locked up so many people in this country (vast majority being DUI and drug offenses) that we now have a seething mass of people with a record. Thanks to Zero Tolerance background checks, we have a huge population who CANNOT get work. How is this helpful to society? To leave a life of criminality and government dependence the only options left?

[Fiddlerdave]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')his is another MAJOR problem in Florida, and nationwide. We've arrested and locked up so many people in this country (vast majority being DUI and drug offenses) that we now have a seething mass of people with a record. Thanks to Zero Tolerance background checks, we have a huge population who CANNOT get work. How is this helpful to society? To leave a life of criminality and government dependence the only options left?

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'W')ASHINGTON – In the coming weeks and months, hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment benefits, just when it's never been harder to find a job.

Congress extended unemployment aid twice last year, allowing people to draw a total of up to 59 weeks of benefits. Now, as the recession drags on, a rolling wave of people who were laid off early last year will lose them.

[sameu]

exactly
how on earth could teh economy be recovering aka everbody back consuming, when the effects of the first big wave of the unemployed are just starting?
no money = no consumption

[Daniel_Plainview]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Reverse Engineer', 'C')ongress extended unemployment aid twice last year,

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('DoomWarrior', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('[s]Reverse Engineer[/s]', 'C')ongress extended unemployment aid twice last year,

[deMolay]

The unofficial Unemployment rate is actually about 17% according to some authors. Because many are out of unemployment claims and are no longer counted officially as unemployed. Which brings forward that old saying. "Figures Lie and Liars Figure."

[vision-master]

I think cbrx55 and his wife are both running on juice? To run out this fall.

[endtimes]

the town was Wilmington in Ohio not Indiana.it is close to Columbus.

[Armageddon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('deMolay', 'T')he unofficial Unemployment rate is actually about 17% according to some authors. Because many are out of unemployment claims and are no longer counted officially as unemployed. Which brings forward that old saying. "Figures Lie and Liars Figure."

[MarkJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'H')undreds of thousands of jobless Californians could see their unemployment benefits extended under legislation approved Monday by the Assembly.

The measure would extend a lifeline to an estimated 469,000 out-of-work residents whose benefits otherwise would expire this year.

Federal stimulus funds would bankroll an extra 20 weeks of unemployment benefits for Californians who exhaust the 59 weeks available now

[AgentR]

Funny thing to consider.. all these impoverished people who had checks under a Republican administration are destined to lose those checks under a Democrat administration WITH a Democrat congress.

[Armageddon]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('AgentR', 'F')unny thing to consider.. all these impoverished people who had checks under a Republican administration are destined to lose those checks under a Democrat administration WITH a Democrat congress.

[blukatzen]

Just for the fyi, my company's business is set up for "Seasonal" garcen center work, ie. from April-August, we then take a month off, then come back for October for the "Pumpkin Patch". Only 2 stores are open for Yule tree/greens.

I just came out of a manager's meeting last Thursday, with our HR person telling us that we (as hiring managers) should watch out for folks wanting to become employed due to being able to claim us AFTER our season is over, saying "they weren't TOLD" we were a seasonal business.
Usually, seasonal businesses are exempt from having person's file unemployment on them, it is now sending us into a higher unemployment tax bracket. We now have it pasted on our website, and all over our sheets for job applications.

People are now looking for a job to get further unemployment benefits, we are told. Fancy that!!

We're waiting to open up the stores this week, just having received a few inches of snow last night. It's melting now, but still, it's not the kind of weather we want for the early Spring shopper. Yet, this weather is not unheard of here...

Blu

[Sixstrings]

I'm not saying I agree with them, but according to the bean counters unemployment is a "lagging indicator," whereas the stock market is a "forward indicator." So, they're saying we're on the upswing now and it will just take some time for J6P to feel it.

[JoeW]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sixstrings', 'I')'m not saying I agree with them, but according to the bean counters unemployment is a "lagging indicator," whereas the stock market is a "forward indicator." So, they're saying we're on the upswing now and it will just take some time for J6P to feel it.

[MarkJ]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '[')b]Indiana extending jobless benefits by 13 weeks

The high number of out-of-work residents collecting jobless benefits in Indiana has triggered an automatic 13-week extension of unemployment benefits.

The extended benefits program is for those who have already collected up to 26 weeks of state benefits and up to 33 weeks of federal claims. Those in the program can collect unemployment for up to 13 additional weeks, but they must apply for three jobs a week and must accept any job that pays at least minimum wage.

“This extension marks a last resort for Hoosiers who have exhausted up to 59 weeks of unemployment benefits,” Teresa Voors, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, said Tuesday. “It comes with much stricter requirements than previous benefits.”

he program automatically kicks into gear in Indiana when the insured unemployment rate — the percent of people collecting state unemployment benefits from the entire pool of workers covered by state unemployment — reaches a 13-week average of 5 percent. Extended benefits packages have already been triggered in 14 other states.

[ReverseEngineer]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')The extended benefits program is for those who have already collected up to 26 weeks of state benefits and up to 33 weeks of federal claims. Those in the program can collect unemployment for up to 13 additional weeks, but they must apply for three jobs a week and must accept any job that pays at least minimum wage.

“This extension marks a last resort for Hoosiers who have exhausted up to 59 weeks of unemployment benefits,” Teresa Voors, commissioner of the Indiana Department of Workforce Development, said Tuesday. “It comes with much stricter requirements than previous benefits.”