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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 03:57 PM Original message |
Most of the unemployed no longer receive benefits |
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Laluchacontinua (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
1. That's very scary. |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 06:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. Yes... |
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roguevalley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #22 |
30. I CAN'T STAND IT!!! HOW DO THEY SURVIVE!?! |
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Autumn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
2. Yet the very wealthy still receive their tax cuts |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 05:43 PM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Because that's the most important thing in the world. Truly. That's what's amazing, that it drives |
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frazzled (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Thank your local Republican |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. The participation rate is what you need to look at. |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ows is the beginning |
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truedelphi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Wereyou able to catch Bill Maher this past evening? |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:17 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. That sounds right to me |
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4dsc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 06:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. Until these millions take to the streets |
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stockholmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 06:54 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. absolutely agree, sadly |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
7. But unemployment "numbers" are getting better! |
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leveymg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
9. Which means that they are no longer counted. The official jobless figure is a rude joke. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
10. Because they no longer receive benefits, most of this nation's unemployed |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
11. The Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't count those not in receipt of benefit... |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 06:37 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. Well, |
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slipslidingaway (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. Scroll down to the bottom of this article for a chart of Average Weeks Unemployed ... |
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LiberalEsto (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Welcome to Unemployed America |
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Ken Burch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. It was part of the plan. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:21 PM Response to Reply #15 |
35. Milosevic was more merciful, death came quicker. |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 05:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. They WANT to stiff unemployed people.. that is their plan.. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
17. THIS is a crime. |
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Jackpine Radical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #17 |
48. There. I knew you could do it. You got to the nub. |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
18. Unemployment benefits have nothing, nada, zip to do with how the unemployed are counted. |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:17 PM Response to Reply #18 |
34. You've summed it up well |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #34 |
50. I don't know |
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DallasNE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 06:15 PM Response to Original message |
19. Republicans Have Long Argued |
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chervilant (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
21. hmph! |
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KG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. well, at least the obama admin passed a HC bill that none of the unemp can afford |
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ArchTeryx (189 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 07:30 PM Response to Original message |
26. And for some, that means death. |
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OhioChick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
27. So.....the 9% unemployment rate is incorrect.... |
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jtuck004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. +1. /nt |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. So sad. |
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summerschild (12 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
28. ONE MORE WAY REPUBS PLAN TO DEFEAT OBAMA |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 08:41 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. don`t mourn-organize! welcome to du.... |
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AsahinaKimi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
31. I think if Republicans had their way.. no one would recieve |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:21 PM Response to Original message |
36. As we have exactly eight weeks to go until UC extended benefits expire |
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scorpiogirl (662 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 02:15 PM Response to Reply #36 |
49. I've been wondering that too. |
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Beacool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:35 PM Response to Original message |
37. I read it at The Huff. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
38. kr -- |
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CoffeeCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-05-11 11:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. Also, unemployment payments are sooo low... |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:18 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. "how people are making it on unemployment" not everyone is in their own bubble, |
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frustrated_lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #39 |
43. We did (barely) for a year. |
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quakerboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:10 AM Response to Original message |
40. On the plus side of things |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 01:59 AM Response to Original message |
42. The richest nation in the world. American exceptionalism. |
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salin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:36 AM Response to Original message |
44. According to Conservative Talking points.... this is good news... |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 08:38 AM Response to Original message |
45. Makes it easier for TPTB to flat out LIE and say things are getting better, huh? |
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wobblie (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
46. misleading percentage |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-06-11 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
47. if you let the unemployed die, then they're no longer unemployed! |
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LongTomH (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
51. This needs to be kicked up. |
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