Unemployment Benefits Running out (Florida)

via MichaelMoore.com:



August 28th, 2009 10:15 pm
Unemployment Benefits Running out

By Whitney Ray / WJHG 7


Unemployment benefits will run out for more than 31-thousand jobless Floridians by the end of September. By year’s end 132-thousand Floridians will have exhausted their unemployment pay. Once the money’s gone many people will lose their homes to foreclosure.

Jamie Alexander has been unemployed since last November and his 300 dollar a week unemployment check will stop coming soon. He doesn’t like to think about it.

“It will be hard. I can’t really say.”

Vincent Smith, an out of work caretaker, is also concerned about living without an income. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/index.php?id=14356

what that formulation is based on though. :shrug

http://fileunemployment.org/unemployment-benefits-comparison-by-state

State Max weekly payment Max # of weeks
Alabama $255 59
Alaska $370-442 79
Arizona $240 72
Arkansas $431 72
California $450 79
Colorado $431-475 72
Connecticut $519-594 72
Delaware $330 59
Florida $275 79
Georgia $330 79
Hawaii $545 59
Idaho $363 72
Illinois $385-534 72
Indiana $390 79
Iowa $361-443 46
Kansas $423 59
Kentucky $415 79
Louisiana $284 46
Maine $344-516 72
Maryland $380 59
Massachusetts $628-942 72
Michigan $362 79
Minnesota $351-566 79
Mississippi $230 59
Missouri $320 79
Montana $407 72
Nebraska $308 46
Nevada $393 79
New Hampshire $427 59
New Jersey $584 79
New Mexico $359-459 46
New York $405 72
North Carolina $494 79
North Dakota $406 46
Ohio $370-503 79
Oklahoma $409 46
Oregon $482 79
Pennsylvania $558-566 72
Rhode Island $528-660 79
South Carolina $326 72
South Dakota $298 46
Tennessee $275 59
Texas $392 59
Utah $444 46
Vermont $425 72
Virginia $378 72
Washington $541 79
Washington, D.C. $359 79
West Virginia $424 59
Wisconsin $363 79
Wyoming $415 46
Average $410 67.33