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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:18 AM
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Obama/GOP agreement won't extend unemployment benefits to those who have hit 99 weeks.
CARSON CITY -- The 26,893 Nevadans who have exhausted all state and federal unemployment benefits won't be getting any additional assistance through the agreement between President Barack Obama and Republicans in Congress to extend benefits for another 13 months.

Cindy Jones, the state Employment Security Division administrator, said Tuesday that major media outlets across the country have incorrectly reported that benefits for everyone, including those who have exhausted their benefits, would be extended by the deal.

She said the agreement does not add a new tier 5 of benefits for people who have received unemployment benefits for the maximum 99 weeks.

"The 99ers won't receive anything more," Jones said.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/nevadans-who-have-exhausted-unemployment-benefits-won-t-get-extension-111463934.html
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:20 AM
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1. But rich people will be creating a bunch of jobs, so it's all good
:puke:

K&R
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:22 AM
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2. That's right! It all trickles down!
:crazy:
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Chisox08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:39 AM
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6. In China, India and what ever third world country that allows slave labor
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marew Donating Member (854 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:47 AM
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8. Right...
Just like they did with the tax breaks they got over the past several years! :banghead:
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KillCapitalism Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:33 AM
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3. Unemployment benefits need to be extended permanently.
An unemployed person should be able to draw UE benefits for life. Why? Because most will never work again. 48,000,000 jobs need to be created for us to have full (0%) unemployment.
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Starry Messenger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:36 AM
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4. +100,000
Love your screen name, too.
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t0dd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:37 AM
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5. +1
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leftstreet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:32 PM
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14. +1
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inna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:41 AM
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7. un-fucking-believable. economic fascism.

i simply do not see how a republican president (or anyone, pre-Obama) could get away with this shit.


:nuke:
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kath Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:49 AM
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9. So it's really true. OMG, this is so, so, SOOOO wrong.
"let them die, then, and reduce the surplus population."
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amborin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:52 AM
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10. K&R
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RaleighNCDUer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 03:00 AM
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11. Which means they will no longer be officially unemployed!
Woo Hoo!! It's working alreadry!
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WCGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 03:03 AM
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12. I can't believe he didn't insist on helping out the 99'ers...
Fuck this deal...
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-08-10 02:31 PM
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13. FTD is right!
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