http://www.theindychannel.com/news/25539273/detail.html
Bad times are right around the bend kids.
You only just thought it couldn't get worse.
Desperate people do desperate things.
36 Offices Beefing Up Security Before Benefits Set To End
Armed security guards will be on hand at 36 unemployment offices around Indiana in what state officials said is a step to improve safety and make branch security more consistent.
No specific incidents prompted the action, Department of Workforce Development spokesman Marc Lotter told 6News' Norman Cox.
Lotter said the agency is merely being cautious with the approach of an early-December deadline when thousands of Indiana residents could see their unemployment benefits end after exhausting the maximum 99 weeks provided through multiple federal extension periods
Showing posts with label Federal unemployment extention. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federal unemployment extention. Show all posts
Monday, November 1, 2010
Monday, October 25, 2010
New figures detail depth of unemployment misery
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/25/income_inequality_statistics_tax_code__n_773392.html
Leave it to David Cay Johnston, to reveal the truth.
For more of the same kind of truth, written very easily to understand,
Read "FREE LUNCH" AND "PERFECTLY LEGAL".
Be warned they will absolutely make you sick, in regards to the social welfare given to Corporation.
Because David spells out some very hard to swallow realities in the "Free Lunch" give aways that are "Perfectly Legal" and well taken advantage of by the corporate elite and their cronies.
One out of every 34 Americans who earned wages in 2008 earned absolutely nothing -- not one cent -- in 2009.
The stunning figure was released earlier this month by the Social Security Administration, but apparently went unreported until it appeared today on Tax.com in a column by Pulitzer Prize-winning tax reporter David Cay Johnston
Leave it to David Cay Johnston, to reveal the truth.
For more of the same kind of truth, written very easily to understand,
Read "FREE LUNCH" AND "PERFECTLY LEGAL".
Be warned they will absolutely make you sick, in regards to the social welfare given to Corporation.
Because David spells out some very hard to swallow realities in the "Free Lunch" give aways that are "Perfectly Legal" and well taken advantage of by the corporate elite and their cronies.
One out of every 34 Americans who earned wages in 2008 earned absolutely nothing -- not one cent -- in 2009.
The stunning figure was released earlier this month by the Social Security Administration, but apparently went unreported until it appeared today on Tax.com in a column by Pulitzer Prize-winning tax reporter David Cay Johnston
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Nikki Haley wants drug tests tied to unemployment benefits
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/06/101654/nikki-haley-wants-drug-tests-tied.html#storylink=omni_popular
How insulting is this, now your suspect of being a criminal for getting laid off and collecting the benefits your due?
Get way to cut budget costs isn't it?
South Carolina's more than 236,000 unemployed workers could have to take a drug test in order to receive jobless benefits, according to a proposal by Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/06/101654/nikki-haley-wants-drug-tests-tied.html#storylink=omni_popular#ixzz11bLrVFfe
How insulting is this, now your suspect of being a criminal for getting laid off and collecting the benefits your due?
Get way to cut budget costs isn't it?
South Carolina's more than 236,000 unemployed workers could have to take a drug test in order to receive jobless benefits, according to a proposal by Republican gubernatorial candidate Nikki Haley Tuesday.
Read more: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/10/06/101654/nikki-haley-wants-drug-tests-tied.html#storylink=omni_popular#ixzz11bLrVFfe
Thursday, April 29, 2010
More Than a Million in U.S. May Lose Jobless Benefits
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a8qJXfNS3RaQ&pos=7
What are people going to do?
Since the U.S. recession began in December 2007, Congress has extended the length of unemployment benefits for the jobless three times. Now, the lawmakers may have reached their limit.
They are quietly drawing the line at 99 weeks of aid, a mark that hundreds of thousands of Americans have already reached. In coming months, the number of those who will receive their final government check is projected to top 1 million.
It’s a deadline that has rarely been mentioned in recent debates over jobless benefits, in which Republicans have delayed aid because of cost concerns. The deadline hasn’t been lost on Teauna Stephney, a 39-year-old single mother from Bothell, Washington, who said she could become homeless once her $407 weekly checks stop in June.
What are people going to do?
Since the U.S. recession began in December 2007, Congress has extended the length of unemployment benefits for the jobless three times. Now, the lawmakers may have reached their limit.
They are quietly drawing the line at 99 weeks of aid, a mark that hundreds of thousands of Americans have already reached. In coming months, the number of those who will receive their final government check is projected to top 1 million.
It’s a deadline that has rarely been mentioned in recent debates over jobless benefits, in which Republicans have delayed aid because of cost concerns. The deadline hasn’t been lost on Teauna Stephney, a 39-year-old single mother from Bothell, Washington, who said she could become homeless once her $407 weekly checks stop in June.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Senate to take up unemployment insurance extension
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Senate-to-take-up-apf-2067961579.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=4&asset=&ccode=
By the count of the last census there were 304 million people living in the United States. I do believe it would have been more cost efficient to give each of them a million dollars and to have put an end to this problem.
What exactly is the point of flushing billions of dollars down the the toilet while the clog still exists?
This clean up mess is not worth the cost of the new carpet we're laying.
Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.
The measure also prevents doctors from absorbing a crippling cut in Medicare payments, extends health insurance subsidies for the unemployed and gives cash-starved states help with Medicaid, the federal-state program providing health care to the poor and disabled.
The unemployment insurance alone -- to provide weekly unemployment checks averaging above $300 to people whose core 26-week benefit package has run out -- will cost $66 billion through December. In some states people are eligible to receive benefits for up to 99 weeks.
The bill, and the test vote Tuesday, demonstrate the difficulty Democrats face as they focus on jobs. It doesn't include new ideas for boosting jobs, but instead reprises elements of last year's $862 billion economic stimulus bill, which is earning mixed reviews from voters. Simply extending those provisions has produced a far more expensive measure than a separate so-called jobs bill that Democrats hope to soon send to President Barack Obama. That measure would boost highway spending and give tax breaks to companies that hire the unemployed and could clear the Senate for Obama's desk this week.
At a gross cost of about $148 billion, Tuesday's measure illustrates the extraordinary cost of the unemployment safety net as the economy inches out of the recession. Democrats say the unemployment benefits inject demand into the economy and say renewing the tax cuts helps preserve existing jobs
By the count of the last census there were 304 million people living in the United States. I do believe it would have been more cost efficient to give each of them a million dollars and to have put an end to this problem.
What exactly is the point of flushing billions of dollars down the the toilet while the clog still exists?
This clean up mess is not worth the cost of the new carpet we're laying.
Legislation extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless faces a key test vote in the Senate, its momentum helped by about 60 popular tax breaks for individuals and businesses that expired at the end of last year.
The measure also prevents doctors from absorbing a crippling cut in Medicare payments, extends health insurance subsidies for the unemployed and gives cash-starved states help with Medicaid, the federal-state program providing health care to the poor and disabled.
The unemployment insurance alone -- to provide weekly unemployment checks averaging above $300 to people whose core 26-week benefit package has run out -- will cost $66 billion through December. In some states people are eligible to receive benefits for up to 99 weeks.
The bill, and the test vote Tuesday, demonstrate the difficulty Democrats face as they focus on jobs. It doesn't include new ideas for boosting jobs, but instead reprises elements of last year's $862 billion economic stimulus bill, which is earning mixed reviews from voters. Simply extending those provisions has produced a far more expensive measure than a separate so-called jobs bill that Democrats hope to soon send to President Barack Obama. That measure would boost highway spending and give tax breaks to companies that hire the unemployed and could clear the Senate for Obama's desk this week.
At a gross cost of about $148 billion, Tuesday's measure illustrates the extraordinary cost of the unemployment safety net as the economy inches out of the recession. Democrats say the unemployment benefits inject demand into the economy and say renewing the tax cuts helps preserve existing jobs
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Bunning gave in
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2010/03/senate-near-deal-to-end-bunnin.html?hpid=topnews
We're good for another month kids, the show will go on.
Senate approves extension of jobless benefits after Bunning ends blockade
Senators approved a bill extending unemployment benefits, highway funding and other federal programs Tuesday night after Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) dropped his days-long blockade of the bill.
The Senate approved the measure 78 to 19.
Bunning had held up the Senate's consideration of the package of 30-day extensions since Thursday, arguing that the measures were not paid for. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said they were, but Bunning stood firm until reaching accord on a deal Tuesday.
That agreement allowed a vote on the package and also gave Bunning a vote on his amendment forcing the $10 billion bill to be offset with the closing of a tax loophole that has benefited the paper industry. The amendment failed, with 43 senators voting for it.
Bunning will also get the chance
We're good for another month kids, the show will go on.
Senate approves extension of jobless benefits after Bunning ends blockade
Senators approved a bill extending unemployment benefits, highway funding and other federal programs Tuesday night after Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) dropped his days-long blockade of the bill.
The Senate approved the measure 78 to 19.
Bunning had held up the Senate's consideration of the package of 30-day extensions since Thursday, arguing that the measures were not paid for. Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said they were, but Bunning stood firm until reaching accord on a deal Tuesday.
That agreement allowed a vote on the package and also gave Bunning a vote on his amendment forcing the $10 billion bill to be offset with the closing of a tax loophole that has benefited the paper industry. The amendment failed, with 43 senators voting for it.
Bunning will also get the chance
Nation's Unemployment Programs Running Out of Money
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/nations-unemployment-programs-running-empty/story?id=9981941
The reality of the real. The 10 billion is only good for 1 month of extention.
[B]This weekend Congress was unable to provide even a basic stopgap measure that would have extended federal benefits, temporarily, for one more month at a cost of $10 billion.[/B]
The reality of the real. The 10 billion is only good for 1 month of extention.
[B]This weekend Congress was unable to provide even a basic stopgap measure that would have extended federal benefits, temporarily, for one more month at a cost of $10 billion.[/B]
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