http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091217/D9CL3AOG1.html
The war bill that has not passed as of yet will extend the unemployment benefits a person can collect to 99 weeks.
Just exactly how many people have fallen off it's rolls?
And why don't they keep track of that number? Is it because if they did you would actually realize just how many people are no longer working in this country?
Because that is the "Big Picture" that they are not allowing you to see.
The govenrment said that the number of people receiving regular benefits rose by 5,000 to 5.19 million for the week ending Dec. 5. That figure does not include millions of people who have used up the regular 26 weeks of benefits typically provided by the state and are now receiving extended benefits for up to 73 additional weeks, paid for by the federal government.
The people receiving extended benefits jumped to 4.73 million for the week ending Nov. 28, an increase of 143,759 from the previous week. That big rise reflected the fact that a total of 17 states are now processing claims for the extention of benefits that Congress approved last month.
