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Unemployment benefits are set to run dry for 1.2 million people nationwide Friday after the U.S. Senate decided not to extend a deadline to file for these benefits last week, according to the National Employment Law Project.
Come Saturday, the number of people cut from unemployment benefits will surge to 1.63 million, according to U.S. Department of Labor estimates. By mid-July, about 2 million unemployed Americans could lose their benefits.
Originally posted by Erasurehead
If you can't find work after a year and a half around where you live then its time to move.
Originally posted by Illusionsaregrander
Originally posted by Erasurehead
If you can't find work after a year and a half around where you live then its time to move.
Yes, thats a wonderful solution. Just move. Sell your house that is now worth more than you paid for it, and move. Oh wait, no one wants to buy it? Hmmm. Or for those who are not homeowners, come up with all the necessary cash to move while you are unemployed. Do you think moving is cheap?
Do you think renting an apartment or a house while unemployed is easy? As a landlord would YOU rent to someone with no source of income? And risk having to lose months of income yourself to evict them for non-payment? Really?
Where do you live? I want to move to "unreality land" too. Sounds ideal there.
Mind you, I am not in that position, so I am not "whining for my own sake" but I am experienced enough with moving in general to know that "just move" is only easy for young adults whose belongings can fit into a duffel bag and who dont mind sleeping in a park or a hostel until they get a job and can rent a place.
Originally posted by E-ville
yeah this will make a dent in the economy, also what do you think 1.2 million people with no job that are hungry will do with there free time?
I'd say raid hell and or steal etc..
1.2 million isn't a big number for the us
The “baby boom bubble” is getting older. We’ll see less and less workers compared to those who expect benefits. What if Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid fail?
www.greenpacks.org...
Should we blame this kid?
We’re in this together, folks. If we don’t see some type of health care reform, how prevalent will this be?
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September 23rd, 2009 | Category: Health Care Reform | 7 comments
7 comments to No health care reform, more starving in America?
Minnesota Central
September 24th, 2009 at 10:09 pm · Reply
FYI : The U.S. Census Bureau released it’s Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States for 2008 report earlier this month.
Key highlights (or lowlights) :
— The nation’s official poverty rate in 2008 was 13.2 percent, up from 12.5 percent in 2007. There were 39.8 million people in poverty in 2008, up from 37.3 million in 2007. The Midwest poverty rate increased to 12.4 percent (8.1 million) in 2008, up from 11.1 percent (7.2 million) in 2007
— Meanwhile, the number of people without health insurance coverage rose from 45.7 million in 2007 to 46.3 million in 2008.
— Real median household income in the United States fell 3.6 percent between 2007 and 2008, from $52,163 to $50,303. The real median earnings of men who worked full time, year-round declined by 1.0 percent between 2007 and 2008, from $46,846 to $46,367. For women, the corresponding drop was 1.9 percent, from $36,451 to $35,745.
OK, so the trendline is going in the wrong direction, yet that is something that is correctable.
The greater concern is obesity. That is also on the rise … dangerously so … and has a more direct impact on healthcare costs. Obesity is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease, certain types of cancer, and type 2 diabetes. These are already impacting our healthcare costs today. In Minnesota, 24.3% of the state’s citizens are considered obese. This problem requires individual control .. and individual choice.
How can America address both these problems that are at the opposite ends of each other ?
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Originally posted by ofhumandescent
reply to post by tothetenthpower
Get a job.
The total corporate kool aid drinker.
Get a job, while half the "jobs" are being outsourced.
You are totally heartless and clueless.
Wait, once this affects YOU - You will be concerned.
Simply thing of Service to Self and to hell with everyone else.