By Year’s End, Benefit Lifeline to End for 1.5 Million Jobless

New York Times by Erik Eckholm | Aug. 2, 2009 (News Report)

Over the coming months, as many as 1.5 million jobless Americans will exhaust their unemployment insurance benefits, ending what for some has been a last bulwark against foreclosures and destitution.

Because of emergency extensions already enacted by Congress, laid-off workers in nearly half the states can collect benefits for up to 79 weeks, the longest period since the unemployment insurance program was created in the 1930s. But unemployment in ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug 1, 2009 - 12:37 PM PDT
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 by Samuel W. Velsor IV - Aug. 1, 2009

What a shame that they did not show the extremes of the range of unemployment rates from the very low to the very high. Nor do they mention what the status is of the Food Stamp Program.

When you consider the lows paid for unemployment I think the time is now for a federal mandate on a required low. Since the lowest weekly benefit is ... More »

Unemployment insurance is now a lifeline for nine million Americans, with payments averaging just over $300 per week, varying by state and work history. While many ... More »

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 by John Louden - Aug. 1, 2009

The NYT is a (If not THE) newspaper for the middle-c;lass so I suppose it's logical that this piece deals exclusively with middle-class problems associated with unemployment, but all the same, I found the focus very narrow.

FYI: NYT, the middle-class has been shrinking for some little while and this recession will exacerbate that shrinkage. Only something truly radical, ... More »

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