230,000 to Lose Unemployment Benefits

"Extended jobless benefits cut in eight states
Text Size PrintE-mailReprintsBy Michael A. Fletcher, Published: May 10The Washington Post More than 230,000 jobless Americans will lose their unemployment insurance by this weekend as reductions in the federal program that provides extended benefits to the long-term unemployed take broader effect.

The new round of reductions is hitting eight states this month, meaning that about 400,000 long-term unemployed Americans in 27 states will have been cut off of the federal government’s extended unemployment benefits program this year, according to an analysis by the National Employment Law Project, which advocates for the unemployed."

“These cuts are coming faster than the economy is improving, which means more workers will have to survive without any jobless assistance, and families will have less money to put back into the economy,” said Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project.

This month, the maximum unemployment benefit period is being reduced in eight states: California, Texas, Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Colorado and Connecticut. "

C'mon, we know all these people are just a bunch of lazy bums laying around eating pringles on the sofa all day... Tom Corbett knows some sweat shop owners just begging for slaves, er, employees to work in unsafe filthy conditions for next to nothing...

don't worry "we need another four years of this"
$4 gas, high unemployment, no bank reform.
Vote Oby-one out, along wit "yes man" Sen.Bob Casey!!

If 400,000 drop off the radar, maybe obummer's

unemployment rate will be below 8% making his

stimulus a complete success.

Tell Obama to stop fudging the unemployment numbers and this will solve the problem.

so the obvious solution is to get a job and benefit from that job ??? it ain't rocket surgery.

BuckshotJones wrote:

Tell Obama to stop fudging the unemployment numbers and this will solve the problem.

Its pretty cool that no one ever blames us.

Would rather see 230,000 lose their welfare and access card benefits.

All the difference will be made if we bring back the party that started all the issues? We do not need a political party, we need someone that can work on both sides and get the job done. Obviously, Bush and Obama could do neither.