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http://tobuds.com/99er
Sign the Petition:
http://www.change.org/petitions/view/the_99ers_need_a_tier_v_added_to_unemployment_benefits
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PAST UPDATES
May 26, 2010 - Neither side happy with jobs bill being pushed through Congress
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/26/AR2010052601358.html
May 26, 2010 - Bruce Shore, Unemployed Philadelphia Man, Indicted For 'Harassing Email' To Jim Bunning
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/25/bruce-shore-unemployed-ph_n_588798.html
May 26, 2010 - Tier 5 and extended unemployment: how Al C. is getting the word out! | The Layoff List
http://www.layofflist.org/2010/05/25/tier-5-and-extended-unemployment-how-al-c-getting-the-word-out/
May 26, 2010 Great article on age discrimination:
http://www.examiner.com/x-35748-Indianapolis-Unemployment-Examiner~y2010m5d26-Are-older-unemployed-Americans-being-subjected-to-age-discrimination?cid=examiner-email
May 26, 2010 - Did Hollywood notice the 99ers"
http://acompanyofone.org/99er/
May 26, 2010 - The Huffington Post wants your story - EMAIL THEM at impact@huffingtonpost.com
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/25/the-struggle-of-the-99ers_n_589173.html
May 26, 2010 - Why a Presidential Executive Order Can't Win a Tier Five
http://usunemployed.blogspot.com/2010/05/president-obama-will-not-add-200.html
"Democrats need to pass these extensions with or without Republican support and do so at a fast pace. However they do need the support of one Republican each time and that Republican usually has been Olympia Snowe (R-ME) until Scott Brown (R-Mass) entered the picture. Scott Brown may be a Republican but at least he steps in when needed and breaks from party lines and sees what is best for the country as far as the issue of unemployment insurance extensions are concerned."
Job Search - http://infoployment.com/SearchJobsNow.html
May 26, 2010 - Mention of extending the "qualifying date" but not for 99ers.
"In addition to sustaining some of the neediest families, safety-net spending in the form of unemployment insurance and health insurance subsidies helps the economy as a whole by circulating cash into local communities and helping businesses avert further job cuts. Each $1 billion of unemployment compensation generates an estimated $1.63 billion to $2.15 billion of additional gross domestic product (GDP). If the unemployed did not receive insurance benefits, then their reduced consumption would be a serious drag on the economy, reducing demand for businesses’ goods and services, in turn leading businesses to reduce investments and lay off additional workers. Simply put, allowing unemployment benefits to expire would set off another round of disastrous payroll losses and imperil the entire recovery. Without the extension, 5 million Americans will exhaust their unemployment benefits by the end of the year."
http://www.mlive.com/michigan-job-search/index.ssf/2010/05/gov_granholm_to_lobby_for_passage_of_fed.html
May 26, 2010 - Now the link is Back!
http://worldnewsvine.com/2010/05/99ers-petition-delivered-to-washington/
May 25, 2010 - This will make you angry. The rich just got richer and the poor got poorer...like we didn't know this for a very long time.
"Financial Reform: A Win for Wall Street, A Cold Shoulder for Main Street"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/financial-reform-a-win-fo_b_587728.html
May 25, 2010 - "Are You Unemployed Because You Are Lazy?"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dave-johnson/are-you-unemployed-becaus_b_587924.html
May 25, 2010 - The stock market and housing prices are down again. So where are all the damn jobs? I think Congress wants the 99ers to die! What else could it be?
"Don't Rule Out a Double Dip Recession"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704852004575258332608266808.html
Fax the Senate Finance Committee at 2022280554 and tell THEM to eat dirt and die! (I did)
http://faxzero.com
http://www.gotfreefax.com
http://www.freefax.com
To: The Honorable Max Baucus
Chairman
Committee on Finance
United States Senate
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
To: The Honorable Chuck Grassley
Ranking Member
Committee on Finance
United States Senate
219 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
May 24, 2010 - Sen. Judd Gregg (R-NH), appeared on CNBC this morning to say that Congress should stop extending benefits "right now" because "at some point you’ve got to acknowledge that we’re not Europe".
http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/05/24/gregg-unemployment-right-now/
May 24, 2010 - Oh No! Just in Huffington Post
"Long-Term Unemployment: No Help For The 99ers"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/24/long-term-unemployment-no_n_587119.html
May 24, 2010 - Lawmaker Introduces $165 Billion Union Pension Bailout Bill
Pensions for union workers, but squat for 99ers!
http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2010/05/24/lawmaker-introduces-b-union-pension-bailout/
May 24, 2010 Obama wants $23 billion to save teacher's jobs! Waddbout 99ers?
http://www.foxnews.com/topics/us/money-to-prevent-teacher-layoffs.htm
May 24, 2010 - A must Read!
http://uspoverty.change.org/blog/view/whats_all_this_fuss_about_the_deficit
May 24, 2010 - UPDATE: The article below was removed for some reason but I had already reposted the article here yesterday:
http://acompanyofone.org/blog6.php/2010/05/23/99ers
May 23, 2010 - 99er’s Petition Delivered to Washington
http://worldnewsvine.com/2010/05/99ers-petition-delivered-to-washington/
May 22, 2010 - We are in a "lost decade", trapped in a prolonged era of high unemployment and slow growth. As I post this, they're saying on Fox that we're headed for long-term unemployment (Dah!!! Haven't we been saying that?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/opinion/21krugman.html
May 22, 2010 - Re-Visiting the Great Oyster Debate
http://acompanyofone.org/oysters.htm
May 22, 2010 - HR 4213 does not provide for additional weeks of benefits, something thousands of jobless folks petitioned for in a grassroots effort.
"Senators will have a chance to offer amendments, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) is encouraging them NOT TO DO! (since any changes would require another vote in the House). Reid will have to file one cloture motion to overcome a Republican filibuster, setting up a final vote near the end of the week."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/21/senate-set-for-another-fi_n_585170.html
From CBO Website:
"CBO estimates that those policies would raise output cumulatively between 2010 and 2015 by $0.70 to $1.90 per dollar of total budgetary cost. CBO also estimates that the policies would add 8 to 19 cumulative years of full-time-equivalent employment in 2010 and 2011 per million dollars of total budgetary cost."
"Extending additional unemployment benefits would directly help those who would otherwise exhaust their unemployment benefits between March and December of this year. Households receiving unemployment benefits tend to spend the additional benefits quickly, making this option both timely and cost-effective in spurring economic activity and employment."
"...policies that increase the resources of families with lower income, few assets, and poor credit would probably have a larger impact on consumption spending. Because of the extent of job losses and declines in asset prices in this recession, more families probably fit that description now, than was the case in the immediate aftermath of many previous recessions."
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/112xx/doc11255/Unemployment_Testimony.shtml
"Policies that would have the largest effects on output and employment in 2010 and 2011 per dollar of budgetary cost would be those that could be implemented relatively quickly or targeted toward people whose consumption tends to be restricted by their income - for example, boosting aid to the unemployed."
http://cboblog.cbo.gov/?p=475
The CBO doesn't expect unempoyement to back to 5% until 2015
FAX Obama: 2024562461
HR 4213 did nothing to help those who have already lost their unemployment insurance.
Help us Mr. President! Sign an "executive order" to extend our benefits!
We are the long term unemployed who have been out of benefits for months and WE NEED YOUR HELP - NOW. Please don't let Congress take yet another vacation without extending unemployment benefits for the millions who have been without them for months.
But if they do... We NEED an Executive Order from you to do what Congress quite obviously cannot or will not do.
Thank You
From David Atkinson - FaceBook - Tier-V-to-Survive:
Being a fellow "99er" I really feel the pain. My benefits ended last month and with no income for the past three weeks, the rent can't be paid for June. I am selling what few assets I have left just to have a roof over my head. There are so many of us out here like this and we're having to sit back and watch "petty" Washington politicians completely ignore a Tier V solution to the problem. The fact is, we live our job searches 24/7 with the same results...no response to our painstaking efforts. What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing every day with the same result (or in this case, no result). Washington needs to get off their proverbial butts and fix this exponentially growing problem ASAP or face retribution in the fall elections. Doesn't matter which side of the aisle they sit on, any incumbent should be very concerned for their political future.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tier-V-to-Survive/10150152323870265
May 21, 2010 - New report - Unemployment is UP again. "Officially" from 9.7% to 9.9%.
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm
May 21, 2010 - Baucus, Levin To Release Joint Legislation To Create Jobs, Extend Tax Cuts for Families and Businesses, Support Americans Looking for Work
No provision for a Tier V or extending Tier IV benefits - only extends the eligibility for unemployment insurance benefits until December 31 of this year.
http://finance.senate.gov/newsroom/chairman/release/?id=1a5f41d1-7639-441c-aace-8ad824bb6733
May 21, 2010 - "The suicide rate has already gone up, and my suspicion is that it will not go down," said Paula Clayton, director of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "There are data to substantiate a relationship between unemployment and suicide."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arianna-huffington/what-soldiers-at-war-can_b_583564.html
May 21, 2010 - When American jobs are out-sourced...
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/22/technology/22suicide.html
May 21, 2010 - E-mail to Senator Harry Reid regarding extending unemployment insurance for the long-term jobless.
http://acompanyofone.org/harry_reid.htm
May 20, 2010 - Educating the media: MSNBC learns Congress is ignoring the 99ers
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-45498-San-Diego-Unemployment-Examiner~y2010m5d20-Educating-the-media-MSNBC-learns-Congress-is-ignoring-the-99ers?cid=sharing_twitter:45498
Re-Visiting the Extended Unemployment Insurance Debate
http://tobuds.com/99er/bash-the-jobless.htm
May 20, 2010 - H.R. 4213 update, Ed Schultz & Chris Matthews get a message, jobless claims pop 25,000 to 471,000
http://www.examiner.com/x-27052-Rochester-Unemployment-Examiner~y2010m5d20-HR-4213-update-Ed-Schultz--Chris-Matthews-get-a-message-jobless-claims-pop-25000-to-471000
May 20, 2010 - Meanwhile, the economy and Europe are failing - The DOW is down another -376.36 points today! Where's the recovery? Are we there yet? Gonna get me a job earning a living wage tommorrow! Yes siree!
http://www.google.com/finance?q=INDEXDJX%3A.DJI
May 20, 2010 - Initial jobless claims increased by another 25,000 - an economic recovery?
Unemployment benefits are unpopular? I'll bet they are now considered more popular by 25,000 more people....the ones who once called the unemployed lazy. Now it is THEY who are the lazy ones.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/21/business/economy/21econ.html
May 20, 2010 - The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act would extend EUC and COBRA benefits through 2010 - but does nothing for those who already exhausted their benefits.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/3022052/a_bill_extending_the_deadline_for_unemployment.html?cat=62
May 20, 2010 - Why Wal-Mart's sales should have everyone worried: The unemployment rate still hovers around 10% (X two for those in the know like 99ers).
Moreover, the rate of under-employment (those whose hours are cut or can only find part-time work) continues to increase, and more than 40% of the employed are now working in what are often low-wage service jobs.
The Mortgage Bankers Association reported yesterday that the number of mortgages in foreclosure has climbed to a new record, with foreclosures and delinquencies now accounting for one out of every seven US mortgages out there.
Wal-Mart has tried to spin this dismal situation...
http://money.cnn.com/2010/05/20/news/economy/consumer_retail_walmart.fortune/?hpt=P1&iref=NS1
MAY 19, 2010 - Urgent Action Needed on Unemployment Programs:
Some Long-Term Unemployed Call For Protest Against MSNBC
"Many legislators will privately admit that they know there is a need to add additional weeks of unemployment benefits to the current maximum of 99 weeks."
http://allyourtv.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1234%3Asome-long-term-unemployed-call-for-protest-against-msnbc&catid=118%3Ahow-the-media-covers-the-long-term-unemployed&Itemid=46
Congress Needs to Listen to the Voices of Real People -- Not Sound Bites
"Mark Zandi, economist at Moody's Economy.Com, points out that every dollar spent on unemployment benefits creates $1.63 in economic activity."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/deborah-weinstein/congress-needs-to-listen_b_580430.html
The major news organizations are always welcoming their viewers and listeners to e-mail them...but when we do, they ignore us. So what's the point?
Do the unemployed have to strap on a bomb to get any attention? Or just quiety starve to death in a gutter somewhere.
Fill in your 9 digit zip code to send this letter to Congress to extend benefits:
http://www.nelp.org/page/speakout/BenefitsNOW
Enter your phone number and get an automated call back - to extend benefits until the end of the year.
http://www.jobs4americanow.org/finish-the-job/
Source:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/18/94140/9999
May 18, 2020 - A Perfect Storm for Unemployment in June
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/5/18/123451/701
Senator Harry Reid lost both his father and son to suicide, and this letter to him reminds him of that and the current unemployment situation:
http://www.allyourtv.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1220:tier-5-case-study-the-final-walk&catid=118:how-the-media-covers-the-long-term-unemployed&Itemid=46
Unemployment extension saga: End of unemployment checks in June will mean no income for many
(The national "Mayday S.O.S. Fax Attack" is mentioned)
http://www.norwalkreflector.com/articles/2010/05/17/front/iq_980944.txt
The Final Push before Congress Goes on Vacation
Tier 5 Unemployment Emissaries Are Being Dispatched To Washington, H.R. 4213 May Be Coming To Final Passage...
http://usunemployed.blogspot.com/2010/05/tier-5-unemployment-emissaries-are.html
Fox News Juan Williams - Long-Term Unemployment Hard To Dig Out From
"...blue collar white men, who are about 11 percent of the workforce, lost over 36 percent of all the jobs."
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126522960
Happy Days Aren’t Here Again
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/happy_days_arent_here_again_20100517/
Democrats Shifting Focus Back to Jobs Creation
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/18/us/politics/18stimulus.html
Happy Days Aren't Here Again
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/happy_days_arent_here_again_20100517/
From Charles Schwab Newslatter - "Why more people feel now’s the time to seek a job"
http://think.zionsdirect.com/2010/05/17/why-more-people-feel/
Pfizer Cutting 6,000 Jobs and Closing Eight Plants
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/19/business/19drug.html
May 17, 2010 - Many Mlive commenters are against a Tier V of federal unemployment benefits.
http://www.mlive.com/michigan-job-search/index.ssf/2010/05/mlive_commenters_say_tier_v_of_federal_u.html
Even Karl Rove acknowledges 17.1% Unemployment! Click on the chart to see the numbers.
http://www.rove.com/job_reports/18
Meanwhile, another 10,000 people may soon be laid off (welcome to the club).
http://blog.timesunion.com/stateworker/so-about-that-no-layoffs-promise/290/
Great article here: "What ever became of welfare moms?"
Long lines of gloomy people in business suits at a jobs fair. Foreclosure signs on tidy suburban lawns. Adults moving into their parents' basement. In the news these days, the face of poverty is middle class, educated and often married: the hard-working, play-by-the-rules victims of the ongoing financial crisis...
But what about the people who were poor before the crisis?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/ct-oped-0517-welfare-20100517,0,2763959.story
Here we're refered to as "missing workers"
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/97635-higher-unemployment-on-horizon
...and more lost jobs.
"L.A. City Council Approves Budget that Cuts 761 Jobs"
http://www.chicagotribune.com/topic/ktla-city-approves-budget,0,2361859.story
And I found this Tier Five to Survive Facebook post (which is true, I only got 73 weeks myself):
"You have to stop the 99 week thing. That is very rare and most of us only received 60-70 weeks total with all the extensions. The "99" makes it sound like we have received a lot more then we did. Few states offer the 99 weeks and even fewer have actually received it. (6 hours ago)
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=10150152323870265&topic=16743
As of today, no member of Congress has proposed legislation to create a Tier V of unemployment benefits.
http://newsnidea.com/35039/tier-5-unemployment-benefits-extension-yes-or-no/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+newsnidea+%28Newsnideas.com%29
Missed this one: Tier V Unemployment Extension: The Yea And Nay Sayers
http://www.americasnewsonline.com/tier-v-unemployment-extension-the-yea-and-nay-sayers-905/
May 16, 2010 - Another TIER FIVE video
An Obama supporter just saw our President give a speech at a factory....and he wasn't happy
http://acompanyofone.org/listen-up-obama.htm
May 16, 2010 - More Fox News Bashing Jobless
http://tobuds.com/99er/conservative-bloggers-get-it-wrong.htm
Deja Vu?
Even with the extended benefits, many people are dropping out of the continuing claims number because their benefits have been exhausted. Down that road leads to serious poverty.
Despite the good news on initial claims, it is highly likely that unemployment will continue to rise.
How do people cope with being out of work for an extended period of time, especially after the benefits have run out? Well, first they tap their savings - but given the extremely low savings rates over the past several years, those are likely depleted very fast. In the past, people might have tapped the equity in their houses to get by, but the housing ATM long ago shut down.
The only thing left is to run up the credit card balance. However, when they get maxed-out, the only resort is to default and go into bankruptcy. Rapidly increasing credit card defaults are going to be a serious problem for banks with big exposures to credit cards.
(This was posted on June 11, 2009 - Has anything changed since then?)
Original post:
http://www.zacks.com/stock/news/20987/New+Unemployment+Claims+Down
Send this page link to your senator
http://acompanyofone.org/99er.htm
End May 16, 2010 Updates
May 15, 2010 -You Must Watch this Video!-
Sen. Bernie Sanders attended the press conference with Sens. Sherrod Brown and Sheldon Whitehouse and Ron Pollack of Families USA in the US Capitol today to discuss Senate Republicans’ blockade of an extension of jobless benefits and health insurance for out-of-work Americans.
Original Link:
http://joblessbloggers.com/2010/05/15/sanders-on-senate-blockade-of-unemployment-insurance/
May 15, 2010 - URGENT! - DO THIS NOW, BEFORE THEY GO ON VACATION AGAIN! (May 27)
Senator Max Baucus (D-Mont.), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has said he thinks "99 weeks is sufficient." It's Baucus whose committee has jurisdiction over unemployment benefits, and Baucus who is currently negotiating with the House over how to pay for the re-authorization of the existing benefits.
Send this newslatter to all your Senators:
http://tobuds.com/99er/email.htm
To send the whole page:
In your web browser, go to file > send > page by E-mail
Here's a list of media e-mail addresses for the media:
http://tobuds.com/99er/emails.htm
Send this page via e-mail too:
http://acompanyofone.org/99er.htm
ALSO:
FAX this "newsletter" to Max Baucus:
Office FAX 2022249412
Main FAX 2022281493
NOW, BEFORE HE GOES ON ANOTHER PAID VACATION AGAIN! (May 27th)
(Just copy-and-paste the TEXT)
http://tobuds.com/99er/email.htm
http://faxzero.com
http://www.gotfreefax.com
http://www.freefax.com
NOW!!!
Too many people who recently lost their jobs and are collecting STATE benefits don't yet realize how severe the job market really is. Just like the 99ers, they too think that eventually they'll find work...
...and just like the 99ers, they will also be in for a rude surprise when they see their benefits dwindle without even receiving a call-back for a real job interview.
These are the people that also need to start sighing the petition...
http://www.change.org/petitions/view/the_99ers_need_a_tier_v_added_to_unemployment_benefits
...and become more active in the TIER V movement. Waiting until the last minute when they're "high-and-dry" won't help them much then. They need to act in unison NOW with the on-going drive, to produce mass numbers.
27,041 (last count as of this post) on the current petition is puny compared to how many are actually losing these vital benefits every week. Wait until June 2...oh no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
May 13, 2010 - Petition For Unemployment Benefits Goes Viral, Garners 26,000 Signatures
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/13/unemployment-petition-signatures_n_574887.html
May 13, 2010 - We need a billboard!
http://tobuds.com/99er/billboard.htm
May 13, 2010 - From Fox News (with my comments added)
The number of people continuing to receive benefits rose by 12,000 to 4.6 million.
That doesn't include the 5.4 million people receiving extended benefits. That total is down by about 200,000 from the previous week (Because they exhausted all their benefits, not because they found jobs you idiots!)
Jobs have been scarce for so long that many of those out of work will soon run out of those extended benefits. (That's what we've been telling you all along you morons!)
http://www.fox11online.com/dpps/money/job_news/new-claims-for-unemployment-insurance-inch-down-jgr_3357238
Meanwhile, did you hear about the summer jobs program for teenagers?
May 13, 2010 - In a Job Market Realignment, Some Left Behind
Many of the jobs lost during the recession are not coming back. Period.
"The tough environment has been especially disorienting for older and more experienced workers..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/business/economy/13obsolete.html
Poll and forum:
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1046724/pg1
May 12, 2010 - Finally Good News?: Unemployment Extension Passed On To The House (No mention of long-term unemployed...hmmmmmmm)
http://www.americasnewsonline.com/finally-good-news-unemployment-extension-passed-on-to-the-house-of-reps-905/
May 12, 2010 - The Real Misery Index April 2010: Underemployment Woes Lead To Two-Tier Economy
"... nearly 40 million American were enrolled for food stamps."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/12/the-real-misery-index-apr_n_572076.html
May 12, 2010 - Who's Really Unemployed? When Are We Going to Do Something for Them?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leo-hindery-jr/ok-whos-really-unemployed_b_571435.html
May 12, 2010 - Tier 5 Unemployment Benefits Extension 2010 - Another Day, Another Bill to Pay without Extension
http://cnmnewsnetwork.com/113405/tier-5-unemployment-benefits-extension-2010-another-day-another-bill-to-pay-without-extension/
May 12, 2009 - 99ers Plan Tier V Unemployment Extension Petition Delivery to Congress
http://politics.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978232270
If you haven't already, sign the petition!
May 12, 2010 - House of Representatives is to take up bill that includes unemployment benefit extension next week. But Senator Tom Coburn, (R-Okla.) said he would oppose any legislation that isn't paid for.
http://www.mlive.com/michigan-job-search/index.ssf/2010/05/house_of_representatives_to_take_up_bill.html
Senator Tom Coburn, refering to extended benifits, is the one who had said, "It's only a relatively small amount of people who will be affected."
Source:
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/11/tom-coburn-and-the-republicans-on-h-r-42
Fax him at http://faxzero.com before he goes on vacation on May 27th >>> 2022246008
E-mail him:
http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=ContactSenatorCoburn.home
Call him: 202-224-5754
May 12, 2010 - Tier 5 unemployment benefits: Contact Sen. Reid's office to extend unemployment benefits; be heard!
http://www.examiner.com/x-27052-Rochester-Unemployment-Examiner~y2010m5d11-Tier-5-unemployment-benefits-Contact-Sen-Reids-office-to-extend-unemployment-benefits-be-heard
May 12, 2010 - Homeless To Take Up Squatting in Foreclosed Homes
http://www.channel3000.com/news/23512273/detail.html
May 11, 2010 - Some Disturbing News About The Tier V Unemployment Extension
http://www.usmoneytalk.com/finance/some-disturbing-news-about-the-tier-v-unemployment-extension-905/
Related post here:
http://tobuds.com/99er/conservative-bloggers-get-it-wrong.htm
May 10, 2010 - End of unemployment checks will mean no income for many
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/05/09/1620618/end-of-unemployment-checks-will.html
May 10, 2010 - Capitol Hill responds to massive campaign for more weeks of jobless benefits.
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-45498-San-Diego-Unemployment-Examiner~y2010m5d9-Capitol-Hill-responds-to-massive-campaign-for-more-weeks-of-jobless-benefits
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http://www.change.org/petitions/view/the_99ers_need_a_tier_v_added_to_unemployment_benefits
FAST FACTS:
* Back in 1933 nearly 25% of the U.S. work force WERE unemployed (almost 13 million people).
* Here in 2010 nearly 18% of the U.S. work force are NOW unemployed (over 15 million people).
Tier V to Survive Web Sites
Paladinette Unemployed Zealot on FaceBook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109835639036411&v=wall
Jobless Unite
http://joblessunite.yolasite.com/
AFLTU
http://www.afltu.webs.com/
AFLTU is on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118984521461098&v=wall
TIER 5 to SURVIVE
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tier-V-to-Survive/10150152323870265
TIER FIVE EXTENSION NEEDED
http://tier5.webs.com/
US Unemployed Blogsite
http://usunemployed.blogspot.com/
US Unemployed on Twitter
http://twitter.com/usunemployed
Unemployed Friends
http://www.unemployed-friends.com/
UCubed - Union of Unemployed
http://www.unionofunemployed.com/
Unemployed Marchin'the Streets
http://www.facebook.com/people/Unemployed-Marchinthestreets/100001044030339
Five to Survive: Where Our Feet Meet Their Rears
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116615381698578&v=wall
I Need A Fricking Job!
http://www.inafj.org/
I Need A Fricking! - At Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/pages/INAFJ/272581081069
Suddenly Unemployed
http://suddenlyunemployed.com/
Americans Fighting for Unemployment Benefits is on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=111043295577701&v=wall
National Employment Law Project
http://www.nelp.org/
Union Voice
http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/jobsformainstreet
Have you been out of work for a year or more? MSNBC wants to know!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37000773/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/
Tier V - 99ers (VIDEO)
http://acompanyofone.org/blog6.php/2010/05/01/99ers
http://www.survival-information.com/
RUNNING ON EMPTY ~
Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels
Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields
In sixty-five I was seventeen and running up one-o-one
I don't know where I'm running now, I'm just running on
Running on - running on empty
Running on - running blind
Running on - running into the sun
But I'm running behind
My related posts concerning unemployment in 2010
Mexican Immigrants Take Jobs that Americans Don't Want" Myth or Fact?
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/05/01/mexican-immigrants-take-jobs-that-americ
Jobless Claims - What the Labor Department Doesn't Tell You
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/04/29/apr-29-2010-jobs-report-what-the-labor-d
Congress Abandons the Long-term Unemployed
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/29/congress-abandons-the-long-term-unemploy
Fox News: "Are U.S. Veterans also Lazy?"
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/27/fox-news-are-u-s-veterans-also-lazy
A Tribute to Another Unemployed 99er
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/24/a-tribute-to-another-unemployed-99er
How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog5.php/2010/04/17/how-a-new-jobless-era-will-transform-ame
America in Crisis - Congress Must Choose: Unemployment Benefits or Homelessness
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/13/america-in-crisis-congress-must-choose-u
Tom Coburn and the Republicans on H.R. 4213 - "NOT!"
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/11/tom-coburn-and-the-republicans-on-h-r-42
Latest Unemployment Numbers and Links from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/09/latest-unemployment-numbers-links-from-t
50 Years Old and Unemployed? You're a Dead Man Walking
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/19/50-years-old-and-unemployed-you-re-a-dea
Critics of the Jobless - Why Benefits Should Be Extended
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/09/critics-of-the-jobless-why-benefits-shou
Fox News: "Are U.S. Veterans also Lazy?"
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/27/fox-news-are-u-s-veterans-also-lazy
A Tribute to Another Unemployed 99er
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/24/a-tribute-to-another-unemployed-99er
99ers Tossed to the Curb like Old Beer Cans
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/24/99ers-tossed-to-the-curb-like-old-beer-c
Unemployment: Bottom of the List for Obama (UPDATES)
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/05/unemployment-bottom-of-the-list-for-obam
Senator Kyl (R) Wisely backtracks - Calls for Extending Benefits
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/04/senator-kyl-wisely-backtracks-calls-for
They're not Lazy! They Can't Find A Job You Idiot!
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/28/they-re-not-lazy-they-can-t-find-a-job-y
Senator John Ensign and the GOP - "Let the Jobless Eat Cake"
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/27/john-ensign-and-gop-let-the-jobless-eat
The Jobless Have Been Lost in Debate Over Healthcare
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/27/the-jobless-lost-in-debate-over-healthca
Like the last Great Depression, Unemployment and Foreclosures, Might See Rise in Suicides
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/10/unemployment-foreclosures-might-see-rise
The New Poor - Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/21/the-new-poor-millions-of-unemployed-face
Government Jobs (Bigger Government) Drive Employment Numbers
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/01/government-jobs-bigger-government-drive
Actual Unemployment in 2010 - Recession Worse than Reported
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/04/actual-unemployment-in-january-2010-rece
Deep Recession Shows No Sign of Letting Up - Maybe Getting Worse
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/24/deep-recession-shows-no-sign-of-letting
Largest U.S. Labor Union: AFL-CIO says Jobs Won't Return
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/01/07/largest-u-s-labor-union-afl-cio-says-job
More Bad News for the Unemployed in 2010 - and Beyond
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/23/more-bad-news-for-the-unemployed-in-2010
Almost 1 out of 5 People are Out of Work in the U.S.A.
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2009/12/31/unemployment-december-2009-new-release
FOX News Wages War on Unemployed - Thinks They're Lazy
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/02/real-reason-why-extended-unemployment-be
Tea Party, Fox News, and Conservatives Attack the Unemployed
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/04/tea-party-gets-in-wrong-on-unemployment
Obama-Care © Verses Unemployment and Suicide in 2010
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/07/out-of-work-buy-a-shotgun
27 Million of 154 Million in Workforce w/o Jobs
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/15/27-million-of-154-million-in-workforce-w
Fox News Continues to Insult Unemployed
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/13/fox-news-continues-bashing-the-jobless
"Diversity" and Illegal Hiring Practices
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog2.php/2010/03/12/mgm-mirage-illegal-hiring-practices
No, Unemployment Benefits is not an Inalienable Right
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/15/no-unemployment-benefits-is-not-inaliena
Too Old for the Workforce in 2010 - Unemployed Because of Age
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/06/too-old-for-the-workforce-in-2010-unempl
What they're NOT Saying about Jobless Numbers
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/08/what-nobody-s-saying-about-jobless-numbe
When Strip Bars in Las Vegas are Going Broke, You Know it's Bad!
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog5.php/2010/04/14/when-strip-bars-are-going-broke-you-know
The Jobless and Suicides in 2010
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/07/out-of-work-buy-a-shotgun
The Great Depression: Then and Now - Is There a Difference?
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/08/the-great-depression-then-and-now-is-the
Unemployed Republicans will vote for Democrats in November
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/21/unemployed-republicans-will-vote-for-dem
2010 Unemployment Poll
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog5.php/2010/04/10/2010-unemployment-poll
Extended Federal Unemployment Benefits
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/02/16/extended-unemployment-benefits-in-2010
Unemployed 99ers - Running on Empty
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/04/17/unemployed-99ers-running-on-empty-do-not
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