More Pain for the Unemployed-CBS

[raysr]

More Pain For The Unemployed

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29, 2004





Disappointing Job Report


(Photo: CBS/AP)



(AP) Nearly 2 million people are expected to exhaust their state unemployment benefits in the first half of the year without access to more government aid or a regular paycheck, according to a study released Thursday.

The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities based its study on Labor Department data of jobless workers who began receiving regular unemployment benefits in the last half of 2003. It assumes the economy will improve slightly in the coming months, making it modestly easier to find a job.

“In no other January-June period on record have so many unemployed workers exhausted their regular benefits without qualifying for additional weeks of unemployment assistance,” said the study by the Washington-based advocacy group for poor and moderate-income people.

Congress has refused to approve another extension of federal unemployment benefits for people who exhaust their state aid.

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[KissMyAsscroft]

1. 3 years of disappointing results....

Pretty much sums up the Bush administration.

[EarlG]

2. Here's the link

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/01/29/national/main596622.shtml

Just a reminder... don't post full length copyrighted articles - post no more than a four-paragraph excerpt, and include a link if there is one.

Please don't take this the wrong way, it was just kinda funny seeing you include the line: ©MMIV, The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. when you pasted the entire article. :)

[raysr]

3. Allrighty then

Yeah, the candidates all need to shouting this from the rooftops. Meanwhile Bush is running around telling everyone how rosy things are.

[calimary]

4. He's saying one thing, but people apparently are saying otherwise.

On Sunday's "Meet the Press," they were all sitting around the table with Tim Russert, and talking about the economy and the party line. Then, David Broder speaks up and says something to the effect of (paraphrasing) "well, I know what's in the papers and what's being reported, but I've been out there talking to people and they do NOT see this. They're all scared about losing their jobs, or else they're still unemployed."

Lou Dobbs recently called it "The Selfish Recovery." Which I believe refers to the elite on Wall Street and elsewhere who ARE seeing more money in their pockets, either because of investments and stocks, or because THEY got a decent tax cut, or they're execs whose company just turned a paper profit by cutting its overhead - "outsourcing" all its jobs to India or elsewhere. THOSE folks are doing just fine, thank you very much. They're quite the minority. Most of America didn't get tickets to that particular gravy train. Broder noticed that, and said so. If it's starting to crack open on "Meet the Press," we have come a long way.

[laylah]

5. Welcome raysr

you'll get in the groove and good catch! Welcome :toast:

Jenn

[raysr]

6. Thanks