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Long-term jobless face frayed safety net
‘By February I will be in a tent,’ says one unemployed worker With jobless benefits expiring for a record number of workers, some 7,000 a day, Congress is inching closer to approving an extending federal unemployment insurance after the Senate overwhelmingly pushed the package forward Wednesday. The measure comes as state unemployment insurance funds are running low, and tight budgets are fraying the safety net that jobless workers without benefits rely on. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33621222/ns/... This government could learn a lot from the EU on respecting its citizens. Rating :
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Inadequate Social Safety Net Of The USA
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The funniest thing is that if the safety net is el...
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inymical |
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Whats this got to do with a social safety net...
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>> human gene pool that was industrious came ...
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5-Nov-09 11:28 am | ||
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Who said "the government" had to provide a "social...
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rhubarb002 | (2 Ratings) | 5-Nov-09 11:05 am | ||
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inymical |
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I'll spell it out for the board roc...
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America was not set up to allow government to prov...
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plmartin02 | (1 Rating) | 5-Nov-09 11:33 am | ||
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>>Do not expect to live in this country, and ...
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hawcreek_20... | (2 Ratings) | 5-Nov-09 11:37 am | ||
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These rednecks racism trumps everything. Obama cou...
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SilverTrine | (2 Ratings) | 5-Nov-09 11:55 am | ||
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Thats asinine. Almost every issue Obama ...
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SilverTrine | (2 Ratings) | 5-Nov-09 12:15 pm | ||
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See its impossible to argue wi...
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SilverTrine | (2 Ratings) | 5-Nov-09 12:25 pm | ||
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I've shot down every...
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SilverTrine | (2 Ratings) | 5-Nov-09 12:31 pm | ||
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Calling ou...
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SilverTrine | (2 Ratings) | 5-Nov-09 12:38 pm | ||
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Shut ...
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SilverTrine | (1 Rating) | 5-Nov-09 12:44 pm | ||
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>Where are...
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dex4145 | (1 Rating) | 5-Nov-09 12:45 pm | ||
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I am a Southerner, and would be pissed if the...
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inymical | (1 Rating) | 5-Nov-09 01:04 pm | ||
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I heard on the news that the unemployment was pass...
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aleksy00 | (1 Rating) | 5-Nov-09 12:50 pm | ||
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