Wednesday, June 23, 2010

2010 Unemployment Extension a Hot Political Issue

The 2010 unemployment extension is gaining political ground. If the unemployment extension 2010 doesn't ever pass, it won't be because the citizens of the United States have stood idly by as their benefits were taken from them. In my gut, I think that the unemployment extension will eventually pass - it has to. Why? Both political and economic issues come to mind.

Politically, it will look bad if the extension isn't passed. If Obama or the Senate can't pull a bill or an executive order that will extend benefits, it will make them look bad. Since the mid-term elections are coming up, it wouldn't be easy to be the politician who stood in the way of nearly a million angry Americans that lost their unemployment benefits.

Then, there's the economy. Sure, paying out unemployment benefits would cost employers and businesses money through increased taxes. But what's the cost of not paying out unemployment benefits?

Think of the foreclosures that will transpire if people lose their benefits and can't pay their bills. Think of the lost retail sales that will occur, as the first thing to go is superfluous spending. All of these issues will cost companies and the economy much more money that the benefit payments ever would.

Luckily, the unemployed are going strong. The Tier 5 to Survive movement keeps raging on, and there is a petition out there that will hopefully be delivered to Obama, in which case an executive order extending benefits may be in order.

115 comments:

  1. we need a tier 5 as well as what is one to do with no money coming in to survive on. The President needs to intervene and soon

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  2. This is sad, there are already millions of millions of unemployed workers who have exhausted their benefits. People are already defaulting on their mortgages, losing their homes and committing suicide.

    Tier 5 needs to pass and if you're a Democrat running for office this November, then your spot on any ballet is doomed. Passing the Stimulus, TARP bailouts and the Health Care Reform? They're all on the chopping block alreay.

    At least with Republicans, everyone knows where they stand. But, Democrats continue to flip-flop on every issue in Washington. They change their mind as easily as the wind changes direction.

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  3. The Senate needs to take a long hard look at their constituents and decide if they wish to be re-elected. The unemployed majority have become unemployed through no fault of their own and the job market is TOUGH. Jobs are scarce and the competition fierce. The fall-out from NOT passing the bill will be catastrophic both politically and economically. Shame on the SENATE!

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  4. President Obama
    Please HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  5. O.k. Anonymous : You are a complete dumb a@#. Where exactly do the Republicans stand.... They are blocking the bill... Also they support big money and trickle down economics that led to this current scenario... However you probably support W and believe he is a Texan.... Bullshit, I know I am a Texan! Neither party is real... It is all mass media fabricated bull that leads us to believe there are separate parties... There is only one party.... Sooner or later you will all learn of it......

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  6. they better pass a tier 5 6 10 20 whatever it takes damnit till this country is back on our feet. might be never at this rate

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  7. What do we tell our mortgage company or the people we rent our homes from can you not evict me because I am waiting on government to make a decision regarding unemployment Never mind the utilities company. The President needs to do step in..

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  8. We need to organize massive demonstrations IMMEDIATELY at the state level, as the media is totally ignoring us!!! We need to organize via meetup.com, facebook, twitter, yahoo & msn groups, etc, and get something in the works to march on each state house in the country no later than next week if the dunderheads in the Senate continue to ignore this bill. Of course, marching in DC would be wonderful, but it is too easy for the Washington media to look the other way (as has happened many times). And being unemployed, I know I can't afford to get to DC. Our "job" right now is to 1) become visible and 2) to convince our still-employed friends to support us. Let's get in the faces of our local senators!!!

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  9. Good article I completely agree with the author, if we keep fighting especially now we will get the help we deserve. It's time to apply pressure while we have their attention! They are arresting unemployed that email them about the issue, threatening to drug test us.
    All the while bailing out foreign governments with taxpayer funds, renting new $20,000 a month new office for Pelosi. Gulf trips, lavish vacations while hard working American families suffer and starve. The time is now to send the message loud and clear for all the world to hear, We're mad as hell and we are not going to take this anymore. Do not wait until November it maybe to late.

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  10. AN EXECUTIVE ORDER WILL NEVER COME FROM "BALL LESS" OBAMA...HE'S A POLITICAL "PUPPET" "STEPIN AND FETCHIN" FOR HIS BOSSES....I'M ASHAME THAT I'M A BLACK MAN AND I VOTED FOR THIS "UNCLE TOM"

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  11. The economy is still weak and to further subject it to lower spending from the consumers is a sure formula for a double dip recession. That will cost not only $40 Billion, but it will cost more than $1 Trillion. Where is the savings that they are hoping from deficit spending?

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  12. Why hasn't the president enacted an executive order? Does he have faith in congress to do so? Congress isn't going to do anything that doesn't benefit themselves! They're too busy having their pockets lined by lobbyists! They don't give a damn about the unemployed! It's about time someone got off their lazy ass and does something to remedy the situation. The benefits need to be extended as well as a tier 5 or even graeter added. Everyone should realize that the economy isn't going to get better any time soon! I ahve been out of a job for over a year, no thanks to the economy or my previous employer, that only dismissed me because of the pay I was making at the time! Does anyone care that I won't be able to pay my rent? Does anyone care I don't even have any prospects for a job? Does anyone care I won't have insurance soon? Does anyone care that besides all of this, I have to deal with my wife battling cancer? Does anyone care that as people start losing their income, their homes and famililes that we will become a bigger burden on the economy? It's likely that the suicide rate is going to skyrocket? Certainly not the government! Revolt in November!

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  13. Not only are am I without an unemployment check but my landlord and utility companies are without getting paid this month. Domino effect. 1 million people experiencing these circumstances can have a nice ripple. Every week of DC inaction propagates larger waves until double dip recession. Saving face but not much more.

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  14. Democrats in both the House and Senate, too, have said business owners tell them they're having trouble hiring because of extended benefits". WTF I JUST FOUND THIS STATEMENT WHAT B.S THIS COUNTRY SUCKSSSSSSSSS

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  15. A bill must be passed to extend benefits ASAP. Those in the Senate who vote against it will not be re-elected. Those in the Senate should be ashamed of themselves. They don't have a clue what it's like to be unemployed. We need help NOW. Do not ignore us.

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  16. This congress is an endorsement for a third party--one that needs to be responsive to the needs of the citizens of the United States. It has become painfully obvious that neither the Republicans or the Democrates share that philosophy.

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  17. Unite or die, pass the extension! We worked and deserve this! We are not welfare drainers looking for a handout! UNITE OR DIE

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  18. People just need to take any job(s) they can find. . .retail, restaurants, janitors, ect. There are jobs they just don't pay much. Do people really think jobs are going to appear by the end of the year - how stupid. Most jobs are not coming back. People need to face facts. No one is entitled to more than 26 weeks of unemployment. If you got more - great but not everyone will get the same amount of extended benefits, if any. What is with people in our country feeling entitled to things? Grow up. Our government owes us nothing. We have to make our own way. Even the Constitution only guarantees us life, liberty and the 'pursuit' of happiness. Its up to us to do the rest.

    I was unemployed for 18 months during the height of the recession. I was fortunate to receive all extensions but I never once felt entitled to them. I always lived as if my benefits would run out tomorrow. I am now working three part-time jobs with no benefits and little pay. Not very exciting but I am doing my part and not complaining. The recession was not my fault but I do have to deal with things as they are now. It is up to me to make whatever changes I need to in order to survive. That's part of being human.

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  19. Where can we sign the petition for an executive order to be implemented? I just emailed the President today asking him to do that very thing. This political terrorism the Republicans have initiated has gone far enough.

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  20. Yup another suicide

    Gulf oil spill: Boat captain, despondent over spill, commits suicide
    June 23, 2010 | 11:51 am
    William Allen Kruse, 55, a charter boat captain recently hired by BP as a vessel of opportunity out of Gulf Shores, Ala., died Wednesday morning before 7:30 a.m. of a gunshot to the head, likely self-inflicted, authorities said.

    "He had been quite despondent about the oil crisis," said Stan Vinson, coroner for Baldwin County, which includes Gulf Shores.

    Kruse, who lived with his family in nearby Foley, Ala., reported to work Wednesday morning as usual at the Gulf Shores Marina on Fort Morgan Road in Gulf Shores, Vinson said. He met up with his two deckhands at his boat, The Rookie. One of the deckhands later told Vinson that Kruse seemed his usual self, sending them to fetch ice while he pulled the boat around to the gas pumps.

    As the deckhands walked off to get ice, they heard what sounded like a firecracker, Vinson said. They turned around but didn't see anything out of the ordinary. So they proceeded to gather the ice and wait for Kruse at the pumps. "He never showed," Vinson said.

    After waiting a while, the deckhands returned to the boat, which was moored where they had left it, Vinson said. They went aboard and found Kruse at the captain's bridge above the wheelhouse, Vinson said. He had been shot in the head. A Glock handgun was later recovered from the scene, and investigators do not suspect foul play, Vinson said.

    Vinson said Kruse was in good health, did not suffer from any mental illness and was not taking psychotropic medications.

    But he said it's not surprising the oil spill had weighed heavily on his mind, as it has on many local fishermen no longer able to support themselves with deep-sea sport fishing trips for marlin and the like, Vinson said.

    "All the waters are closed. There's no charter business anymore. You go out on some of the beaches now, with the oil, you can't even get in the water," Vinson said. "It's really crippled the tourism and fishing industry here."

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  21. One more thing. My former employee, CATCO and its owner Tom Peterson, in St Paul MN, sucks!

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  22. i am 55 yrs old I have been unemployed for 3 years and have applied at least 2 times every week as required by ODJFS. I do not sit down and collect benefits and wait for the next check. I look for work, I go online to see who is hiring, I try everything possible that I know is right. I worked for over 30 years and am not old enough to retire. My husband is 64 and no one will hire him when they see he has some white hair. He is a union painter and has not worked in over 2 yrs. He searches and checks with the union weekly but is told nothing yet be patient. How do we pay our bills? How do we make sure we have a roof over our heads in the next few months? How do we go to Doctors if we can not pay for insurance? How do we have enough for a funeral? I refuse to burden my children with burial costs. My husband speaks of suicide quite ofter and now I am sometimes wondering about it myself. Is this what AMERICA has come to? Wondering if you should just end it all because the country you worked in can not afford to pay what you have rightfully earned> Stop sending money overseas and take care of out own first. I lost my job to out sourcing. Now I may lose my husband or my own life due to no concern for the great UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. What a shame!!!

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  23. I just finished Teir 2 on June 2....also trying to finish a class I started in Feburary, if this extension is'nt voted in soon, I will have to let my car go into default and will not be able to get to my classes.The President keeps telling everyone to go back to school, I took his advise after I lost my job of 22 years, so, where is it getting me? Without the extension, I will have to drop out. I have already stopped buying food, I have lettuce growing in the garden, hopefully it will be ready to eat soon, before i run out of the staples that I have in the house.
    I wonder if our great congressmen will secretly vote themselves a raise soon because of ALL the HARD WORK their doing screwing us over?????

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  24. Please i have 2 children and in the process of getting kick out of my home at least w/ the benefits being extended ill b able 2 have a roof ova my head especially for my children HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPP

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  25. Tier 5, Tier 5... These stupid tiers...What about the people who just stopped receiving benefits after 26 weeks and are not sure if they are going to be receiving benefits even if the bill passes! I have my rent and bills to pay. I have no income whatsover right now and am living hand to mouth..No food..People are going to start on public assistance and that isnt going to cost the government? I don't get this. I guess as long as the Senators eat their filet mignon and drink their champagne, and drive their BMW's, and go home to their mansions, screw the rest of the us...Stop giving money to other countries and start giving to the people of this country. Charity starts at home!

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  26. Why isn't the president stepping in? This is really getting out of hand... They don't care they all get pay checks... there a sorry bunch of....!

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  27. Congress is motivated and eager to grant amnesty to 12 million illegal immigrants that take American jobs. But they show no interest in seeing to it that millions of Americans can feed themselves and keep their homes.

    I can't wait for the next election.

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  28. IM A TIER 5 GUY COME ON MAN DONT RIP ON US WE ARE ALL TRYING TO SURVIVE HERE. HOPEFULLY WE ALL CAN GET EXTENSIONS . IM A UNION CONSTRUCTION WORKER IN OHIO AND ITS ROUGH U HAVE NO IDEA

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  29. We are Broke, President Obama Please sign an Executive Order and Extend The Unemployment Benefits Now! There are Americans going to bed Hungry at night. This is about Survial, This is America! Thank You!

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  30. To this poster..."People just need to take any job(s) they can find. . .retail, restaurants, janitors, ect. There are jobs they just don't pay much. Do people really think jobs are going to appear by the end of the year - how stupid. Most jobs are not coming back. People need to face facts. No one is entitled to more than 26 weeks of unemployment. If you got more - great but not everyone will get the same amount of extended benefits, if any. What is with people in our country feeling entitled to things? Grow up. Our government owes us nothing. We have to make our own way. Even the Constitution only guarantees us life, liberty and the 'pursuit' of happiness. Its up to us to do the rest.

    I was unemployed for 18 months during the height of the recession. I was fortunate to receive all extensions but I never once felt entitled to them. I always lived as if my benefits would run out tomorrow. I am now working three part-time jobs with no benefits and little pay. Not very exciting but I am doing my part and not complaining. The recession was not my fault but I do have to deal with things as they are now. It is up to me to make whatever changes I need to in order to survive. That's part of being human."

    Isnt it nice that you receive all the extensions. What about those of us who havent rwent beyond Tier 1? Why am I not entitled to the same benefits that you had? Isnt it wonderful that you found 3 part time jobs...what about those of us that didnt have the luxery of the 4 TIERS to pay for gas to LOOK for 3 part time jobs.

    Your as bad as the CONGRESSMEN that sit on there million dollar salaries and turn the other cheek. If it doesnt affect you, who cares, right?

    God have mercy on your soul...how heartless...

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  31. Honestly, it's enough sitting around with your thumbs up your asses senators!!! Pass the damn bill!!! We WILL lose our homes, and we WON'T be spending any money because we WON'T HAVE any!!!

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  32. To the writer who asked the questions "does anyone care". I do! I too am in a similar situation. I received my last unemployment check three weeks ago. I had a good paying job for two days and was let go not because I "wasn't qualified " but because they claim I did not inform them of my disability/eye disease effecting the cornea (which was not true they were informed during the interviewing process). I now am on food stamps and will be applying for aid to pay my rent and utility bills. I cried at one of the appointments today, because I have always paid my way and I feel like I'm begging. The gal behind the desk reminded me that I have paid into these programs throughout the years and now it's my turn to get a little back. I have also been turned down for disability 2x already. The bible tells us to pray for those in authority, rather we agree with them or not and so for me that is what I do daily, I pray for all of us who are going through this time of trial in our life. Remember this, although we may not understand why God allows us to go through things, He will never leave us nor forsake us. I have to believe in Him that he is my provider and not the government. Don't get me wrong the unemployment extensions definitely would be a blessing. I also care that your wife is struggling with cancer, although I do not know her name, God does and all have to do is tell him, God you remember the man's wife who is going through caner and remember the man and when we think no one cares, HE does. This is how I get through. Sorry for wordiness, but I just needed to share with someone else who cares. God bless all the unemployed and their families.

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  33. KEEP FIGHTING!DONT STOP,DONT GIVEUP!OUR LIFES AND FAMILYS LIFES ARE BEING PLACED IN DANGER STANDUP AND BE HEARD!WE WILL NOT QUIT COME ON AMERICANS THIS IS THE TIME TO PROVE THIS IS"THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE!"

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  34. There are petitions on Change.org. Just do a search for unemployment petitions for extensions and tier 5. I went and signed as many as I could today. I haven't even hit the 99 weeks; I ran out at 46 weeks; and still don't understand why? I am about to lose my vehicle; how am I able to even go to a job without it. I have worked since I was sixteen and am an Ovarian Cancer Survivor of five years and I am only 35. It makes me wonder why I lived to just lose everything five years later. I have looked everywhere for a job; they just aren't out there. I don't even have a means to look outside my state where I know there are jobs. I don't want pity, I don't want welfare. I just need insurance from something I have paid into all my working life to help me have the means to find another job. I feel so bad for all the famileis, single parents and others that have lost so much. Our government needs to take care of it's own for a minute.

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  35. Why are they holding TRA STUDENT'S unemployment hostage to an extension bill? Maybe if they attach former Teddy K's(RIP)proposal that would allow ILLEGALS S.S. benefits upon proving they paid in with a FALSE(ILLEGAL) SOCAL SECURITY NUMBER this would get them the south o'd' border votes when their ANCHOR BABIES grow up,it might pass,ja tink? Don't U.S.citizens using false SSN's get charged with a Federal felony?

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  36. Lets face it: The unemployed LOST the fight!
    The unemployed lost already; I too am unemployed and am suffering from being cut off from my benefits due to an expiration of the extension deadline.
    But who is going to unite: no one. Who will fight, no one. Phone calls to Senators are useless. Too many other pressing issues dominate the news, not the unemployed. The bottom line is this: The Republicans put up some fight and got what they wanted, it’s all about a HIDDEN AGENDA: to go against the Democrats and Obama; ‘politics as usual’ has dominated the Senate. And the VICTIMS: us, the unemployed. They will not pass this bill; lets face it, blame it on the Republicans; but also blame it on the Democrats for not getting the job done. The Democrats failed; and failed us. And do they actually care, of course not; it’s a job, it’s not personal to them; only to us.
    So, with that said, lets congratulate the Republicans for their hard work and success in preventing the unemployed from receiving their extensions.

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  37. this is really bad I been laid off for six mouths now and I just exausted my 26 weeks and I called in for extention and they said thats on hold I said what!!!! Now I worked all my life and this is the first time I ever pulled unemployment and I can't even get it my heart felt to those who are in the same boat as me and the one's that been on for longer I hope something pulls threw for yall as well as me because these are some terrible days I'm pulling in a little bit of money online threw MaverickMoneyMakerBizs.com but I still need a job and been looking for sometime now. Its goes to show you they don't really care about us. They really want us to start a rohit when it really get going and we rush wal-mart because our kids haven't ate then they going to want to kill us and throw us in jail. Sad that I see this happening to a person that worked all there lives payed taxes did everything right still have nothing to turn to and would be force to make a decision like this when there son or daughter looks them in the eye saying they hungrey they really asking for a rohit sorry forks I'm a little pissed

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  38. I have a balance of 8.37 left from my last check this week. What do you do, PRAY for GOD to intervene. Lord GOD please send your blessings to all of us!

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  39. DEAR MR SENATOR,COME TAKE A WALK WITH ME.LETS PRETEND WE ARE JUST TWO PEOPLE AND YOUR NOT BETTER THAN ME.ID LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS IF WE CAN SPEAK HONESTLY.WHAT DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU SEE ALL THE HOMELESS ON THE STREET?WHO DO YOU PRAY FOR AT NIGHT BEFORE YOU GO TO SLEEP?WHAT DO YOU FEEL WHEN YOU LOOK IN THE MIRROR ARE YOU PROUD?HOW DO YOU SLEEP WHEN THE REST OF US CRY?HOW DO YOU DREAM WHEN A MOTHER HAS NO CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE?HOW DO YOU WALK WITH YOUR HEAD HELD HIGH?CAN YOU EVEN LOOK ME IN THE EYE AND TELL ME WHY?DEAR MR SENATOR YOUD NEVER TAKE A WALK WITH ME!

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  40. HEY ANONYMOUS WHO POSTED"LETS FACE IT THE UNEMPLOYED HAVE LOST THE FIGHT"THAT BASTARD IS POSTING THAT ON EVERY WEBSITE HE IS TRYING TO MAKE SOME OF US BELIEVE WE LOST THE FIGHT.DONT LISTEN TO THAT BASTARD IF I COULD GET MY HANDS ON HIM ID SHOW HIM WHO LOST WHAT

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  41. Politicians are the DEMONIC pieces of crap who only care about themselves... Screw the American People who pay their taxes and brought them into office...They don't lay in bed at night worrying about their jobs...they have no morals, no ethics, no conscience...

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  42. Just the thought of going back to work makes me ill. We need unemployment for God's sake. If you extend it, I will vote Democrat for life.

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  43. PRAY TO GOD?LOOK AT THE WORLD GOD LEFT ALONG TIME AGO IM AFRAID TO SAY

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  44. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/13/unemployment-petition-signatures_n_574887.html

    Read this article. We all need to band together. Go to change.org and sign the multiple petitions. It automatically sends it to your congress people of your state, as well as the President. Sign! We need to band together. It will help answer the prayers and show our government that "WE the PEOPLE" DO have a voice!!! Forward ho!!

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  45. my unemployment money goes to rent, power, gas,ect.. and i'm still not making it...now that it's gone????

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  46. I agree.. We need a Tier 5.. People should not have to kill themself due to know money. There are going to be more people who cant pay the bills, cloth there children, and lose there cars and houses. Its a sad sad world.. I dont understand how we can help other poor countries but cant help our own. Please help the Americans and young children. Thank you.

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  47. As a young boi, I have to resort to massaging old @$$ trolls and pray they dont grope me just so I can pay my rent and all my bills. Never In my wildest dreams was I expecting I was going to have to degrade myself just to get a buck. THANKYOU America for making me sell my body.

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  48. You people are right! We need to keep fighting to get our share of someone elses money!!! It is a shame that they work for that money and try to keep it all for themselves!! Tax them more! Give it to me!

    Millions of Mexicans can't be wrong... there ARE jobs in the U.S.

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  49. http://www.change.org/petitions/view/the_99ers_need_a_tier_v_added_to_unemployment_benefits

    This is the link that to the petition that has gotten 34,000+ signatures. Easy to sign. Everyone, please ban together, sign it, and pass it on to as many people as you can. At least it gives me hope. It also shows the strength of us as Americans to take our government back!!

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  50. Dear Elected /Officials in the House and Senate:

    I am a disabled Vietnam Veteran and voted in every single election.How many House members ever served in Vietnam.

    I have been out of work for over two years---my benefits have been exhausted.

    My wife and I need help--she is disabled. We have few precious dollars left---have borrowed from our children several times already.

    I am nervous that our elected officials will not grant me some additional unemployment benefits.Please help us!

    God bless America.

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  51. Is it true an elected senator will receive $50000.00 per/year retirement even if they work only one day & quit? Aren't they exempt from what Martha S. was charged,insider trading? Do ya'all think these pampered,corprate perk bought power driven 'elected' elite care? Wake up they sold (souled) out,they vote for their own RAISE's,now as the great OZ said "Ignore that man behind the curtain!!!".

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  52. There's no more money to pay bills with, no work to go to, I guess will just let the bank take back the house.

    It's already on the market, rich people don't want to buy it, because I don't want to give it away.

    You senators are listen up, better times will come for us and I'm make sure I'm going to campaign my ass of to make sure you republicans don't get back in office.

    This is not right holding us hostage. Are sons and daughter are fighting you fricking wars.

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  53. I applied for every job possible, and I get no replies. I made decent money for years, I worked 32 years, this is the first time I expected anything from my country that was so every proud of. This country bails every other country out but their own, it is sickening. Congress spends hours on the oil spill, which was tragic because of the loss lives, and my heart goes out to their families, however, 1.2 million people could possibly displaced, no food in their stomach, sleeping in parks, high crime because people are so desperate. It makes no sense to me, so many business and industries have been bailed out buy our hard earned tax paying citizens and this is the way we are treated. Shame on our government! I am a fighter and will continue to fight, but I know who I am not voting for every again!

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  54. PLEEEEEEEEESE don't make me get a job. I have 2 young girls that need me now more than ever.

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  55. I have 320 left on my first extension. Rent is due July 1st. Light, phone and gas bill also due next month. My child and me will be on the streets before I end this comment. I've worked all my life, made great money. Had a home and nice car. My position was elminated a year ago. Lost my car, but, forturnately I was able to pay my rent with my benefits. I've applied for every job on careerbuilder, no responses. I even follow-up on my resumes, go to job clubs and fairs. I have a degree. Whats going on here? Doesn't this call for an executive order?

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  56. First of all to the last anonymous....if you can't afford to support your children, don't have them. I have four children and would love to stay home wiht them to, but would kill for a job right now. I have been unemployed for 18 months, with no job in sight. My husband lost his in February. My benefits just stopped. I need them back. I have been looking for a job since the day I lost it, no luck and I have a great deal of education, which at this time appears to be my disadvantage. We need help and we need it now. I know this sounds callous, but we need to stop helping other countries and concentrate on our own.

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  57. to anonymous who said that there are jobs out there but that they don't pay much, you're right. and u now work 3 pt jobs. good for you. i've applied to part time, full time and summer jobs. guess what? NOTHING!!!! plus i live in a small town where u have to travel at least 25 mins 2 get 2 a job. and i own an suv. if i got a full time job at $8/hr and a part time job at $7/hr i'd spend most of my money on gas. both of those jobs wouldn't even pay my bills. ppl on unemployment don't feel "entitled" to anything. this government cares more for other countries and the illegals coming in here than for the americans who love this country. i thought the government was for the people. apparently not. and what about single parents? should they work 3 pt jobs? one job alone wouldn't pay for daycare!

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  58. Where is our government when WE the AMERICAN people NEED them the most? They so eagerly help other countries in need, now it is time to take care of our own. We are more than just some "dollar"amount in a budget, we are human beings(Americans) that CANNOT survive without money. I have heard people say...take any job no matter what it pays, that's all good and well but here in my little town in GA, Walmart has a firing freeze on. I am by no means to good to work for what I can, the problem is....there is NO work to be found. Trust me, I would rather have a job than have to depend on our so called government to take care of me!!

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  59. I am unemployed and have been for a year. Prior to losing my job last July, I worked full time for 39 years. In addition, I have two degrees. One in liberal arts and the other in social work. I spend at least five to six hours a day applying for jobs. I am willing to work for half of what I was earning. If anyone thinks we do not deserve extensions for a situation we are truly victims of, please know...I will be thrilled to change places with you. I would LOVE your job. You can see what it is like to live in a state of uncertainty and worry for 12 months. NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO JUDGE THOSE COLLECTING UNEMPLOYMENT. BELIEVE ME, YOU ARE JUST AS VULNERABLE AS THE REST OF US. DON'T KID YOURSELF!

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  60. Anonymous said...
    PLEEEEEEEEESE don't make me get a job. I have 2 young girls that need me now more than ever.

    Thanks alot stupid. With this attitude were sure to get an extension.

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  61. President Obama please step in and do something about this! It's getting out of hand and things will get much worse if this unemployment extension is not passed soon. Please do the right thing as soon as possible, please! I feel this is an emergency for fellow Americans and let's show them we care about our people in our country! Thank you.

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  62. We can help other countries on a drop of a hat, $3 billion dollars and counting,but can not help our own people here in the US that are in need to support their families. Only thing I can say is shame on our Gov't. if this unemployment extension does not pass!

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  63. TO ALL. You are a drain on this society and we are cutting you off. Just wait until November when we retake the majority. BYE-BYE freeloaders.

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  64. Everday - several times a day, I sign on to my computer to see if they have approved the unemployment extensions. And everyday, I see that there is really nothing much being done. I then sit an read all of the blogs and feel so depressed at all the desperation that is in all of the emails. I am saddened that so many have to suffer and then I am saddened that so many act as thou American citizens do not deserve to be helped. I usually try not to judge, but yesterday I turned to my husband and said I wished everyone who had a job, who said that we should just be cut lose and figure it out, that I wish they themselves would lose their jobs and have to see what it was like. I know that is bad Karma to do however I am amazed at how unfeeling human beings can be towards one another, especially if they are reading the stories that are posted. How do they not have compassion. We are not just sitting around wanting to be taken care of. I am a 44 yr old, mother of 4. I have worked since I was 15. I had a job making good money. I was a good employee, never received a review rating below and exceeds or outstanding however my entire company closed down due the mortgage/credit crisis. I have been sending resumes out for a year and 1/2. In entry level positions, I am overqualified as I was a manager for over 11 years and I made a pretty good salary. I am underqualified for most management jobs, even with my experience due to the fact, I only had my associates degree. I am not sitting around waiting for my old salary and have applied for jobs making minimum wage, but even those don't call me. So when the Senate and folks working say just go get a job, I wish they would come and show me where the jobs are. Today alone, I applied for 10 and if everything goes according to usual, noone will respond. 401 gone trying to pay mortgage all this time. Was just getting by, til they stopped EB with no warning. No money to buy food for the house this week. What to do now! If I didn't have the kids, I would just give up and let them win, but this is my fault or my kids fault. Our goverment made the mess, but they don't know how to fix it, so I guess they will just allow us to shoulder the end results. My husband said until they go away from multiple parties and just became one that unites to take care of the people and do the job they are put in office to do, it will only get worse not better. I am hoping and wishing for all those in this position, that some miracle happens to help fix the problem and quickly, as I never thought I would see the day that so many
    Americans would lose thier jobs, lose thier homes, cars and be left to go hungry. I guess when it is not you or your family, it is easy to ignore!!!!

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  65. Where are all these bleeding heart,good church people who talk a good game,but disappear when really needed? Church people arise from your slumber,and stop looking the other way! Do what the WORD told us to do! Don't hide now under the covers,wake up! Help our nation & people mainly those with children.Our nation may not be Godly,however as followers we 'should',or at least 'act' like it.Instead of 'GOD bless AMERICA',*** maybe 'GOD please sober up your complacent servants'

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  66. Does anyone know where to contact about TRA? I just exausted my 26 weeks and have never had an extension. I started school in January and was told I would get TRA when I ran out of benefits. But they have it on hold! What!!! Our papers we signed says TRA will take over. I think it's BS and would like to know I could contact a higher up In Kentucky about it.

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  67. FREELOADERS?????? HOW DARE YOU. Many of us lost our jobs after many many years and paid our share of UI. There but for the grace of God GO YOU. Your "let them eat cake" mentality will come back to haunt you, in the name of Karma. Try sending out resumes to every job out there and being willing to work for minimum wage after making 60 grand a year, yet with no response because I'm overqualified. And you call me a freeloader. I hope none of these hungry, desperate people decide to rob you.

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  68. I saw the comment about the petitions. I hope everyone on here is going to that site and signing them. We have to do something. I went on and signed as many as I could. I know they are hitting the congress emails because I already got three out of office responses back from congressmen/women. So it really is true these emails are going out. Go to the link's that person put up above. We NEED to raise a racous!

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  69. I think it is getting near the time to act. The members of the Senate both Democratic, Republican and Tea Party have ignored the unemployed of this country long enough. I myself did not ask to be in this situation, and I am tired of being labled in the catagory of a welfair recipient. I am embarrased to be in this position, since I have paid into the system since 1971 !!!

    So if anyone out there wants to post a "let them eat cake comment," I say shut your mouth unless you have been on this planet longer than some of us out here.

    Be grateful you have a job and support passing this extension so we the unemployed do not lose what is left of our dignity.

    This request may not make sense to some of you, but some of us out here want to get on with our job search and be productive citizens once more.

    The unemployed of this country are being pushed to the breaking point. Be warned US Senate, there will be a price to pay and I do not think you want to know this first hand.

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  70. There's only one way to handle this situation. GO SHOPPING! That is the only way we can have our jobs back people. Hello, are you listening.

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  71. As far as I can tell it is no longer (WE THE PEOPLE) They have way much power and heve no idea how the rest of us live. Not like anyone is getting rich on Unenployment. If they don't listen then they need to be on layoff as well!!! November is coming!!! I don't forget when I have been done wrong!!!!

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  72. please-someone needs to step in and pass the extension for benefits-what no benefits will do to the economy is mind boggling-so many families trying just to eat and survive-americans allways step in and help other countries that need help-please help americans!!!!!!!!

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  73. Nancy Pelosi should be ashamed of herself to turn down tier 5 Unemployment Extensions!

    While the US government rushes to help foreign countries in need by spending MILLIONS of our TAX dollars, Nancy Pelosi & the government are still concerned about unemployment tier 5 extension. What about the help we need in our country! Millions of Americans have paid all of their lives into unemployment, and now when tier 5 unemployed Americans need it, their is no more help. Why? so you all can help foreign countries?

    WE WANT NANCY PELOSI OUT AND ALL OTHERS WHO ARE OPPOSED TO TIER 5 UNEMPLOYMENT EXTENSION'S, AND THOSE WHO RATHER HELP FOREIGN COUNTRIES BEFORE HELPING THOSE HERE IN THE USA.

    PLEASE SIGN PETITION, AND TIER 5 PETITION, WE CAN DO THIS!!!

    http://uspoverty.change.org/petitions/view/vote_nancy_pelosi_out_of_office_sign_tier_5_-_v_unemployment_extension

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  74. I have never posted before but the anonymous statement at the top of this comment board totally shocked me with the ignorance. How did it become the Democrats fault that the extension bill hasn't been passed yet? I have seen article after article stating in fact it is the republicans who are so worried about saving big business money and protecting the rich. I am also unemployed in the state of Florida where it is double digit unemployment, with no jobs to be had and feel the same frustration. But let's make sure at the polls that the blame is placed properly shall we? And as far as the President making an executive order, let's just give the Americans one more thing to be angry over. No matter what he does at this point, the President isn't doing his job. I agree, I would love for him to step in and say "this is it" extension until the end of the year but unfortunately too many of the US citizens are just looking for an excuse to throw him under the bus.

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  75. Tier 5? What about those of us who exhausted our first 26 weeks this month. We have gotten NO tiers! Extend the existing 4 tiers, then worry about tier 5.

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  76. We need tier 5,6,7,8,9, and 10 untill the unemployment rate goes down to 3%. To hell with the deficit and the politicians grandchildren. Get the 11 million illegals and green card mexicans thr hell out of THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Thank all the unemployed people who voted for REPUBLICANS.

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  77. The country needs a Tier 5, but they need to make the extension until December. This month to month approval is killing people. Every month
    people go hungry while they have political theatre.

    Republicans are determined to destroy any legislature proposed by Democrats. They only vote yes on subsidies and hand-outs that have and continue to destroy the country. When did the big tax cut to the wealthy create jobs? Yet,
    they continue to shout that if we don't approve a tax cut for the wealthy, people will lose jobs.

    WHAT JOBS?

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  78. is the government even taking into consideration the flood the effects of the flood in tennessee, which is where i currently reside, i have only received the first series of benefits what about twhen that runs out and there is nothing am i left for me and my kids to live in a tent and pan handle on the interstate exits.......SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!

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  79. I'm tired of hearing about the effect on "our grandchildren". What about our CHILDREN NOW????? The tier system is ridiculous because those that got on unemployment early on are still entitled to benefits because they exhausted their benefits before the deadline. Those of us who got on unemployment later are s... out of luck. How is this fair??????? At least give everyone the same duration of benefits. Those that have been on UE the longest are the ones who should be struggling with an extension, not those of us who got on later. I was at my job 16 years and was one day over the deadline. I know someone who was at the same place of employment as I was but only for 5 years. He got on unemployment a couple of months before I did, because I was one of the last to go because I was more indispensible to the company. Yet, he got the extension, and I didn't. So not only did he get UE benefits EARLIER, he is getting them LONGER. Who thought up this stupid tier system????? I mean, think about it. It was not very well thought out. C'mon congress. Make it fair for everyone. And send these damned illegal aliens home. They are dragging down the economy, allowed welfare, food stamps, and health care, but they are NOT EVEN PAYING TAXES because they are paid under the table. Something better change, AMERICA, or you may be facing another civil war. I have been pounding the pavement looking for a job. I AM MAD AS HELL about this!

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  80. Police Tear Up Tent City, Get the Axe
    by Josie Raymond June 23, 2010 03:02 PM (PT) Topics: Tent Cities, Violence Against the Homeless
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    .It takes a special form of intolerance to destroy a person's only possession, particularly when that possession is the tent in which he or she lives. But that's what three Colorado police officers did recently in the name of crime-fighting. Reporter Paul Shockley attempts to get the bottom of it all in a great piece in the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.

    The three cops in Grand Junction, Colorado were searching for a thief in a "transient camp" in May. Somewhere along the line, for some reason, several tents were cut up with the officers' knives. Police Chief John Camper fired them in part for conducting an illegal, warrantless search. Now it's he said-he said, with the fired officers saying that was standard law enforcement procedure and the chief saying, and I paraphrase, "Um, what?" The three are seeking to be reinstated and the case is ongoing.

    The police were searching for a man they wanted to question about the theft of some copper wiring. They were dispatched to "The Point," a bushy sliver of land between the Gunnison and Colorado Rivers. The three men say they shouted and got no answer, so they entered the camp with guns drawn. Then they took turns covering each other while they looked in the tents. They also "disabled" two bikes by slashing the tires so the "suspect did not flee."

    "This is a haven for violent crime and I'm taking every precaution to make sure I go home that night," officer Joseph Mulcahy, 28, told Shockley. (If a 15-tent encampment actually was a haven for violent crime, I think it would be dismantled a lot sooner, don't you?)

    They say they sliced the tents rather than unzipping them because that was safer. "In addition to booby traps with feces and urine, there are barbs and fish hooks you have to worry about," officer Phillip Van Why, 35, said. The cops say they're weren't being malicious, which might be true. They were most certainly being goofy, though.

    It sounds like the police were scared, which is of course a normal reaction when heading into the woods where strangers live. But it sounds like these paranoid men thought they were on a primetime cable TV cop show rather than dealing with neighboring homeless residents.

    The Sheriff's Department says four tents were damaged. The officers admit to three. I say, when you're this deep in the hole, why quibble?

    In their own defense, the officers say they've cleared homeless camps the same way in the past with the support of the department, something the chief denies. It appears that in the past, residents were given notice that the camp would be dismantled.

    In the letter of termination for the officers, Chief Camper writes, "Frankly, I'm at a loss ... as to how the three of you could even try to justify entry into a tent using the zippered door, let alone cutting a window through the side or the top without the benefit of a search warrant, arrest warrant or the owner's consent, which would have allowed you to do it legally."

    In other words: use common sense and respect the homes of others, even if they're made of nylon

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  81. People collecting Welfare don't have to worry about extensions !! They collect forever , and we pay for it.

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  82. I have been voting republican since I have been voting. I have been a straight ticket and have donated to the republican party for many years. I am very dissappointed in you as my state representative voting against the extender bill. I am going to vote this year as a republican for the democratic party because I do not have time to switch my affiliation. After this year I will be joining the democratic party and voting against you as a member of the senate.
    The republican party is no longer about the people and this particular piece of legislation has proven that to me and my wife. We will begin campaigning for the democratic party. I hope you are not elected again and wish I had not voted for you the last election. I will be actively campaigning against you!!!

    Chad Lomax

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  83. Until the congress and senate have to live by the laws they impose on the people they supposedly represent - things will never change. Until they become part of social security - as opposed to their special retirement plans that we the people they supposedly represent pay for things will never change - until there are term limits and being a representative of the people - things will never change....until they can never become lobbyists when they leave office - things will never change - until they stop voting themselves raises in late night sessions - things will never change - get the point yet - they WILL NEVER CHANGE and for those that voted for the change we got - what do you say now - is this what you voted for - you will have a chance to make things better - not perfect but certainly better than the change that has been delivered to us from the last election. We are on a course of self destruction - we all know it - they know it but all they care about is the mega millions they get along the way - they do not have to pay for any of this - it is the rest of us that wind up paying for their lack of caring for "the people". We are not going to be "the people" - we are going to be their slaves.......the only way out of this mess is to vote them out - without pay and without any pension and no health care for life...they get what they tell us we get - a social security fund that they have robbed - a health system that is going to ration care and when you do not have any value to the country - guess what - it is time for you to go away and stop costing the govt. any more money - if we are no longer here - guess what - they fixed social security and medicare all in one fell swoop. Is this what you expect from the govt that is supposed to represent the people.... May God help this country.....

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  84. This article puts the results of not extending UI in clear focus. It would mean disaster for America and the economy. If America has tens of billions to send to other countries then now is the time to shift that money to American families in need.

    And one more note: This is NOT about getting re-elected or judging the Obama administration. It is not that simple or immediate. The financial fallout from dumping UI extensions would be felt for a generation or more.

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  85. I do not think anyone is listening to our cries for help. I can't believe I live in a country that will approve 58.8 Billion for a war that should have been long over, but will not take care of their own. They sure didn't say anything about a deficit when approving the moneys for the war now did they. I feel like we are begging. Why is it that we have to beg and other country's just ask and we give it to them no questions asked? I do not believe these people are in touch with the reality of the real people. I think they sit up there and make judgment with something I don't believe they have a clue about! This is so so unbelievable!! I have been unemployed for over a year, I have pounded the pavement as well as sent to many resumes to count out. I do not even get call backs anymore. I have kept records of all resumes sent detailed records of whom I have applied with. So don't tell me we are lazy and don't want to work that is simply ridiculous. I would much rather be working. I have sold everything but a small t v. I have sold even my mothers (who is gone now) wedding set. I have nothing left to sell, we have went through our savings and don't see things getting better. What I really would like to know is how this can happen in the great USA?

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  86. Obama you need to step up now and take the power out of these ass**** hands and pass the unemployment extension yesterday. People are losing their homes and starving. We cannot wait any longer. You will soon have a major riot on your hands and the WORLD will know how the United States treats the backbone of this Country.We have paid taxes for 20-60 years and we do not deserve this and we will not take it!

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  87. If this bill is not passed and put through before the 4th of July holiday.. my family is D O N E! please.....HELP US. I don't know what to do!

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  88. LATEST NEWS:
    Looks like its OVER! Everybody check Reuters and the AP (associated press); a democratic aid is anonymously saying that they can't break the filibuster. The new bill, with some more cuts (presented formally Thursday morning) will be voted upon Thursday or Friday; but an anonymous Democrat aid says that they still do NOT have the 60 votes needed; and passage of the bill is "unlikely."
    The AP reports that the Democrats, after the filibuster, will not proceed beyond that.
    If this is true, then that's it!

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  89. oh, and one more thing, (i'm an unemployed American too who was cut off).
    The translation of what just happened today (Wednesday, June 23) is that the Democrats at this point know it's a lost cause. They're just going through the motion; so at the end of the day, they will say that they had the best intentions and they genuinly tried.
    And the worst part of all of this is that all this is beyond our power to change.

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  90. That's it! I am so fed up with these out-of-touch politicians that I am going to do all I can to VOTE OUT ALL OF THE INCUMBENTS. If I lose my benefits, then YOU ALSO LOSE.

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  91. Hey Senators and Congressmen: Fu*ck y'all! We're ALL going down, YOU too! I for one don't even care anymore. Just remember that YOU assholes did this! You pissed the money away. You jackasses make a fortune on the backs of the taxpayers both in salary and "kickbacks", yes you know and we know that you get them! further, you gutless bastards vote the way you are told and "paid" to vote. You know you suck the lobbyists private parts! So you know what? Keep voting "NO" until the bill dies in Congress. See if you will keep your elected positions! The people you have screwed in your states will kick your fu*cking asses out of Congress!

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  92. The Republicans should apologize to the unemployed American worker- Not to a felonious foreign oil company

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  93. http://www.change.org/petitions/view/urge_president_obama_to_sign_an_executive_order_to_continue_unemployment_benefits

    Sign this petition for an executive order that was just started. I did. I also went to the change.org site and signed everything I could. If everyone of us blogging on here did it along with everyone we can send it to to sign via email...........we can hammer the congress and the preside nt saying we need this help and change. I have already gotten some responses back from some of the senators offices. They are getting these petitions. We have to do something; it's better than nothing. I know it seems fruitless but I feel a little better about myself at least that I tried. I tried to voice my opinion to a government that should be listening to it's people..........Please everyone!!!! Go on these sites and sign!!!! It's gotta help. One has 29,000 people that signed

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  94. This NEEDS to pass...I have been only collected unemployment for the initial 26 weeks, or whatever, and have yet to find a stable job ..not to mention my last job of 10 years was in the U.S. Air Force...i feel like im getting trampled with no lifeline over here

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  95. Call these Republicans and tell them to pass the UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS EXTENSION!

    Susan Collins
    413 Dirksen Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510
    Phone: (202) 224-2523
    Fax: (202) 224-2693

    Olympia Snowe
    154 Russell Senate Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510
    Phone: (202) 224-5344
    Toll Free: (800) 432-1599
    Fax: (202) 224-1946

    Brown, Scott P. - (R - MA) Class I
    317 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
    (202) 224-4543
    Web Form: scottbrown.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/emailscottbrown

    And these fools too...

    Joe Lieberman
    706 Hart Office Building
    Washington, DC 20510
    (202) 224-4041 Voice
    (202) 224-9750 Fax

    Sen Mary Landrieu D LA
    Contact information:
    Phone: 202-224-5824 | Fax: 202-224-9735
    Web: http://landrieu.senate.gov/ | Write: http://landrieu.senate.gov/contact/index.ctm

    Sen E. Benjamin Nelson D NE
    Contact information:
    Phone: 202-224-6551 | Fax: 202-228-0012
    Web: http://bennelson.senate.gov/

    Max Baucus
    (800) 332-6106
    Washington D.C.
    511 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
    Washington, D.C. 20510
    (202) 224-2651(Office)
    (202) 224-9412 (Fax)

    U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill

    Hart Senate Office Building, Ste. 717
    Washington, D.C. 20510
    Phone 202-224-6154
    Fax 202-228-6326

    Please stop your objection to extending Unemployment Insurance!!! WE ARE HURTING OUT HERE!!! THERE IS NO WORK!! Your lucky you have a job (that WE pay for) because WE don't! Extend Unemployment NOW and for the REST of the YEAR!! Stop playing GAMES with peoples lives!!!

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  96. I'm going on three weeks with out my unemployment money, which is $ 392.00 per week. I unsure of how much longer I can make the food in my fridge last. I have three kids, age eight, three, and one, who will soon be going to bed hungry. I hold a Master's degree, I want to work, I have even applied for a job as a gas station clerk. Please stop playing these games... I'm a real person, with a family and a house and pets to care for.

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  97. please help i dont know what i am goignto do once mine runns out i dont want to loose any thing this is the first time i have been unemployeed and its hard to survice with no money Please Help us out here.

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  98. Unemployment checks stopped coming after only 39 weeks (what happened to 99?)and I was already behind on bills. It rained today so I got a shower (water was turned off 4 days ago). If another extension isn't passed, my only hope is that I will get thrown into jail for non-payment of Child Support. At least I will get 3 meals a day.

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  99. Contact your states congressmen and tell them to vote for the extension. Flood them with emails, faxes and phone calls. Every time I see a name of a Senator that is blocking it, he/she gets contacted by me to complain. I also contact Senators that vote for the benefits and let them know how I really appreciate their support and will remember them in November.

    We have to be active and not sit back and let these elected public servants starve us to death.

    Action..action....action

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  100. I have been out of work since Oct. 16, 2008. I was paid a severance package through the end of 2008. However, for the 18 months I have been collecting Unemployment Insurance Benefits. I am done with this nonsense and these arrogant politicians. I am sending a letter to the IRS telling them I am not paying the taxes owed from last year EVER! If they have a problem with it send me to prison...at least I will have a roof over my head and 3 meals a day! I will, also, request that Senator Charles Rangle accompany me!

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  101. I would suggest you all go out and get Guns! You are going to need them. I foresee the future getting a whole lot worst. We can not wait until November. (as suggested by some on this and other sites) Crime will go through the roof. We (AMERICANS) who fell asleep behind the wheel and allowed "Washington" to SCREW us, must not allow the "CRIME WAVE" to take us out!

    I would suggest that if anyone enters your line of fire to do you harm; don't hesitate, "SHOOT TO KILL".

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  102. Dear Congress,
    As a elected official by the people , of the people, for the people get off your duffs and do what the people want and need. I bet you all wouldn't be very happy if we kept sitting on your check and playing cat and mouse with your life.The longer you put this off the more people are going to be in the streets, the more children are going hungry, the more people are offing themselves because that was their only hope... Stop the games... Grab em and get the Job done !!!!!!

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  103. Never Forget!!No matter what the out come is on the extension, vote those republicans out in November!!

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  104. $99 is left in my account. Where do I go what do I do. I won't even be able to put fuel in the car to live in it. I am 47 and have no one to turn to. There is no welfare for men without children. I have been applying for 10-25 jobs per day. I never imagined facing the end of life anywhere near this point. Now it is serious reality without a job or tier 5. At this point I just want to tell the world to get F_cked! As I watch people on the television news standing in lines to purchase Ipods and cities in debate over where to open new stadiums. Nothing about the Millions soon to die in your streets. This really is a twisted place full of twisted humans.

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  105. UNITE OR DIE---
    Sign it
    http://www.change.org/petitions/view/we_demand_an_immediate_passage_of_bill_hr_4213_extension_of_unemployment_benefits

    Contact your senators--- http://www.unemployedworkers.org/page/speakout/UIandCobraNOW

    Let this jerk know how you feel, McConnell,

    http://mcconnell.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=ContactForm

    He made joke about the bill this morning, sad making a joke about something that can help Americans

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  106. This is very tragic that the Republicans are blocking the bill! I am in a huge bind and I have been looking for employment for 6 months to a year with no success, but at this point with my unemployment being shut off, I have no other resources and I am scared to death! Obama please help and now!! This is awful, I was laid off of no fault of my own so this is a huge problem, I have worked almost 10 years so I deserve this!!!!!!!

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  107. No vote for Republicans- they suck... they do not care about the American People that put them where they are at currently... But that's OK cause they won't be in their seats for long.

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  108. Ahhhhhh, must be good to a US Congress memeber! Read this and you will really be disgusted with the way the US Goverment is treating us. http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm

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  109. i thought slavery was over with???? why is obama like a black slave and the government is his owner.they tell him what to do and he listens and say "yes sir".he should stand up and inforce tiers1-4 and add a fifth till the economy really gets better and there's jobs,and not let the republicans own him and tell him what to do...

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  110. I need extension of my benefits. Please don't tell me to go to work. It's exhausting just to keep up with the news about extensions. I barely want to get up in the morning because I know no one out there is going to hire me. There are no jobs that I can see off. I need money now, or I'll lose my home, my cars. I have bills to pay... utilities, cables, internet, cell phone, child support, you name it. Please have a heart, senators.

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  111. What kills me is these Senators act like we dont vote. I vote and darn well they should take notice. I have already called the president and senators. And for the people to tell me to go to work.GIVE ME A JOB. I am tired of applying everywhere and cant even get a first interview because there are 50 other people also applying

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  112. Another 26 week extension is only going to carry everyone so far. Then what another extension? My husband was laid off. I was afraid at the beginning of his first 26 weeks of unemployment benefits that how long this could go on for or how hard it could get to find jobs, so after a month when an opportunity came up an hour drive each way out of town he took it. And this was after turning down another job that was 20 minutes farther out than that. My mother In-law just took a job at a gas station and works part-time at a laundrymat, because she was afraid that the unemployment wasn't going to get extended- she was a CNA. However, I know of others who exhausted benefits, but still won't take a job that they feel is below them or don't really actively look very hard. One young guy sat content on unemployment until his new gal was pregnant and she demanded he get a job so they could get an apartment, then voila within 2 weeks he had a job. And just to clarify in case there is question, all the above I described happened in Illinois where our unemployment is high as well. I'm not saying this is the same story for everyone or that everyone isn't trying, but there is a vast number of individuals who just felt they could ride it out. We didn't, we were too afraid to ride out on weeks that could expire at any time. And even if another extension is approved, everyone needs to remember it will expire.....it will have to at some point its just when will they call it.

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  113. copied from above so everyone can see again....
    "People just need to take any job(s) they can find. . .retail, restaurants, janitors, ect. There are jobs they just don't pay much. Do people really think jobs are going to appear by the end of the year - how stupid. Most jobs are not coming back. People need to face facts. No one is entitled to more than 26 weeks of unemployment. If you got more - great but not everyone will get the same amount of extended benefits, if any. What is with people in our country feeling entitled to things? Grow up. Our government owes us nothing. We have to make our own way. Even the Constitution only guarantees us life, liberty and the 'pursuit' of happiness. Its up to us to do the rest.

    I was unemployed for 18 months during the height of the recession. I was fortunate to receive all extensions but I never once felt entitled to them. I always lived as if my benefits would run out tomorrow. I am now working three part-time jobs with no benefits and little pay. Not very exciting but I am doing my part and not complaining. The recession was not my fault but I do have to deal with things as they are now. It is up to me to make whatever changes I need to in order to survive. That's part of being human."

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  114. We created our own business, passed out flyers and collected scrap metals of any kind with our truck and trailer from people needing clean-up and hauled them to the scrap yard, Not much of a "living" but it filled in the gaps. Its going to get difficult, that when everyone needs to get creative, start your own business, get retrained, take a lower level job, take charge of your future. Think of something maybe you always wanted to do for a living, but couldn't seem to jump into. Try it, thats how new businesses get started. I know its hard when you feel your life is turned upside down, but don't just roll over and take it, don't rely on someone else to pick you up either!!!! Thats the way my mother raised me (my parents were broke through the 80s Republican era and I knew if I wanted a better life I had to make it), a woman who paid myself slowly through school, worked since I was 15 and paid my own way. I've lost everything I had once to a house fire, and have slowly built a better life back up. I worked 3 part-time jobs while attending school to get by, but its made me who I am today. And I'm proud to say I busted my a$$ to get where I am, it gave me the character to be a strong woman who can do anything I want!
    This is a turning point for many-many people out there! Don't give up. Use your drive, your energy, your creativity, any resource and capability you have. Take charge of your life, because I was always told "noone is going to give it to you". This is coming from someone who has been rock bottom. Its what you do and the choices you make that will make you who you become.

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