The "Tier 5 to Survive" movement has been unprecedented. People aren't working this hard to get legislators to hear their stories because they are lazy - as some contend. Some have the nerve to actually say that those fighting for more benefits don't want to work.
However, the face of the movement is in and of itself VERY difficult. It's not easy to write Senators day after day - and trust me, finding a job would be more exciting to these individuals than writing Senators, posting messages on online boards, and facing rejection day after day as employers STILL aren't hiring.
Just how long a fifth tier of benefits would be available hasn't been discussed, but it's reasonable to assume that it would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 13 weeks or so.
Passing a fifth tier of benefits would be difficult, at best. Extending the four tiers of unemployment benefits has all but put the Senate at a stalemate. If a tier 5 unemployment extension is passed, it will have to be a bill that pays for itself in a very clear way. Creating that in and of itself will prove to be a big challenge, but one that many of the millions of unemployed workers are hoping for.
Just get it done ! It is not hard do what is right with millions exhausting benefits and under this still bad economy it needs to be new Tier 5 or Tiers 5,6 for an additional year. Too many out of work and not enough jobs for ALL Unemployed. Period
ReplyDeleteI agree please pass the bill because their are going to be alot of people homeless, without work,across america and it is a sad situation right now and I really feel sorry for those without work and don't have the money to feed their kids or provide for their family and take care of their bills my heart goes out to all of those across the globe.
ReplyDeleteYou are so right. I can't understand how they can help so many other countries, but cant help your own fellow americans? We need a 5,6,-10 if we still need help. My heart go out to so many people in the same situation as myself and husband are in. I pray every night for our world, leaders, and nations under god.
ReplyDeleteI'm one of the peoople who need tier 5 to pass. I have a family of six to take care of, and my wife is disabilied and can't work. I have worked all my life to support my family and i have tried looking for work but no one is hiring right now. I lost my job at no fault of my own and my company has paid enough unemployment insurance, to cover my family until I can properly take care of them myself, BY WORKING!
ReplyDeleteTell all the rich movie stars and ball players to have a telethon for the unemployed. Like that would ever happen since it's OUR OWN country that need help.
ReplyDelete99 weeks is enough, go on to other benefits like housing, food stamps, charity, etc. OR move to where the work is OR take any job, not just in your field or specialty.
ReplyDeleteI know that the unemployed are NOT lazy but retraining or relocation is the solution. I don't mind helping the unemployed relocate either with some modest tax money.
PASS THE DAMN BILL!!!! THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT SENATORS. THIS HAS BEEN DONE SINCE 1948. FIGHTING OVER PAYGO RULES IN A CRISIS IS JUST PLAIN IDIOTIC! PAYGO RULES DO NOT APPLY TO EMERGENCY SPENDING!! VOTE EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRAT BEN NELSON OUT OF OFFICE WHEN THEIR RE-ELECTIONS COME UP!!! REMEMBER EVERY NOVEMBER THAT THE DEMOCRATS TRIED TO HELP THE WORKING PEOPLE OF AMERICA IN OUR TIME OF GREAT NEED!!! EVERY REPUBLICAN THAT STANDS AGAINST THIS BILL SHOULD BE VOTED OUT OF OFFICE!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat I don't get is how senators think that the tier 5 seekers are lazy. In order to be eligible for unemployment insurance you have to work at a job for a specific amount of time and be let go through no fault of your own. We aren't lazy people, we are WORKERS who are having trouble finding WORK.
ReplyDeleteIf you don't help the WORKERS who will they help? All Americans should be outraged by this, because all Americans are potential victims of this.
Remember we are all one mistake away from losing a job. Millions of Americans like me have lost their job because of a mistake someone at the top of our companies made, and we had to pay for it by being laid off. Now now new jobs are created and us "lazy's" are left out in the cold-some literally.
Dear Congress,
ReplyDeleteFuck you!! This should not even be an issue. People will begin blowing their fucking brains out. Pass the bill you greedy fucking bastards. We hope you enjoyed your 4th of July vacation while all of us people were struggling.
It's sad that we support other counties, but can't take care of our own. I feel so bad for the 99ers, because we could be in the same boat some day. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteI feel like I have been punched in the face. I'm sick to my stomach. What has this country come too? I'm so tired of the senate having us by the throat. Pass this bill already!! Families are suffering....our kids are suffering. I forgot, you don't give a damn!!!
ReplyDeleteIt really is fucking pathetic. I've had it with these jagoffs. This world is so corrupt and Im fucking done with it.
ReplyDeleteFUNNY, WE BAIL OUT ALL THE BANKS, AUTO MAKERS AND OTHER COUNTRIES HOWEVER WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PEOPLE WHO ARE THE BASE OF THIS COUNTRY WE ARE NOT ABLE TO HELP THEM OUT. IT IS NOT SO EASY TO PICK UP AND MOVE WHEN YOU CANT AFFORD FOOD.
ReplyDelete2 years and 2 months out of work.... Finally got my first interview, 62 resumes later.... I want to work.... I need to work for my own sanity.... But whats going to destroy me and many other folks who CAN'T FIND A JOB, is the depression and stress that comes with it...Its making us feel worthless and now we worry about finding something to help us pay for food...a place to live, etc.... But to have Congress saying we are lazy, we don't want to work, etc, is just another kick in our teeth. I have a Master;s degree and worked hard to be where I was before the market went down and I lost my job. Please help us with the 5th tier and stop beating us with negative comments from you, the ones we elected... We didnt ask to lose our jobs... We need our government to help us....not use us ad the example on saving gov't money. Do that with something other than human lives,,,,Please! I beg you!
ReplyDeleteYeah sure. Those assholes don't care about us. We elect them and they get big salaries. They don't have to worry about paying their rent or where their next meal is coming from. They'd rather take care of a bunch of rich bankers and automakers than us everyday citizens. They let the big employers outsource our jobs to India and China and then when we can't find work anymore, they tell us we're lazy.
ReplyDeleteWHAT A BUNCH OF ASSHOLES AND MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!! They don't work for us - we work for them. This isn't 'the land of the free' anymore - we're just slaves to a government that would rather take care of a bunch of foreigners than its own people
FOR SHAME!!!!!
Who in the hell said 99 weeks is enough??? What a Douche bag. I cant find work and trust me i've applied everywhere even for things like bus boy and bagging groc... but nothing -- but if we arent spend money money taxes arent being collected sooner or later it will effect their pay checks. thats when it will matter until then no one gives a rats ass about the needy after all we are just a bunch of lazy bums ask pelosi she'll tell you the same
ReplyDeleteI hate this government! It's a piece of shit!
ReplyDeleteLost my job, lost my cars, lost my house, lost my ass - still have my wife and daughter thank God! they believe in me, I believe in me, our Country has lost faith in us! THAT IS WHAT IS KILLING US.
ReplyDeleteelected officals you are done..... but wait you will have medical benefits and retirement for life..so why really care for us... PRIDE FOR MADE IN AMERICA.. if you have the .....
ReplyDeleteWhat needs to happen is simple! The American people who are unemployed or on the brink of it should vote OUT the members of congress who are against extending the bill. Has it occurred to them that without money YOU CANNOT LOOK FOR A JOB. I'll break it down for them. No phone, no internet access, no food, no home, no gas money, no carefare for bus, NO NOTHING! Until someone figures out how to create jobs with a LIVING Wage, the American people will become equal to those who live in third world countries such as Haiti! We do not deserve this no more than those people. This is supposed to be the country of opportunity????
ReplyDeleteVote their asses out!
ReplyDeleteHey Congress1 I have a few suggestions on how we can reduce the deficate. Stop spending money on the WAR, stop sending millions of TAX PAYERS money to Isreal every year, stop aiding people in FOREIGN countries at this time of economic woes, reduce salaries for those holding congressional seats and take the money they spent while on vacationing in Europe to help struggling home owners and the homeless.....the list goes on.
ReplyDeleteHey Congress! If the umemployed are lazy and do not wish to work, we would NOT qualify for unemployment benefits!! I know that you dum bastards went to college, but you must have flunked your LOGIC classes.
ReplyDeleteAmerica has a long history of fucking people. Why are Americans surprised that they would stop at fucking their own people. History lesson 101 - They fucked the Native Americans; stole their land and placed them on reservations with no government help. Before that they relocated them from Oklahoma while thousands died on the "Trail of Tears." They fucked African-Americans by forcing them into slavery to help build the countries economic wealth then placed them at the bottom of social stratification and incorporated a new kind of slavery called the prison system and blames them for their economic and social problems. They fucked the Mexicans by allowing them to pick the strawberries for the rest of us delivered fresh to your friendly family at Jewel food stores while at the same time threatening them with deportation and prison. They fucked the Chinese, Polish, and Irish when they first arrived here by using discriminatory practice to prevent them from competing for "American" jobs.
ReplyDeleteAgain, why are we surprised that now, in 2010, the very people who made false promises to "ethnic groups" (that anyone who lives and breaths in the United States will receive fair treatment)are any different! It is high time that everyone understand how America works and we REALLY stand for. Fuck as many people as you can so that those at the very top can prosper. Once we understand this, and only then can we begin to act and take our country away from the filthy rich who feed on our sorrows and pains. Before the term "ethnic groups" referred to people of color. This is no longer true. Be on notice that if you are UNEMPLOYED you have become a member of the NEWEST ethnic group and will be DISCRIMINATED AGAINST!
Besides the "ninety-Niners" club, this Tier-5 would ALSO help those of us who may have only been on Tier-1 and found ourselves suddenly ineligible from any further Tiers because of the cutoff date which affected EVERYBODY. Why am I being punished? Because I didn't lose my job soon enough earlier? I've heard enough about the "99" - yes, I feel for them - but there are a lot of other people who were denied their Tier-2 and Tier-3 benefits because of the way the stupid system is set up, and we're just as out-of-work as those who've had 2 years to find jobs.
ReplyDeleteFUCK THOSE COCKSUCKERS AND ASS FUCKERS IN THE SENATE AND HOUSE. VOTE THEIR SORRY ASSES OUT OF OFFICE.
ReplyDeleteHands are like leather and my back is not what it use to be, spent 23 years building part of this country here in Michigan. Lazy i don't think so, down rite ashamed of the people running the country i once loved so much. I pray for us who have gave our sweat and tears to build this country and now are left to the streets to suffer like a stray animal. Down and out in Michigan hang in there local 1076 and 99ers....
ReplyDeleteI have been out of work for over 3 years....have exhausted my savings, sold my house and used up the equity to survive, exhausted my tier 4 and face financial ruin. I have worked for over 30 years and paid taxes. When the company I worked for sent the manufacturing overseas they laid off over 40 people. Due to my age and the fact that experience doesn't mean as much as a degree in these economic times I haven't been able to even get a face to face interview. I am not lazy, would love to work. I hate spending hours applying for jobs on line and mailing out resumes for any position available with no response. In the past I was recruited for employment so it's doubly difficult to accept this current situation.
ReplyDeleteCONGRESS: Please help us! We want to work - but need financial support to survive til work is available.
Out of work for over 2 years...sent hundreds of reumes and aplications..have had 4 interviews..still no job...benefits (99weeks) ran out in April...went to local assistance office...got very little and thats done the end of this month...we are not lazy as some like to say..no damn jobs to be had of any kind...they give the burger flipper and mini mart cashier jobs to teenagers adn college kids so they dont have to give them any benefits or set working hours..love how some say Move..yeah right ...that takes money and as for more schooling...that takes money too...classes arent given for free and if we did go to school...are there any jobs to be filled....we can give money had over fist to Wall Steet, banks,credit card companies and other countries....WHAT THE HELL ABOUT THE AMERICAN WORKING PEOPLE ????..Add a Tier 5 and extend it until next summer...then bring back the jobs the goverment keeps sending over seas
ReplyDeletewhere did they forget that we own them soon there will be a movement to the capital to shut them down. millions will come driven to the edge by our own system. that we allowed them to to expand into entities that makes them money we dont know about with forin contries and forin companies. for example if you where to use your employers reasorses to make money for yourself you would fired and possibly sued in court we need to hold them acountable remember we owen them and pay them as an employer wood.
ReplyDeleteI will be running out of my benifits soon we need this tier 5 bill passed a.s.a.p!!!!!!!!!!!! Republicans don't care because they have plenty of money to take care of their of familys!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThere are over THREE MILLION AMERICANS that are going HOMELESS because they cannot find work and have run out of the 4th tier extension back in either February or March (depending on what State a person lives in).
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone in their right mind think that all these Americans would rather go homeless instead of getting up and going to work every day!!
All the Senators & the President are a complete bunch of disgraceful and useless creatures.
Since this double-dip recession began in 2007 the US has sent 8 BILLION DOLLARS in FOREIGN AID to Eygpt, 1 BILLION DOLLARS in FOREIGN AID to Jordan and 2 BILLION DOLLARS in FOREIGN AID to the PLO!!
But we can't help our own!!
Also, those educated morons in Washington DC know that for every dollar paid out in unemployment benefits; $2.50 is put back into the economy. The Keynesian Principle (Economics 101)
Over THREE MILLION AMERICANS are going HOMELESS and NO-ONE SAYS anything!! Not the liberal press, not any conservative radio talk shows, or any other media outlet!!
November is only three months away!! Anyone now in office will be getting a pink slip from all these Americans that needed their help but were refused!! At least Eygpt is getting TWO BILLION DOLLARS FROM THE US EVERY YEAR!! But for the THREE MILLION AMERICANS THEY GET NOTHING AND HAVE HAD NOTHING SINCE EITHER FEBRUARY OR MARCH; WELL TOO BAD!! AND IT IS NOW JULY!! AND NOT ONE USELESS SENATOR OR THAT DIGUSTING THING POSING AS A PRESIDENT WILL SAY OR DO ANYTHING ON ALL THESE AMERICANS BEHALF!!
By the way, I voted for Scott Brown once; NEVER AGAIN!!
FUCK YOU COCKSUCKEN ASS FUCKIN SORRY ASS LOWDOWN MOTHER FUCKIN REPUBLICANS. AND FUCK YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDKIDS BECAUSE THEY WILL GROW UP JUST LIKE YOU WORTHLESS PATHETIC BITCHES AND BASTARDS.
ReplyDeletethe red coats are comming the red coats are comming.oh thats right they never left. our top goverment oficails are inbed with the queen and her henchmen they are still tring to pull are strings because she owns you and your and your daddys birth rights. get the red carpet bullshit out of our contry. they are mofia/ocult and they are scared rightnow cause we know who they are g20/g8 we have to end these program and fix are states. they are reaching for world goverment when they cant even run ours .ship them all back to europe and piss on gorge washington too he was a hi ranking one of them to. they have planned this by design 2 party system is to devide us and conqure us please wake up whats wrong lose your fight threw fear of your lives.dont worry it will be quick and painless to shut washington down with millions on its door steps without a shot fired they are the ones parrading around with guns in your face with black suits
ReplyDeleteI have read all these post and can so feel the anger and others being scared of their future. My situation is I am one of those 99 ones that my benefits ended in June. Almost a month now and I can feel myself beginning to take that step over the cliff. Notices and cancellations starting to all come in. Find myself feeling lost with not many places to turn. Other assistance places are so stressed you can't even get through. I applied for food stamps now twice and each time told someone would call me either the day I applied or within 24 hours. Well...two weeks later...no contact yet. Cupboards getting low. Applied for many many many jobs and can't even get called for interviews. Have a wonderful letter of recommendation from previous employer...but does not help. Send resumes to what jobs are listed, but can't follow up because all are blind ads that you don't even know who you are applying to. The family I thought would help me who are able to financially...seem to just turn their backs on you. My freinds have been the ones there for me more. People think because we can't find a job that we are lazy. This really bothers me. Most of those thoughts come from people who aren't out there looking and have not lost their job in the past 2 to 3 years. They have NO CLUE what the real world is doing job wise. I found an old newspaper in some files that just happened to have the Help Wanted section in it from 1998. AMAZING the difference as compared to 2010. Two pages full of jobs compared to maybe 2 columns if a good day now. So, PLEASE pass Tier 5 so I am not homeless with my minor son. We as Americans do not deserve this. We are such a backbone of this country and all we want is to find a job again and have our lives normal again. This stress has taken its toll on all of for way to long. Wake up America Government. We are not asking for a handout. We are asking for your help. Please!!
ReplyDeletecant take it any more been shooting deer the last 3 month to feed my famly of 5 now they want my house.when they come for my house i will deal with that in the same fashion because i have nothing to lose anymore.
ReplyDeleteWe can help the auto industry with all the auto workers etc.. and for 1/10 the cost help out millions of Americans. Unfortunately we don't seem to have the Presidents' backing on this any more.
ReplyDeletei cant wait until november to vote out all the crooks and thieves corrupt politicians out of office in november and see how they like being unemployed.
ReplyDeleteNo more free entitlement programs. Get off your lazy duffs and get to work. pound that pavement and get the mickey deeez job. yee haw
ReplyDelete99 weeks? Get off the couch and quit watching springer and wheel of fortune. Cut off welfare benefits too. That is why Americans are so fat and have to buy those big fat chevy suburbans to support their big fat lady ass. Get to it boys. Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Big Juan
ReplyDelete99 weeks? Get off your fat butt and get a job. Time to cut it all off, welfare included. Get to it boys. Ride me
ReplyDeletereality is not a church. It is a small Jones Town.
ReplyDeleteMaybe I should TAKE your job! See how you man up! It's amazing the ignorance that exists even with all the information available. People still cry "Go out and get a job!" And are mad at the people that can't find one CAUSE THERE ARE NO JOBS READ THE PAPERS, WATCH THE NEWS, OR BETTER YET GET AN EDUCATION! JUST AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteFUCK YOU COCKSUCKEN ASS FUCKIN SORRY ASS LOWDOWN MOTHER FUCKIN REPUBLICANS. AND FUCK YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDKIDS BECAUSE THEY WILL GROW UP JUST LIKE YOU WORTHLESS PATHETIC BITCHES AND BASTARDS
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