Subprime Mortgage Crisis Ruined It All; Unemployment Benefits Needed
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I have worked all my life and was often working two jobs during over 30
years in the workforce. I lost a long term job in the Sub-prime
mortgage industry in 2007. Later that year, the day before I was to
start a new job, I was hit by an uninsured drunk driver while
crossing the street in from of my home. While I recovered, my father
took deathly ill and I packed up my cat and was his full-time hospice
nurse for several months until he died in 2008. Then I returned back to
southern California and have since spent 50+ hours
per week every week for 18 months looking for work. ANYTHING even
minimum wage jobs! SOMETHING, but I guess there is not much call for a
50+ year old who is not bilingual and no college degree anywhere within
a 50 mile radius of where I live.
My unemployment ran out in August 2009. I am still looking for work
but I cannot keep up my modest rent on no income and may be homeless by
December. This terrifies me. I do not know why these rich and often
under worked senators cannot get this bill DONE NOW.
I may not have the gas money very much longer to even get to an
interview if I continue to eat. Even if I got a Job tomorrow, I doubt I
would have enough gas to commute back and fourth to work until my first
paycheck. And again that is if I got a job tomorrow. I haven’t even
been called for an interview in 6 weeks time.
There has been precious little media coverage of this serious issue.
This is a major crisis and seems all the media cares about is a
healthcare bill that won’t help anyone for 4 years, Jon & Kate and some
hoaxer who sent up a balloon, What do we need to do to get the media to
help pressure these rich senate folks to help us out???? Even though
this bill has been held up for over 6 weeks by these stubborn senate
jerks, they refuse to make the extension retro back to when the benefits
last expired. THIS IS INSANE! By the time many of us see a dime it
will be too late to help us. I’d like to see the Senators go 3 months
without pay after they have had to live on only $1200.00 PER MONTH for
18 months and see how they could keep from becoming homeless. Maybe if
they could walk a while in our shoes they would have some sense of
URGENCY in passing this bill!
Thank you for listening
Donalee King
San Diego CA Area
UPDATE: We have had an amazing response to this issue! If you would like to write an article to those in Washington as to why YOU think unemployment benefits should be extended please email them to jwojdylo@subprimeblogger.com. If your article is free of profanity and any direct insults we will be more than happy to post it here on Unemployed and Trying so you can send the link to anyone you choose.
Author: Jesse Wojdylo
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