Unemployed and Trying Stories; Out of Benefits and Need Help
November 4, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized
We would like to thank you all for your unemployed and trying stories. We encourage you to send us emails with your stories! Please vote on the Unemployment Benefits Extension poll as well!
- im wondering why is this even debated..millions of people unemployed and no work in sight–why is this an isssue..without the uc benefits the economy is worse doesnt anyone see this–or is this the greed deal again for the rich–wake up america–john claffey
- I happen to be one of the unemployed that is at the end of benefits and I am the only wage earner as I live alone but will not be able to pay rent, utilities , or any other necessities and since I have worked in manufacturing almost all my working years(50+ years), No one wants to retrain when they have a hundred applicants for every opening and out of that hundred, there are some that are already trained. Where are we supposed to go??? Sometimes there are situations where you never ever had a chance to have a substantial savings as I raised 3 children by myself as at that time dead beat husbands could be just that. Working two and sometimes 3 jobs and thinking when I get retirement age, I would get to rest a bit. Not so but now can even have a job and it is far more worrisome than working long hours. People in every state need help when their unemployment runs out.
- My significant other is out of benefits and I can’t handle house bills on my own and probably will lose my home. The republicans don’t care. They have food, gas, homes etc. I would never vote for a republican in my life. They are just plain idiots that play with people’s lives. They don’t care. I’ll be lucky if I can eat in a couple days when the food runs out. Hope they are happy dragging this thing out. What a bunch of morons.
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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WHY DO THEY CALL US 99ER’S? I am 53 years old with a 10 year old son alone. I have a PhD. cannot find work. Lost my house. Lost my belongings. Lost my car. Lost my job. What else can I lose – I pray not my little boy because of any stable work life. Yes I did receive unemployment. I ONLY RECEIVED 44 WEEKS AND THAT WAS IT, AM I AM CALLED A 99ER. All of the 99er’s as we are called did not get 99 weeks of unemployment. I believed that is what everyone thinks. The media makes it sound like we received 99 total weeks of unemployment. That is not true for many of us out there. Like I said. I am called a 99er and only received 44 weeks. I call unemployment. They told me in tier 1 – I got 80 percent. In tier 2 – I got 50 percent. In tier 3 – I got 20 percent. And in tier 4, I got 40 percent. I worked 38 years of my life nonstop. Served in the military for my country, was in 9-11, helped out. Done a lot for people, my country act, and never in a million years would think that I would be jobless, or have my country leave me at a time like this. God knows that I want to work so badly. I will clean toilets and whatever. I just want work and jobs are not there. I have a PhD and never act nor think that I am better than anyone. But looking for work, so many places tell me that they know I will leave them if something better comes along. I will always stick with any job that is there for me. I need to support my son and myself. When you jump jobs, it is not always what it may seem. Age discrimination has played a significant role in not being able to land a job. Most of us are in our late 40s, 50s and 60s. That, coupled with being over qualified for any low paying job we apply for is destroying the baby boomer middle class. Lately, there have been temporary agencies that have told us their clients do not want to hire anyone that has been unemployed for a long period of time. What are we supposed to do?
Congress has bailed out the banks, auto manufactures, AIG and Wall Street, they have sent money to Haiti, they have spent billions on two wars and no one worried about the deficit and the money that was being spent. Now, to help people who elected Washington into office, Congress argues over where the money will come from and forcing us all into poverty. We want to be recognized as the hard working Americans we once were. You have taken away our dignity, our love for our country and the faith we once had for the lawmakers we voted into office.
Please I pray for our COUNTRY, THE UNITED STATES – THAT HELPS ALL OTHER COUNTRYS, WALL STREET, BANKS ETC. TO PLEASE HELP US AMERICANS. WE NEED A TIER 5. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO PLEASE PASS A TIER 5. ELECTIONS ARE COMING UP. WE THE UNEMPLOYED, NEED TO VOTE AND BE THIER FOR ALL OF THOSE THERE FOR US. TIER 5 PLEASE.
Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project said that, according to the Congressional Budget Office, unemployment insurance is the most effective form of economic stimulus, creating $1.93 in GDP for every $1 in benefits. “Our real deficit is a jobs deficit,” she said on a conference call with reporters. “It is urgent that Congress act to restore the extended unemployment and COBRA programs as quickly as possible.” I do not even know what cobra is.
SOMEONE ELSE WROTE THIS PART. THIS SUMS UP TRUELY AS TO WHAT IS GOING ON. PLEASE READ:
Senators and Representatives:
You should be ashamed of yourself, and here’s why:
You have decided to ignore the people you reduced to poverty. The longest unemployed workers did not create this depression, you did. You did this with your failure to regulate the banks, health industry, and corporations. People who were fully employed, paying taxes, and raising families are now paying the price for your negligence. They trusted you to keep something like this from happening. You failed them.
Now you are deliberately failing them again. This may be a recession for you, but it’s a depression for them. You know this depression will last longer than until March, yet you have no plans to add additional unemployment tiers to keep these people from becoming increasingly destitute. Tens of thousands will begin to lose all financial support on March 14. You know with full clarity that these benefits are the only money keeping food on their tables. You know that their benefits run out in March, and that these American families will be on the path to shelters and soup kitchens.
…and this is not of their making. They’re not to blame. You are.
…and you’re about to discount them again by allowing their benefits to end with Tier IV.
By the way, don’t pride yourself on extending the current benefits for the more recently unemployed, as included in the Job Bill. Of course you should do this, but as you know, the bill as it is written will not help any of those who have been the longest and hardest hit by this depression. The Job Bill only half addresses the unemployed, and 50% is an F.
Please make sure that the only choice for Americans who want to work is either a job or unemployment benefits. Don’t end benefits until there are jobs for them. As of now, there is only 1 job for every 6 unemployed workers. Take care of these victims.
ADD A TIER V
The senate is planning another vacation soon. What a job. How many weeks do the Senators get? Does anyone know? And with our country in such shambles wouldn’t they take less time off till they fix some of the problems. Help pass a Tier 5. Step up big for the people of America. More fat cat politicians doing nothing. Always on a vacation. Pretend that you are out of work- Now go look for a job – I bet that you will not find a job. PLEASE GO TRY TO FIND ONE. THEN YOU WILL SEE MY EVERYDAY LIFE. TRYING TO FIND ANY KIND OF WORK. BECAUSE YOU SAY YOU CARE ABOUT THIS COUNTY, GIVE UP YOUR FAT PAYCHECKS; TAKE A 50 PERCENT PAY CUT. MAYBE THIS WILL HELP. WE HAD PRESIDENTS THAT TOOK NO SALERY. I’M JUST SAYING TO GIVE UP HALF, I WOULD NOT WISH WHAT MILLIONS OF US UNEMPLOYED GO THRU ON YOU. NOT NOW, NOT EVER. SO How about a tier 5 big guys. Have another nice vacation wonderful politician. You can find us Americans out on the street begging for change anytime you need us. Even to vote for you, we will be here on the street.