Long-term Unemployment benefits petition at whitehouse.gov

[dickthegrouch]

Please sign this petition https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/extend-unemployment-benefits-additional-year-long-term-unemployed/2KlFNklZ which was created in response to another thread here on Sunday that no-one seemed to be doing anything about the long-term unemployed http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4279220

Please feel free to communicate the existence of the petition far and wide.

[dickthegrouch]

1. 17 views and only one rec?

I don't understand this.

Petitions need 150 signatures before they even become publicly viewable on the site. Please sign and keep this thread viewable for others to see the URL.

[Live and Learn]

2. Signed. nt

[denbot]

3. 4 sigs, really?

Kick

[onestepforward]

4. Signed! n/t

[countmyvote4real]

5. Signed n/t

[dickthegrouch]

6. I am not a twitterer or a FaceBook member

Please publicize the petition on both media to get more exposure.

[Mc Mike]

7. Signed. Thanks, dtg.

Kick

[dickthegrouch]

8. Someone explain why this is languishing?

We need signatures on the Whitehouse petition, even as the Senate voted to continue discussion yesterday. We need them to know this is a major issue for the families cut off and facing complete ruin.

Everyone knows it is harder to find a new job the longer one is out of work. Everyone knows that people over 50 have a harder time finding new positions after being laid off from senior positions. I even read somewhere on DU last year that 50% of people taking new jobs after long-term unemployment do so at a substantial decrease in pay, further decimating their retirement plans.

What does it take to get this petition signed?