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MissB

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30. Unemployment benefits are not the same as a paycheck

Reply to beachbum bob (Reply #27)

Mon Jan 7, 2019, 01:38 AM

Jan 2019

Folks will struggle to pay the bills on unemployment

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If this goes on too long, then when things start up again, a lot of those furloughed federal tblue37 Jan 2019 #26

lets set the record straight, if you are a govt contractor, 9 out of 10 times you are a W2 beachbum bob Jan 2019 #27

Excuse me? Mountain Mule Jan 2019 #28

again, unemployment would be a route if the contract workers are W2, its not all doom and gloom beachbum bob Jan 2019 #34

Unemployment benefits are not the same as a paycheck MissB Jan 2019 #30

People can survive, thats the bottom I line, I watch 10's of thousands of Caterpiller workers beachbum bob Jan 2019 #35

78% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. MissB Jan 2019 #37

"An Army Travels on its Stomach" - Sign posted in US Army Mess Hall, Fort Carson, Colorado Mountain Mule Jan 2019 #39

"I know someone who had it worse than you" IronLionZion Jan 2019 #38

Thank you for this sadly informative viewpoint post. JudyM Jan 2019 #29

Empathy is so rare to encounter these days Mountain Mule Jan 2019 #31

Good read, dammit. madamesilverspurs Jan 2019 #32

your post made me gasp. LittleGirl Jan 2019 #33

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