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Packerowner740

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6. Lost my last job just as I was coming up on 50

Reply to Le Taz Hot (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 28, 2013, 05:01 PM

Dec 2013

I was also starting to have some pretty serious health issues. Went on unemployment until that ran out but thank god I was approved for disability a year ago. I know how tough it is to find a job once you hit that age. They want to employ the younger kids they can pay half as much.

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K&R drm604 Dec 2013 #1

Notice a trend in these 4 examples? Le Taz Hot Dec 2013 #2

Yep. And more like it at the link. n/t progressoid Dec 2013 #4

Lost my last job just as I was coming up on 50 Packerowner740 Dec 2013 #6

The last woman has a 23 year old son who can't find work, it says. SheilaT Dec 2013 #8

What's the length of the long term unemployment benefits? dixiegrrrrl Dec 2013 #3

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At least he said something abelenkpe Dec 2013 #17

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No one. nt Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #15

Here is Bernie Sanders on the situation: ProSense Dec 2013 #19

I can't resist making a very bad SheilaT Dec 2013 #9

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