What is the status of the unemployment extension?

[doc03]

A friend from work called me this morning and told me he lost his unemployment. He is 52 and has a house and car payment. He has been laid off for over 1 1/2 years has no job prospects. Just what is a person in that situation to do, Republicans?

[SoCalNative]

1. cash out his 401k?

raid his savings?

go on the dole?

Those ares sadly about his only choices.

As for unemployment extension, not scheduled to be voted on by the Senate until their return next week.

[doc03]

9. The last I had heard that it was a sure thing after the

Congress returns. I lucked out I was laid off on my 61st birthday last April and was able to go on SS and my company pension this year. They shut our plant down last April, I would guess the average age of our workforce is probably 55, I feel for the people in their 50s. The unemployment office thought my buddy's best chances was to go to class and be recertified as a coal miner since he worked in the mine before. The problem is the coal mines have a very tough physical test and they don't want anyone that old anyway.

[slipslidingaway]

2. Tell him it is vacation time ...

and tell those facing high out of pocket HC expenses that we tried, but gave into the insurance companies who stand to lose a significant portion of their paying clients when the boomers retire.

:shrug:

[samrock]

3. Unless another senator changes their minds.....

NADA.. until W. Va. gov appoints a replacement for Senator Byrd.. and that looks like it will take a few more weeks.. and that is assuming the new senator will vote for the extension.

[housewolf]

7. Then we'll still need a Repub to vote for it

'Cause Ben Nelson of Kansas won't

[samrock]

8. One of the Maine

senators has already said she would change her vote to pass the extension..

[Earth Bound Misfit]

11. Ben Nelson is the Senator from Nebraska.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Nelson



...but his best work was as Fred Savage's father in "The Wonder Years"

[CLANG]

14. Wow the wonder years guy with some blackrimmed glasses would look kinda like Vince Lombardi!

[TheDebbieDee]

20. Ben Nelson's from Nebraska!

You can say a lot of bad things about Kansas but you can't blame Kansas for that dipshit Nelson!

[SunnySong]

4. Honestly in my state he would already be homeless and living in a canal while his children are

eaten by alligators...


I think our max unemployment benefit is $300 or something equally ridiculous.

[CLANG]

15. And he couldn't even afford a van down by the river!

[Warpy]

5. Conservatives think he should sell everything he has

and once he's destitute, he can qualify for social service, IF social services are still around if Congress changes hands.

[gateley]

16. From what I've heard, it's tough to qualify for social services, and then you just

have to keep waiting and waiting. I don't know what these people are supposed to do tomorrow morning when they get up and don't have eggs in the fridge.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. DOA until next Thurs at the earliest. Reid is holding the vote until

we have a replacement for Bob Byrd.

[doc03]

10. I wouldn't hold my breath for any Senator Governor

Manchin (DINO) appoints.

[gateley]

17. He's not going to appoint a fill-in, he's gotten approval to hold an election. nt

[samrock]

18. well the special election will be

in November.. he WILL appoint a temp to serve till than.. and he will not appoint himself..

[gateley]

19. Thanks for the clarification - I must have misunderstood. nt

[TroglodyteScholar]

12. What, he can't find his bootstraps?

Lazy bum!

--- obligatory :sarcasm: ---

[CLANG]

13. Move in wit ma 'n pa ifen der still alahve

:sarcasm: