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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:27 PM Original message |
I'm curious about how many people currently on unemployment |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. I asked the same thing once and got crickets... |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
2. Would you rather lose an eye, or have lime jello? n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You're obviously not on unemployment. |
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PBS Poll-435 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #4 |
11. SS/DD |
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spinbaby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
3. They probably don't have much choice |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. So it's okay for us to choose for them? To decide that their benefits |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:05 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. NOOOOO!!! That's just it ... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. Yeah, if I'm looking literally being put out on the street because I can't pay |
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SharonAnn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
5. Unemployed people are often desperate. They can't put off eating for a future benefit. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. And yet many here are saying that we should have stood on our principle |
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Capn Sunshine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 11:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Because it's easy to only see what you want to see |
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Blue_Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 12:48 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. WOW.. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. Can you say faulty premise? |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:31 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. And that nails it. You are so right. nt |
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leftstreet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. +1 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. In a hypothetical world, they didn't have to be linked. But in the real world, |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. So if the R agenda is for the economy to NOT improve (and I agree that it is) |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:39 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. No, these checks will act as a continued stimulus on the economy. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. I'm speaking of the OTHER side of the equation |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:46 PM Response to Reply #26 |
28. The 99ers will not get an immediate benefit from this package. |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:53 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. Again, I am not objecting to the UI extension |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
38. See that's the Bullshit of this matter ... |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:14 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. LOL n/t |
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CakeGrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #6 |
42. And the President made clear today why they WERE linked |
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Duer 157099 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:24 PM Response to Reply #42 |
47. Yes, I am aware that the pukes blocked the UI extension |
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Zenlitened (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
53. Agreed. |
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suston96 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
12. From Google..... |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. ... but the real unemployment rate is about 17%. n/t |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Which is why it is so hard to get a job and why it is so critical |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:48 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. Exactly!!! Also, I wish MSM and politicians used the "real" unemployment |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
14. My neighbor.... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:35 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. And there are millions more just like him. n/t |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. that's right... |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:42 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. No, he just transferred them to a different front. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:59 PM Response to Reply #25 |
36. Today these are wars of convenience, not wars of necessity, they are |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Many lives are swept under the rug in this country today, millions and millions one |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
18. My unemployment checks ran out YEARS ago. I want to end the blow job the rich are getting |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #18 |
23. So how are you managing? n/t |
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Vincardog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 07:18 PM Response to Reply #23 |
59. By guile and luck |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
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stevenleser (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:19 PM Response to Reply #18 |
41. The OP specifically asked about people currently receiving benefits because... |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
21. LOL... the unemployment rate is around 10%.. the REAL |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:43 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. This compromise helped millions. And it indirectly helps others. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. There are millions who still need help |
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Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
44. We? No ... |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
33. But that's not the choice, |
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Dappleganger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
34. Just how much help are the 99'ers getting from this bill? |
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FloriTexan (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:36 PM Response to Reply #34 |
49. yep, raising our taxes won't help us either. |
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Liberalynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
35. The Unemployment Extension was the only good thing. |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:20 PM Response to Original message |
43. I'm unemployed but don't qualify for unemployment. If I did, I'd tell |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:23 PM Response to Reply #43 |
46. Deleted message |
Kweli4Real (792 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #43 |
51. Okay, my initial response got deleted ... |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:54 PM Response to Reply #43 |
55. I wouldn't. |
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WhaTHellsgoingonhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
45. Temporarily. That's the way it always goes. Lots of gradstanding... |
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FloriTexan (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
48. My husband is on unemployment... |
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WillyT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
50. And The People Who Have Run Out Of Benefits, And Are NOT Getting Anything More ??? |
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The Hitman (477 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. Do those people vote? Or organize? |
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DirkGently (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. False dichotomy. One was not traded for the other. nt |
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Union Scribe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-07-10 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
56. We get it. Criticizing the compromise = we must hate the unemployed. |
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