Comments on: Some Americans Getting 99 Weeks of Unemployment Payments http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/ Inspire - Improve - Innovate Thu, 06 Oct 2011 06:36:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: maggie http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-842 maggie Wed, 05 May 2010 18:14:53 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-842 Be thankful if you have a job.I have been looking for a job for nine months.Who would hire a 61 year old female.,when your looking for the same job a 25 year old is.Believe you i would rather work then collect and have to pay a high amount out of your unemployment for health insurance.Nobody can walk in my shoes,in less they have been there, Be thankful if you have a job.I have been looking for a job for nine months.Who would hire a 61 year old female.,when your looking for the same job a 25 year old is.Believe you i would rather work then collect and have to pay a high amount out of your unemployment for health insurance.Nobody can walk in my shoes,in less they have been there,

]]> By: y yee http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-831 y yee Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:38:22 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-831 To those who have a job...please be thankful. I always had a job. This is the first time I ever been unemployed. There are some and all of us want to go back to work as soon as possible. Ten people could the best candidates and equally qualify , but only one person gets the job. We need jobs to stay in the US not outsourced to other countries. All I can say join support group and try to be as positive as possible. Good luck and best wishes to all who are still looking for a job. To those who have a job…please be thankful. I always had a job. This is the first time I ever been unemployed. There are some and all of us want to go back to work as soon as possible. Ten people could the best candidates and equally qualify , but only one person gets the job. We need jobs to stay in the US not outsourced to other countries. All I can say join support group and try to be as positive as possible. Good luck and best wishes to all who are still looking for a job.

]]> By: Ken C. http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-817 Ken C. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:54:15 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-817 I've worked at least 40 hours a week and often more since 1977.I've worked on all three shifts under good, poor and terrible conditions and never complained because I felt fortunate for the opportunity to work.I've worked for 3 of Chicago's finest companies and watched them succumb to foreign competition.Each time I was rehired within 90 days for full-time or 2 part time jobs.This is not possible now.You can apply for 50 jobs or 1500 as I have in the last year but hiring is only at a trickle.Living on unemployment is not what I want and neither do millions of others who want to work for a living. I’ve worked at least 40 hours a week and often more since 1977.I’ve worked on all three shifts under good, poor and terrible conditions and never complained because I felt fortunate for the opportunity to work.I’ve worked for 3 of Chicago’s finest companies and watched them succumb to foreign competition.Each time I was rehired within 90 days for full-time or 2 part time jobs.This is not possible now.You can apply for 50 jobs or 1500 as I have in the last year but hiring is only at a trickle.Living on unemployment is not what I want and neither do millions of others who want to work for a living.

]]> By: Steve Cole http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-798 Steve Cole Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:51:53 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-798 I wish all those who have jobs loose there's and go from making $400. to $1000. or more a week to just $325. a week in unemployment. i can tell you this! you learn the value of a dollar real fast. I don't want the unemployment i want the weekly pay check where i can work overtime to increase my pay check. try and do this on unemployment. If you mow a lawn and earn $50. then you have to clam it and the unemployment office subtracts that from your weekly check and you still only get $325. Be thankful you have a job I wish all those who have jobs loose there’s and go from making $400. to $1000. or more a week to just $325. a week in unemployment. i can tell you this! you learn the value of a dollar real fast. I don’t want the unemployment i want the weekly pay check where i can work overtime to increase my pay check. try and do this on unemployment. If you mow a lawn and earn $50. then you have to clam it and the unemployment office subtracts that from your weekly check and you still only get $325. Be thankful you have a job

]]> By: skull http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-797 skull Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:31:22 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-797 I think they should extend benefits until january 2020. longest vacation in my life. I think they should extend benefits until january 2020. longest vacation in my life.

]]> By: Wanting A Job http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-796 Wanting A Job Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:57 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-796 Seriously people who are going off on the unemployed should walk a day in our shoes. I have NEVER been unemployed for this long in my life. I literally apply for hundreds of jobs per month. I rarely get an interview. I have a stable work history showing longevity, I am not a job hopper. I lost my job due to a layoff. Unemployment is not a way of survival people. I am 3 months behind on my house and barely making ends meat and that is with a husband who does work. The economy is really taking a toll on society. People that have jobs, count your blessings. Seriously people who are going off on the unemployed should walk a day in our shoes. I have NEVER been unemployed for this long in my life. I literally apply for hundreds of jobs per month. I rarely get an interview. I have a stable work history showing longevity, I am not a job hopper. I lost my job due to a layoff. Unemployment is not a way of survival people. I am 3 months behind on my house and barely making ends meat and that is with a husband who does work. The economy is really taking a toll on society. People that have jobs, count your blessings.

]]> By: Pat C. Wojo http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-790 Pat C. Wojo Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:17 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-790 Not so. Last year, the State of PA required me to apply for two jobs per week, two different ways (i.e., internet, US mail, fax or in person), on two different days each week. I actively applied for over 44 jobs, of which generated two interviews, of which I was hired for neither. A few of my laid-off ex-coworkers didn't bother job searching and eliminated themselves from collecting any further benefits. Don't assume people aren't searching. I possess good skills, have had my resume reviewed by several professionals, apply for anything I am qualified or remotely qualified for, and I continue to do so, while others have just given up, and I still remain an unemployed 61-year-old female. Not so. Last year, the State of PA required me to apply for two jobs per week, two different ways (i.e., internet, US mail, fax or in person), on two different days each week. I actively applied for over 44 jobs, of which generated two interviews, of which I was hired for neither. A few of my laid-off ex-coworkers didn’t bother job searching and eliminated themselves from collecting any further benefits. Don’t assume people aren’t searching. I possess good skills, have had my resume reviewed by several professionals, apply for anything I am qualified or remotely qualified for, and I continue to do so, while others have just given up, and I still remain an unemployed 61-year-old female.

]]> By: Sherri http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-788 Sherri Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:32:35 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-788 Seriously people, unemployment helps but it's not enough. I'm drawing 1/3 of what I was making and no health insurance. This is not a picnic. There are some of us who like a good job and in return work responsibly and appreciate it. Seriously people, unemployment helps but it’s not enough. I’m drawing 1/3 of what I was making and no health insurance. This is not a picnic. There are some of us who like a good job and in return work responsibly and appreciate it.

]]> By: Mexifornia http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/2010/03/some-americans-getting-99-weeks-of-unemployment-payments/comment-page-1/#comment-786 Mexifornia Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:25:04 +0000 http://chrisbanescu.com/blog/?p=118#comment-786 99 weeks ? how many weeks in a year ........ 52 ! The longer we keep paying the unemployed, the longer they will keep from looking for a job ...... WHY NOT ? 99 weeks ?
how many weeks in a year …….. 52 !

The longer we keep paying the unemployed, the longer they will keep from looking for a job …… WHY NOT ?

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