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Thank you to schwicksdad for these words. If the shoe fits....

“Most of the GoPhers and baggers that post on this board and post such things are people that fit in three catagories­:

1) I'm retired with a stable decent income and don't need a job;

2) I have a job, it's stable and secure, it wasn't impacted by the recession and I'm not out looking for work;

3) I own a business or am a profession­al that is still doing well or hasn't been impacted by the recession so I don't need to look for a job;

They like to tell others what THEY should be doing when it comes to a job and work because they think that since some of their tax money goes to pay unemployme­nt compensati­on they have a right to dictate to others what they should be doing...So­me come here and profess what THEY would be doing IF it were THEM out of a job and insist that THEY would have been back to work a long, long time ago if it were THEM...The­y all enjoy telling the jobless what they should be doing, what they should accept, that they should take lower paying work, work two jobs, work three jobs, work four jobs, start a side business, yada, yada, yada...a few like to tell you how THEY lost their jobs once and how THEY pulled themselves out of it...you know, at a time when the economy was actually GOOD, not in a recession.­..But the conservati­ve mindset is, "It worked for me and it should work for you unless you are lazy and don't want to work"....N­ot one of them I have ever seen post on these threads has come back and said, "Oh yeah, I lost my $100K a year job so I went right down to McDonalds and got hired and I've been working there making $8 an hour ever since"”

And thanks to schwicksdad for this one as well. I dedicate this one to the woman with the wedged-in broomstick. May it never come out. All your brains would come tumbling out of there:

Yeah...som­e "national hiring day" huh?

We're hiring 50,000 people to all work 15 hours a week....Th­at essentiall­y means a three hour per day window for the breakfast rush, the lunch rush, the dinner rush and the late night rush.

There are approximat­ely 13,000 McDonalds in the US at last count

In short, Mc Donalds added ONE part time person per each "rush" period per store in the US.

Monica Ross-Williams has some very "good points" at the link below...

Subject "The 99ers need a Tier V added to Unemployment Benefits"

http://www.facebook.com/editprofile.php?sk=basic&success=1#!/99ers

For those of you that have Facebook pages:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/224395/Facebook_to_Host_Town_Hall_With_Pr...

If you have any UNemployment 'questions' for the president, then get them in QUICKLY as the questions and ANSWERS that he,(President Obama),are to be PRE-selected!

@1:48am Something's wrong with the link but if they go to http://www.facebook.com then enter the rest, they will get connected.

McDonalds, Part-time: $7 – 24K/yr.

Waiting for HR589, Full-time: $ 0 – 4K?/yr?

Hard work & perseverance = priceless
Pride & ego = valueless

People who can do BOTH of these things, aka multitasking: take a part-time job IF THEY CAN FIND ONE AND GET HIRED AT ONE, and fight for HR589 (i.e., walk and chew gum at the same time)=priceless

Mom=useless, as usual

mom is worth the price of admission to any circus show! CLUELESS!!!

HR 589 is still in HWM Committee so keep FAXING-EMAILING-TWEETS going! Media is in their usual no news cycle so its good to send CNN/MSNBC emails regarding this bill in Committee while MILLIONS of 99ers without JOBS nor a viable JOBS BILL introduced from the 112th Congress, hold on! www.american99ersunion.com

Last year around this time the term, “99er” was born and the fight for a tier 5 began. Although I personally disagreed with this “short-term” strategy of advocating for more than 99 weeks of compensation to save the economy, I must admit, it was not totally ridiculous and a real lifeline for some. NOW, over one year latter with no action by congress, the national debt constantly underneath a microscope for amputation and, companies beginning to hire by the thousands again, I find it difficult to comprehend that anyone can continue to suddenly expect to find 14 “more” weeks of unemployment compensation benefits in their long expired TeleServe accounts.

According to the administration the economy is moving forward. You will never see the administration deny this position or act in direct conflict by pushing or authorizing more than 99 weeks of unemployment at this time without congress. This is exactly why (IMO) HR589 will never fly as an emergency pay-go action. To make matters worse for HR589 advocates, Rep Lee & Company hung their hat on the emergency paygo approach and discontinued searching for ways to pay for this bill which will be the “only” way it could ever get past the republicans.

(Just my personal opinion).

Have you two ever given any thought to actually LEARNING about what's going on? Yeah, didn't think so. Your tripe should be labeled "Beavis and Butthead Discuss Unemployment," for about as useless as it all is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZapFaF0euQ0

http://thecongressionalblackcaucus.com/wp-content/uploads/budget-breakdo...

We continue OUR fight for HR 589. EMAILS-FAXES-TWEETS to your REPS in both houses returning 5/2/2011. www.american99ersunion.com

The fanatical Paul Ryan BOOED at a town hall meeting for his opposing TAX HIKES to the Richest Americans. He's right about ONE thing and that is the middle-class are disappearing thanks to 8 years of President Bush and the Republican/Tea Party to busy going after AARP to even pass a comprehensive JOBS BILL. These people at this town-hall are too savvy to believe the B.S. And Paul Ryan is the ass that introduced his OWN budget cut legislation that cut every program out there including Medicare! His own budget committee said it wouldn't make a dent in debt reduction until 2050?? Its all a game with them while the unemployed suffer, the middle-class gradually disappears AND this Republican budget of Ryan's that cuts into everything!! Unbelievable how these asses can sleep at night without some toxic beverage or psych RX. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfegLR6YxQg

Remember On April 15, they passed an all-out assault on vital programs, including Medicare, to pay for massive giveaways to millionaires and billionaires—while doing almost nothing to balance the budget. The bill was passed without even a single Democratic vote.

This “budget” bill is a fraud on the American people—not a starting point for debate or negotiations. It is no more of a deficit reduction plan than Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s taking away rights from workers was a budget plan.

A budget that’s only passed the U.S. House of Representatives isn’t law. But the big danger is that the Senate will try to cut a deal that meets House Republicans halfway and worsens the imbalance in our economy. We can’t let that happen.

Tell your senators and President Obama to reject the House Republican budget fraud—and create a responsible 2012 budget that funds the America we believe in.

Congressional Republicans have hidden the motivations behind their policies again and again. Here are the facts:

They told us it was about reducing the deficit. But the budget House Republicans passed does virtually nothing about the long-term deficit problem. It cuts $4.3 billion in spending while handing out $4.2 trillion in tax giveaways that disproportionately favor corporations and the rich. The net deficit reduction? A pathetic $155 billion. 1.

They told us it was about reining in out-of-control health care costs for seniors. But the budget House Republicans passed forces seniors to pay dramatically more for less health care—it does nothing to control health care costs, but destroys Medicare as we know it, replacing it with underfunded vouchers. Under the House-passed 2012 budget, out-of-pocket health care costs for a typical 65-year-old will more than double in the first year alone, increasing by more than $6,000. 2.

They told us it was about addressing the jobs crisis. But the budget House Republicans passed will eliminate an estimated 1.7 million to 2.2 million jobs over two years. 3.

They told us it was about creating a better future for our children. But the budget House Republicans passed literally takes food out of the mouths of hungry children by cutting food assistance for low-income families. It kicks 200,000 kids out of Head Start, cuts funding for elementary and secondary schools by 25 percent and slashes college aid for 8 million students. 4.
No matter what House Republicans say, the bill they passed—which does almost nothing to reduce the deficit, demolishes Medicare and gives $4.2 trillion in tax cuts to the wealthy—shows they’re squarely siding with corporate America and against working families.

Demand that your senators and President Obama reject this complete budget fraud that devastates working families, children and seniors.

President Obama recognizes we can’t follow the path of radical House Republicans who are willing to kill millions of jobs, destroy Medicare, give away $4.2 billion in tax breaks disproportionately to corporations and the rich and do almost nothing about the deficit. He’s made clear he understands why Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are so important to working people.

But even the president does not have the balance right yet between spending cuts and the need to raise revenue from Wall Street, corporations and the millionaires and billionaires who have benefited for years from our broken economy, which has failed working people miserably.

Corporate CEOs have seen explosive income growth and declining tax burdens for years. And they caused our economic crisis. It’s time for them to pay their fair share to create jobs and fix our crumbling infrastructure. Once that happens, working people can do our part to fix our long-term budget problems. But it’s got to be done in a fair way.

Urge President Obama and your senators to reject the outrageous House Republican budget bill.

Whether you’re a Republican, an Independent or a Democrat, I hope you recognize today’s corporate Republican politicians—from Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to U.S. House Speaker John Boehner—have swung too far toward favoring corporate America at the expense of the rest of us. And I hope you’ll join us in opposing the House Republican budget.

Thanks for joining our fight for sanity in the federal budget.

Manny Herrmann
Online Mobilization Coordinator, AFL-CIO

[DO YOU KNOW WHATS GOING ON? People exactly like you are destroying this country, maybe already have!]

Go look in a mirror.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/layoffs-pay-cuts-unemployment_n_851811.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk2|57652#s267491&title=Kellogg_MBA_Handing

Christine pours her heart and soul into this .... helping others on this lame blog to try to help the downtrodden...and YOU just put a monkey wrench into it all the time, along with your sidekick JT...WHY???? Just to pick apart what others are doing WHILE working that sad sack job? GET THE F'''OUT OF HERE already!!!!

I'd worry very little about your definitions of my work history, and really worry a lot more about what you're doing in work and in life--especially since you lied about losing your job at Macy's to make someone else look bad, and then offered up jobs at that horrible employer you were just SHOCKED by when you think everyone forgot about it. You're just always such a fool, Mom, among other things.

And if posting a few posts instead of one post is "posting more," the only thing it proves is that you CAN count above 1, and that you're obsessed with my posting here at a rate of 1, or of more.

Now...I'm off to work.

@msanonymous222: Perspective post at Tuesday 3:43pm to mom about McDonald's. People like her are living in a bubble, she criticized me about not including HR 870 in my post BUT was too dense to realize or take the time to READ its contents to understand the non-relationship of the two! She and the entitlement guy jt are here but they have no life and no communicative skills which is where the CLONES enter,help then and screw up the PI site! BOTH of them are without lives and of course CLUELESS. I think BOTH would fit right in with the dong beetle habitat.

IL "Social Service Providers Prepare for Budget Cuts" http://www.progressillinois.com/posts/content/2011/04/20/social-service-... - 112th Congress WHERE is a COMPREHENSIVE JOBS BILL?

Here's the link msanonymous222 and THANKS! Trading Down: Taking A Pay Cut After A Layoff

Disturbing Unemployment Stories.....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/21/layoffs-pay-cuts-unemployment_n...

Dear ----- -------

I am writing you today as a long term unemployed American. In a time when unemployment is so high, when there is one job for every five job seekers, millions of Americans simply cannot be left behind. We are tax paying citizens that are responsible for each and every one of you still being employed. We deserve to be treated better than this. H.R.589, The Emergency Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2011, Respectfully, is the right thing to do asap.

Insert Name Here
An AMERICAN CITIZEN
American 99ers Union

Send to:

Ways and Means Committee

http://waysandmeans.house.gov/

David Camp

http://camp.house.gov/ (Use the following address: 121 E FRONT ST STE 202, TRAVERSE CITY MI 49684-2500)

John Boehner

http://www.speaker.gov/Contact/

Eric Cantor

http://cantor.house.gov/contact/ (Use the following address: 4201 DOMINION BLVD STE 10, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060-6743 )

Nancy Pelosi

https://pelosi.house.gov/contact/email-me.shtml (use the following address: 90 7TH ST STE 2800, SAN FRANCISCO CA 94103-6723)

Also be sure to contact your own representatives

Are you making fun of the less fortunate by that comment? I would think that this weekend most of all would be one that people would try to find compassion and empathy within themselves for others who are suffering and less fortunate. Just because you are unemployed does not mean that you don't have the right to have the same wants as anyone else. The only reason that the unemployed do not have the ability to purchase basic needs and wants is that there are not enough jobs out there. Why in these times do others that are more fortunate try to falsely project negative attributes to unemployed people such as drug abuse, bad health habits, laziness, lower intelligence, etc. Unemployed persons, especially the long term unemployed should not be made an "underclass" just because they lost their jobs due to no fault of their own. Statements such as the one above prove that some people that are not in this horrible situation are terrified that they may be one day and are acting out in fear and ugliness. This should be a time of moral reflection and generosity to those less fortunate.

NewKid -- are you just NOW getting to get the gist of Mom, JT (aka HideInSeek)'s lame attempt at contributing to these blogs, also known as NOTHING? You are right - on this most holiest of days for the world, it does not surprise me that he once again criticizes the downtrodden and forsaken - Jesus would surely think for what have his people done to deserve to be talked about in this manner - once again, shame on JT/Hideinseek for his nasty, ill will toward others comments....He helps no one and others can see thru all the negativity and sarcasm. Happy Easter all. He Has Risen.

pdwa118: Consider the source/s and don't be surprised. If Christ walked among us humans dressed as it was back then, the likes of the 2 CLUELESS posters would turn their noses up at this spirit and yell "GET A JOB". Consider the source with those 2 who are just trying to get a RISE to stay on this thread. Nothing more comfortable then a PI security blanket, a 5th of whatever is on sale thats 10% alcohol AND of course a bottle of RX Ambien psych pills to keep the ball rolling. www.american99ersunion.com

Not getting in a religious dialogue BUT the Ambien Queen wouldn't know a true Christian from a NON-true Christian if either one walked up and slapped his or her face! No concept whatsoever but always trying to stay in the fray even if it makes her look like a complete jackass once again! LOL LOL. A true Christian????? GMAB!

112th CONGRESS- WHERE IS THE COMPREHENSIVE JOBS BILL SINCE YOU CLAIM "JOBS" IS THE #1 PRIORITY.. WHERE ARE THE JOBS???? 112th CONGRESS!

IDES JOB FAIR THIS MONDAY APRIL 25, 2011
(10 wearhouse positions) Good Luck.

Tucker Rocky Recruiting Event
Date: Monday, April 25, 2011
Time: 9:00 AM to 12 Noon
Number of employer(s): 1
Where: IDES office, 321 Ouadrangle Drive, Bolingbrook, IL 60440
Information:

Comments: Open to the general public. No admission fee. Recruiting for 10 Warehouse positions.

http://www.ides.state.il.us/db/event/EventDetail.asp?id=1662

Olive-Harvey College Job Fair THIS THURSDAY APRIL 28, 2011

Olive-Harvey College 10001 South Woodlawn Avenue, Chicago, IL 60628
Good luck.

There are many more IDES job fairs this week State-wide. Check out the IDES website.

http://www.ides.state.il.us/db/event/default.asp

In memory of Alex, GW, and many other deceased unemployed 99ers! Rest In Peace..

For all of those who have lost their lives through this horrible new age depression, the Lord has you now....in the palm of His Hand....let not those who depress or oppress what others so wholeheartedly attempt to do for you - let not those who trample and spit on what is good....get even one moment of attention.

Matthew 19:24 Its easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Yep the unemployed 99ers blanketed out the public's eye for over a year while the elitists continue on with their cash flow!

JOB FAIR TOMORROW! All Job Seekers Are Invited

The Diversity Job Fair of Chicago
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Embassy Suites Chicago Downtown
600 N. State Street
Chicago, IL 60654

Tips for Success:

• Pre-register—Some Companies view the resumes before the event and may invite you to come and meet them. (We recommend that you pre-register but it is not required to attend.)

• Dress professionally—First impressions go a long way.

• Bring 15-20 Resumes.

• Arrive any time between 10AM and 1PM-- Plan to spend 1 hour at the event.

• Bring a friend - all job seekers are welcome.

• Prepare a brief but effective “brag” to let the people you meet with get to know you.

• Keep an open mind—meet with as many of the companies as you can, you may be pleasantly surprised at what you find.
Remember, the best way to be considered for a position is to meet the hiring managers in person. Plan to attend this event!

Pre-Register for this event online at: www.catalystcareergroup.com

OR by emailing your resume to: info@catalystcareergroup.com

http://www.metrochicagojobs.com/calendar.asp?pagemode=5&month=4&year=201...

"As we approach 100 days since the start of the 112th Congress, the House GOP majority has yet to bring a jobs bill to the floor for debate. Worse yet, their spending bill would destroy 700,000 American jobs and cut U.S. economic growth in half this year.
To remind House Republicans that Americans are still waiting for a jobs bill" http://www.dems.gov/blog-gop-no-job-clock

99ers population RISES by 127.000.. NO SURPRISE ITS GOING TO GET WORSE! - http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/99er-population-rises-...

HR 589 still in HWMs committee! Keep FAXING-EMAILING-TWEETS to US REPS in BOTH houses!

www.american99ersunion.com - www.faxzero.com - www.faxorama.com

There's MOM - trying to stay alive through this recession and hoping others hear her "lame game" job posts! Duh...like the unemployed have not been seeing these on their own? The people on here are fighting for their (unemployed) survival....not just posting a job here and there....ughhhh.....some people are so lameduck stupid it burns my very arse! HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THESE BLOGS TO EVEN LOOK AT HER JOBS???? THAT IS MY QUESTION...SHE IS HERE TO STAY EVEN IF SHE POSTED - FREE MILK AND BREAD - DOWN MY STREET....WHAT A DUFUS.

For once she/he posted a comment about "her/his comments" ....lol. Makes us all think why the heck she/he is on here anyway. Aint got much to say except a job post here and there......sheesh....wonder why so many people have left here --- maybe because of stupidity on her/his part?

Her/his little clone is not here to help her/him on this one....probably strung/burnt/passed out on that ol' winebox.

Weeper of the House John Boehner opens to repealing Oil Company Tax Breaks??? So far nothing on a comprehensive JOBS BILL in this jobless economy AND nothing yet on HR 589. Those who can CALL please CALL your US Senators and tell them these 2 crisis should and are #1.

Hideinseek,
Thanks for your support. You just described the atmosphere here perfectly. Christine has turned this forum into her own personal bulletin board for bashing republicans and conservatives views while “pretending” to fight for the 99ers. I don’t call that a forum at all! If there is anyone left in the rafters, they certainly know by now what a liberal ideologue she is.

Pdwa118 only post her angry personal feelings about me & Jt. I don’t call that a forum at all! I’m sure if she were to show her mommy & daddy the things she posts on the Internet to others, they would not be proud of her?

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people” - ER

First thing on the calendar when congress returns next week is the deficit and the farm bill. I don’t believe HR589 is a priority nor has any validity since roughly only one to two thousand people out of 13 million unemployed support it.

IL passed legislation to prevent Potential employers from checking a applicant's credit and KUDOS for that. NJ - KUDOS to your state. "NJ employers can’t discriminate against unemployed"

Employers in New Jersey can no longer exclude unemployed people when they advertise job vacancies in their companies.

Legislation barring the practice was recently signed into law by Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who had conditionally vetoed an earlier version of the measure. Violators will face fines of up to $1,000 for the first offense and $5,000 for subsequent offenses.

The bill prohibits employers from publishing job advertisements — in print or online — that state that unemployed individuals can’t apply for the position. Proponents say the measure, which may be the first of its kind in the United States, addresses a growing national problem

112th Congress - WHERE ARE THE JOBS! WHERE IS A COMPREHENSIVE JOBS BILL????. www.american99ersunion.com KEEP fighting for HR 589 with FAXING - EMAILS - TWEETS! www.faxzero.com 2 FREE faxes per day and you don't need a FAX machine.

Kudos to Trump for doing what Clinton couldn’t do; get Obama to cough up his proof of citizenship. Now Obama can get on with more important things like the Oprah show & campaigning for his re-election while the American economy circles the drain.

LOL LOL! The TROLLS/CLONES are at it again trying to set the agenda and CHANGE the topic from unemployment to the 2012 Presidential election as predicted this would happen several comments back. (I have already REPORTED the off-topic direction) The clone mom & sidekick set it up perfectly! Interesting article by Mark Karlin about the ultra-rich and conservative Koch Foundation paying to MAKE sure President Obama is a ONE-TERM President. The BUSH TAX CUTS cost is almost $4 TRILLION dollars added to the debt over 10 years, the republicans refuse to pass HR 4213 if this piece of legislation was not included and they did give a damn how it would be paid for! Thats the hypocrisy of the Republican tea party as we all know also by HR 589 still in the HWMs committee with no JOBS BILL from the 112th Congress via the clock - http://www.dems.gov/blog-gop-no-job-clock

This article shows how insensitive these elitists are because they are using the desperation of the unemployed for THEIR own political agenda.. "MARK KARLIN, EDITOR OF BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT"

The Koch brothers are launching a recruiting blitz on Facebook for maintaining the plutocracy.

In the last few days, I have encountered endless paid ads in the right-hand column of Facebook for a program called “Liberty at Work.” “Looking for Work?” the ad asks. It then describes positions throughout the country for advancing “conservative and libertarian” causes.

Clicking through the “Liberty at Work” ad brings you to an eponymous Facebook site (see “Welcome” on the Facebook page) that announces, “You no longer have to come to DC to advancing [sic] economic freedom.” In the “likes” section on the left-hand side of the page are listed a few of the local right-wing think tanks that an April 25 Mother Jones article discusses: “Inspired by Ronald Reagan and funded by the right’s richest donors, a web of [national] free-market think tanks has fueled the nationwide attack on workers’ rights.”

Many of these institutions are funded by the Koch brothers.

Furthermore, by clicking libertyatwork.org (on the Facebook info page), you are redirected to the Charles G. Koch Foundation Liberty at Work application page.

The Kochs are so brazen that they do not try to hide their effort to beef up and expand local right-wing propaganda. They boast about it. Take a look around the full Koch Foundation web site and see for yourself, beginning at the Liberty at Work program description:

Washington isn’t the only city where change happens; important public policy decisions are made everyday in states across the country. From Chicago to Atlanta, the Koch Associate Program has grown to include organizations both in and outside of DC, but the need for effective advocates for liberty continues to expand on the state level. This was the impetus behind the launch of Liberty@WorkTM.

The invasion has begun.

HomeAid Live: A Social Media Benefit Event for the Homeless

http://www.homeaid.net/

@12:37pm. Google help you find the links to Alex's story! YOU FORGOT! Yeah right, you didn't know and had to research to find out. A true advocate would know AND a whatabe would have to research for the answer. Now will the CLONES go back to their other websites before PI has another IT shutdown. www.american99ersunion.com

Oh boy,,,Mom and JT hitting their bottle and keep "speaking to themselves" again......they took our reterique again.

Mom and jt - DO YOU KNOW WHAT RETERIQUE MEANS?

Puma Shoes
Puma Speed Cat
Men's Puma Future Cat
Men's Puma Ferrari Shoes
Men's Puma Fur Shoes

For those on twitter, show your 99ers unity!

http://twibbon.com/cause/99ers-Need-HR-589/discuss

Message!
HR 589 will add 14 additional weeks to tier I of unemployment benefits. This bill is crucial for survival for millions of 99ers. There are currently 3 million jobs available for more than 15 million unemployed. The number of 99ers grows weekly and is an issue that needs attention asap. People who have worked their whole lives have lost their jobs and have been unable to find even the most menial job for 2 yrs or more. Never before in the history of the US have unemployment benefits been cut off while the UE rate is so high. Show you support your fellow jobless Americans and raise awareness by using this twibbon. Thank You!

Republican majority - 112th Congress - WHY HAS NO JOBS BILL BEEN INTRODUCED? www.american99ersunion.com - www.faxzero.com - www.faxorama.com

ADVOCACY LETTER FOR HR 589 AND JOBS..

To:

I am writing to urge you to take quick and immediate action on behalf of the Unemployed in America, especially the large number of
long-termed unemployed who have already exhausted all available weeks of unemployment compensation. We do not qualify for assistance from local, state or Federal programs for the basic living needs such as food, shelter, required daily medications, clothing and assistance with utilities. For those who may qualify for some of these programs, they are not being assisted because many of the government and charity organizations that provide these necessities have suffered budget, funding and donation cuts. Without the lifeline of unemployment insurance benefits, unemployed Americans will not be able to procure the basic necessities to simply live.

I am also writing to urge you to resolve the issue of insufficient jobs in America. Until a feasible Job Creation Plan is created by our government, I urge you, as MY VOICE in Congress to support and/or co-sponsor HR 589, Representative Barbara Lee's proposed legislation to add 14 weeks of additional weeks of unemployment benefits to Tier 1. The unemployed in America are NOT content to merely exist from the lifeline unemployment insurance benefits provide. We want to be able to rebuild our lives, our savings, our hope and dreams for a brighter tomorrow. We are unable to do that without JOBS.

We desperately need your assistance so that we can again realize a bright future for ourselves and our loved ones. JOB CREATION must become the number one priority, for without it, we will be unable to compete and sustain the standards in which our Country was founded on.
Support HR 589 and pass and/or create the bills necessary to promote JOB creation in America. Our lives, the lives of our family members and the overall economic health of America is dependent on this to survive and overcome the current economic crisis our country is now facing.

Thank you,

Name,
address, email address.

@12:20pm. Every Time YOU & your CLONE post something, it further deepens the reality that YOU really are CLUELESS because no one can be that out of touch. All that was mentioned in the conspicuous post HAD already been mentioned by me and others several times especially demanding a JOBS BILL and a standalone bill OR a amendment added to ANY bill. You are CLUELESS and can't see the big picture because your brain is fogged from all that Ambien RX you take! You do better by NOT posting anything because you just continue to let others see how CLUELESS you really are. We know you will continue because PI is your security blanket and thats a sorry commentary for people such as it is. #1 Priority is HR 589 UI extension for the 99ers AND a viable JOBS BILL for the umpteenth time! Outsourcing? NICE TRY! Open up your own PRIVATE chat room and start a crusade, you have too much time on your hands anyway. www.american99ersunion.com

Did the CLONE actually say "suddenly its a emergency" WOW it always has been a emergency, just ask those 99ers that are homeless like Paul or Alexandra!!!! By the grace of God those that have survived still know it is a EMERGENCY and politics in Washington continues just as the fight for HR 589 continues. The stupidity of some who evade the issue is deliberate! BUSH TAX CUTS extended with a price-tag of $3.7 TRILLION dollars and the Republicans didn't demand paygo! They wanted it and didn't give a damn how it was funded BUT thats ok, so now here we go again with paygo but it didn't apply when it came to the BUSH TAX CUTS thanks to the Republicans and teabaggers! You can play that sorry tune on another website because "Stupid is as Stupid does". We know better!!

For the CLUELESS ones.. http://www.politicalruminations.com/images/cartoons/ceo-jobs-taxes.jpg

"US JOBLESS CLAIMS RISE TO HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE JANUARY,REPORT SHOWS" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/28/us-jobless-claims-april-2011_n_...

LOL LOL! I'm not biting from that apple either! You CLONE-ETTES are so in unison & obvious, WE see right through what is being attempted and M.V. does as well. This PI website will not be suckered in or brought down by CLONES and HACKERS who could care less about the 99ers or the unemployed as a whole.. NICE TRY as stated. LOL LOL!!! www.american99ersunion.com

112th Congress - WHERE ARE THE JOBS! WHY HAS NO JOBS BILL BEEN INTRODUCED!

Christin
Oh I care about the 99ers. No need for you to be so maniacal. The only difference is I care far beyond any extension can provide for and perhaps so should you if your goal is to truly restore your lives as you claim. After one long year of advocating for a fifth tier with no results you really need to review this question, “who exactly are the clueless ones”? No one denies the 99ers need jobs. What’s been long missing from your approach is advocating for jobs. You seem to cling to the original category Progress Illinois gave this thread early on, “unemployment”. That quick hit was dropped a long time ago and replaced with the “economy”. The economy should be the new focus if you have any fiscal responsibility. I don’t pick up on any fiscal responsibility from you; I only read your angry snippets of someone short changed in life who spends her time blaming everyone under the sun. Tier 5 can't solve that problem.

But our politicians don't have any fiscal responsibility and they are the ones that were voted into office to do something about the mess that this country is in.

Keep the FIGHT going for HR 589 still in HWMs committee! EMAIL - FAX - TWEET and Call if you can those US REPs in BOTH houses. www.american99ersunion.com 2 FREE faxes a day via www.faxzero.com AND you don't need a fax machine. Blessings and pray for the people in the South, devastated from the horrendous weather this week!

ONCE AGAIN - NO JOBS BILL INTRODUCED by the Republican controlled 112th CONGRESS! 3 JOB BILLS INTRODUCED by the 111th CONGRESS and ALL were BLOCKED by the Republicans. www.american99ersunion.com

One in six Americans is now on government aid,” “Liberals consider this a sign that their system is working.” “Boy, that Trillion dollar stimulus worked wonders, didn’t it?”. (These are just a few great comments made at this site).

http://politic365.com/2010/08/31/1-in-6-americans-receiving-government-a...

According to the USA today study, more than 40 million people are receiving food stamps (up 50% since the Recession began) and an additional 10 million people receive unemployment benefits. 4.4 million are on welfare. As caseloads increase dramatically, so have the costs: $273 billion for Medicaid and $160 billion for unemployment insurance. “Boy, that Trillion dollar stimulus worked wonders, didn’t it?”.

http://politic365.com/2010/08/31/1-in-6-americans-receiving-government-a...

I got another great idea; let’s throw another $60 Billion at unemployment expansions so by 2012 there will be three in six Americans dependent on government aid. (sarcasm).
Sorry all of you dixie chicks out there. Come 2012 67% of American "clones" (lol) will not allow this country to slip into socialism.

Trump drops the “F” bomb.

I love this guy more & more each day. He doesn’t have to wait until the microphone is turned off or go hide in the back room to speak honestly. He says Saudi Arabia is raising the price of gas and Obama is doing nothing about it. The president of the most powerful nation on the planet said he has no control over OPEC.

http://www.mediaite.com/online/donald-trump-drops-f-bomb-during-speech-a...

Trump is OK.

But you gotta understand that it's easy to be honest when nobody can fire you.
Unlike the President he is not an elected civil servant.

Maybe someone should ask Trump what he thinks of TierV.
I bet he is clever enough to support it.
(Given that somebody explains the details to him...needless to say - I volunteer...)

I can’t blame Trump for being upset over high oil prices, the Sikorsky S-76B helicopter is not cheap to fill up.

Donald Trump comes across as an egotistical loud mouth who is feeding off of the vulnerability of the economy. People were looking for a Messiah so they voted for Barack Obama. When they realized that he really wasn’t the Messiah (just a man voted in to create order out of a huge mess), they lost ‘hope’ (again) and decided that ‘change’ wasn’t coming- at least not soon enough.

Donald Trump will probably help to create jobs after he figures out a way to file bankrupt for the country. :-) We know he’s good at that. And maybe we’ll be able to really appreciate him as president as long as we have a strong enough back-bone and stable mind to withstand the name calling and blasted cussing when he’s trying to get his point across or whenever someone does something he does not agree with. …Yeah.

Donald Trump for President… Donald Trump for President. Better yet, if we had to pick the lesser of two evils…would it be possible to over ride the eight rule maximum time to serve and just put GW back into office and let him finish the job of ripping the county apart? ...Just get it over with already. You got to laugh to keep from crying.

Mom,

I beg to differ. While you may view being egotistical and a loud mouth as not a bad thing, but could be strong attributes. I feel there are also some negatives that come with that. Being a loud mouth can also show that you just have lots of roar and no bite (he has demonstrated that), you could have a habit of speaking before thinking (he has demonstrated that. And by the way, I saw a report today that one of the advertisers, Groupon, has dropped him for his show the Apprentice.) And let’s not leave out annoying. People will hate to see you coming and cringe at your appearance- that is surely not a good attribute for a world leader. I have never heard of anyone being praised for having an oversized ego, either. Having an oversized ego is definitely not a good attribute- especially for a president. You must be able to see more than just yourself; because running the most powerful nations on the planet is not about you. And calling people names, because you don’t approve of their actions is never an attribute of a good leader. While Donald Trump may be successful with his own personal empire and all of those negatives have worked for him, because his empire is about him, those attributes should not be something we look for in a candidate running for the highest office in the nation. It is wishful thinking to think that he could tone down his attitude a.k.a big mouth; because that would require him to totally change who he is. And he’s Donald Trump, the egotistical name calling big mouth, he would not be the same without it. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Again, I feel he is taking advantage of this country’s vulnerability. Donald Trump, while he may be a successful business man- even after the bankruptcies- he still has too many red flags.
…JMO

Yeah, MOM, and Trump is experienced on running the strongest nation on the Planet? LOL! He has MONEY = Republicans mouths chomping at the bit! BE REAL! THIS MULTI BILLIONAIARE HAS THE CAPACITY IN HIS THROW OVER HAIR TO RUN THIS NATION????? LOL~ YOU ARE SO FAR FROM WHAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED AND WANT....get off of your soapbox and winebox....the U.S. needs a leader and it is NOT Trump!

"Yet for the Republican Party, the accumulation of money is proof in itself of
virtue, however it was acquired. The richest 1 percent pay for the party's
campaigns, and the party in turn serves their interests entirely. The most
glaring example is that they have simply exempted many of the rich from taxes.
Johnson studied four of Trump's recent tax returns, and found he legally paid no
taxes in two of them. In America today, a janitor can pay more income tax than
Donald Trump -- and the Republicans regard that not as a source of shame, but of
pride." READ MORE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/johann-hari/donald-trump-has-revealed_b_85...

5.5 million unemployed and without benefits, says the Wall Street Journal

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/04/30/number-of-the-week-millions-se...

www.american99ersunion (Take Action Now) and (HR 589) has EVERYTHING needed for FAXING-EMAILING our US REP in both houses for HR 589 out of the House/Ways/Means Committee and a viable JOBS BILL that the Republican majority 112th Congress has not taken the time to introduce. 111th Congress introduced 3-4 JOBS BILL and all were BLOCKED or watered down by Republicans! Congress is going to have to extend UI benefits as this JOBLESS economy continues with NO JOBS BILL presented and the unemployed 99ers and HR 4213 recipients must work together to make this happen as the JOBLESS rolls continue to rise! This was stated right after HR 4213 was signed into law and those not 99ers and not on HR 4213 are seeing the BIG picture and its not pretty. Others want to play politics with no regard for the blight of the unemployed and thats obvious. It is known nothing is happening because the 112th Congress doesn't want anything to happen because it politics & November 2012 fast-forward. There philosophy is " The unemployed HA! we'll use them when it get close to the Presidential election"

FYI: I have notice for 2 weeks that if you scroll up to the top of the page that I am logged in under different usernames other than Christine! Everyone check and make sure this PI is showing YOUR username and not somebody other than YOU. This is another example of PI being overun by TROLLS and CLONES and why PI has had to shut down, I have seen this on other websites as well so EVERYONE take caution and verify YOUR username is shown at the top of this thread at all times. And we have already seen the CLONES of mom & jt and downhill after that. We should ALL email PI on this because its getting ridiculous..

Obama expected to interrupt prime time TV for an important statement to the nation tonight. It just so happens to be in the middle of the Donald Trump’s apprentice board room result…… hummmmh. We all had to know that Osama Bin Laden is dead at 9:47 instead of 10:00 pm.

This is not PI nightly news and PI has a news thread update as of 5/1 that comments can be posted so you have been reported. M.V. has already set the guidelines but some want to continue to push the envelop intertwining anything & everything to Nov.2012 and making it ugly + partisan. They don't care about the 99ers nor the unemployed in general so its up to each of us to email PI and report as warranted. BEWARE of the CLONES and TROLLS that have invaded PI. www.american99ersunion.com

Here, Mom. Read something other than Trump's "Think Like A Billionaire." They did forget to include the ones who have a Macy's job one day, get fired from it the next, have it after that. LOLOL

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/02/opinion/02mon1.html

When lauding the economy, Mr. Bernanke and many other economists and politicians point out, correctly, that the unemployment rate has declined from a recession high of 10.1 percent in late 2009 to 8.8 percent now. That would be encouraging news if it indicated robust hiring for good jobs. It does not.

Over the last year, the number of new hires has been outstripped by the masses who have either given up looking for work or who have not undertaken a consistent job search, say, after graduating from high school or college. Those missing millions are not counted in the official jobless rate; if they were, unemployment today would be 9.8 percent. The rate would be 15.7 percent if it included those who took part-time jobs in lieu of full-time ones.

[No bells going off in your head yet?]

Nah, but I think I heard a little bird sticking its head out of a clock. Seemed to be coming from your place.

We ALL know other breaking news is front & center! HR 589 is still in committee ALIVE, so keep EMAILING - FAXING - TWEETS to ALL the Reps in both houses for this bill to be attached as a Amendment to bills forthcoming asa the Republican majority 112th Congress stops their PAYBACK campaign. We have to ALL continue this fight or ALL the unemployed including those exhausting + those on HR 4213 and of course the 99ers get UI extensions ASAP! Its a tune we must keep playing because as we ALL know from last year with 4 unemployment extension Bills and even prior to that there was HR 3548! Washington moves when the fire is burning. The CLONES on here and the TROLLS must be reported to Aricka Flowers OR Lou Carlozo, Michael is no longer with the PI website! Also check at the top of this thread to make sure YOU are logged in under YOUR username and not some other person attempting to invade, which mean there are TROLLS here viewing our IP addresses. BEWARE and REPORT!

aricka@progressillinois.com It is quite obvious "mom" is the usual CLONE sidekick and I thank him for the post using the "ping" word which is familiar among those that invade other websites viewing who is logged in and their names! I copied/paste that post from that TROLL and emailed it to Aricka and to Lou. Suggestion is for EVERYONE to do the same for this invasion to stop or it will worsen with the likes of the CLONE for mom who is not mom. This is a prelude to the November 2012 elections and THEY want to sweep anything pertaining to the unemployed under the carpet out of sight! OFF-TOPIC report it! EMAIL Aricka or Lou @ progressillinois.com PI website use to be a decent website until these characters lashed on & its downhill.

This is the post 9:54pm "Duh….This has been occurring over the last 3 weeks and already brought to the attention of Michael Van. PI is pinging everyone’s IP address" That is the comments posted so EVERYONE copy/paste and email to Arika and/or Lou to stop what is taking place on this PI thread with the CLONES and TROLLS! The quicker HE/THEY can leave and go back to OC and the other websites the better! There are alot of trouble people on the Internet and bloggerspere so be careful!

Statement from the American 99ers Union

"Osama Bin Laden's death is a victory in the war against terror. Now it is time to strike a victory in the war against unemployment. The American 99ers Union extends our sincere thanks to those serving in our military."

We must see that H.R.589 is passed into law without delay. To this end the American 99ers Union shall launch it's next campaign in the coming days. More information to follow...

Consider the following new data:

*The four week average for NEW unemployment insurance applications has jumped to 408,500.

*More than half of all Americans surveyed told a Gallup poll that the U.S. economy is in a recession or a depression.

*U.S. Gross Domestic Product slowed sharply in the first quarter of this year to a dismal 1.8 percent annual rate.

*RealtyTrac has now forecast that 1.2 million more homes will be lost to foreclosure in 2011.

*McDonald's April 19th "hiring day", brought with it "more than one million applications". From this number only 62,000 were hired.

Conclusion:

Historically speaking, we should be much further along on the road to "recovery". With the House of Representatives preparing to return to work, it is clear that we as a Country, are not yet in a position to get America's longest-term unemployed back to work, thereby bringing stability to the American worker as well the economy. It is the responsibility of all members and supporters of the American 99ers Union, to respectfully request the immediate passage of H.R.589 without further delay..
Mr G.

www.american99ersunion.com

Hideinseek, thank you.
I’m positive any rational thinking person would find something very peculiar about fighting for only $4,000.00 for almost a year and a half while completing ignoring or campaigning for jobs and job creating policies.

Furthermore, what is EXTEAMLY peculiar to me is; this unsuccessful strategy continues! Let’s say HR589 becomes law, that’s only 14 weeks ($4000.00). I personally think that’s a very little return for all the time & research spent on blogs and in forums lobbying congress for 14 weeks of small increments of government subsistence. And HEY, Guess what? That’s only for 14 weeks!!! This endless cycle of fighting for more tiers will never end. The unemployed population need jobs and need jobs NOW! They needed a Tier 5 last year.

Now, what 99ers really need are professional advocates compiling a list of all the policies needed to jumpstart this economy and lobby congress with these ideas and not cries for more Billions to be spent on unemployment extensions. Until now, all we ever see are armature bloggers & homegrown forum posters hating on republicans. Most other unemployed forums blame the corporate mafia for the recession and suddenly starting despising rich people simply because their personal situation changed. Regardless of one’s political position, this strategy is lame.

So the President has never been to Ground Zero since he has been in office. Yet; now he runs down there to Grand Stand? Not sure the Grand Standing is in good taste. Sounds Political to me.

LATEST UPDATE on HR 589 from Michael Thornton - Examiner article on HR 589. Promising news BUT the fight goes on.
http://tinyurl.com/3h33pmh

HR 589 in HWMs Committee and the Examiner article ABOVE by Michael Thornton who is a strong advocate and been there for the unemployed especially the 99ers, states to CALL the chairman of the Committee Rep.Dave Camp at 202 225-3561 because they will be logging calls regarding HR 589. CALL if you can but for those who can’t call lets continue to EMAIL – FAX and TWEET. Again this is promising news because HR 589 is OUT THERE but it must be brought to the floor for a vote in the Republican majority Congress! No JOBS BILL yet from them either, unbelievable!! But true.
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TOLL FREE to Senators 1 888 245-0215. TOLL FREE to the
Switchboard-Congress – 866 338-1015 ( You can reach Rep.Dave Camp at this # as well ) for those who have land-lines or no L D service. www.american99ersunion.com

SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA

In the week ending April 30, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 474,000, an increase of 43,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 431,000. The 4-week moving average was 431,250, an increase of 22,250 from the previous week’s revised average of 409,000.

UNADJUSTED DATA

The advance number of actual initial claims under state programs, unadjusted, totaled 412,873 in the week ending April 30, an increase of 25,006 from the previous week. There were 399,350 initial claims in the comparable week in 2010

"McDonalds turned away more applicants than Harvard> http://rt.com/usa/news/mcdonalds-applicans-america-middle-class/

Unemployment applications hit 8-month high.
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/bus?guid=20110505/7e562a1d-6db8-4214-... AND

Stocks slide after unemployment claims jump.
http://enews.earthlink.net/article/bus?guid=20110505/2bec2b00-7940-4394-...

"So much for those CLUELESS saying the economy is improving" www.american99ersunion.com

Keep CALLING the Chairman of the HWMs Committee at toll-free # 1 866 338-1015 (Congress Switchboard) and they will transfer you to his office, my understanding is that the staffers are LOGGING in ALL calls regarding HR 589. This Bill must be introduced ASAP! and the Republicans are the majority in Congress so YEA or NAY it has to be introduced for a vote OR added as a Amendment to any bill forthcoming. We seen it done multiple times i.e. Bush Tax Cuts legislation ($3.7 TRILLION) and the Republicans/Teabbaggers would not even consider HR 4213 unless THAT bill was taken up and passed. Those who hypocritically regurgitate about the "Deficit" have nothing to say intelligently about how we got where we are thanks to President Bush and the majority Republicans in BOTH houses that spent BILLIONS every month with Washington turning a blind eye so here stands America in one hell of a mess and they ALL cry about fixing the deficit. Republican majority 112th Congress have gotten TONS of their earmarks passed that will be BLOCKED in the Senate including the trying to redifine Rape! AND still no JOBS BILL either. Legislation against AARP, MEDICARE, PLANNED PARENTHOOD and still no JOBS BILL. www.american99ersunion.com

House to Vote on Abortion Tax Bill
May 4, 2011 – by Donny Shaw

And still not one jobs Bill. Lack of ability or plain laziness?
I understand it takes time to create a Bill to improve the jobless
market, but now into the 5th month congress has been in session.

EVERYONE PLEASE contact your Congressman and TELL them to PASS HR 589 and put together a VIABLE & COMPREHENSIVE JOBS BILL with incentives to employers to HIRE!

CLUELESS = A OSTRICH STICKING HIS HEAD IN THE SAND, TOO STUPID TO REALIZE HIS ASS IS STICKING OUT.. Here's an excellent Video on 50 and older unemployed: (8 months ago but it seems like yesterday) http://vimeo.com/14560762

Would have been a nice bargaining tool for getting HR 589 passed but the 112th Congress is majority Republican & Teabaggers.

"Small Business Owners Demand Repeal Of Bush Tax Cuts For The Rich"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/04/small-business-owners-bush-tax-....

Only 6 Out of 100 Applicants Can Get a Job at McDonald's -- It's Time for Politicians to Stop Ignoring Our Jobs Crisis

http://www.alternet.org/economy/150839/shocker:_only_6_out_of_100_applicants_can_get_a_job_at_mcdonald's_--_it's_time_for_politicians_to_stop_ignoring_our_jobs_crisis.

Bill Would Allow States to Use Unemployment Funds for Other Purposes

Saw this on another site.. House Republicans unveiled a bill on Thursday that would give state governments greater leeway in how they spend federal funds earmarked for benefits for long-term unemployed people.

“This is the opposite of a jobs bill — it is a hatchet job on the unemployment insurance program,” Rep. Sander Levin (D. Mich.

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/05/05/bill-would-allow-states-to-use...

Dear Christine,

That’s a kind of a (half ased) request for asking people who by the way; I never see communicating or replying to your pleas.
Maybe if you take the time to put together a “comprehensive” template letter outlining all the detailed and vital policies desperately needed for job creation just like you do when asking for only $4,000.00, congress might take the long-term unemployed more seriously. I mean C’mon, no one can argue with that! Congress hasn’t recognized the cries for help in almost a year and a half now.

In light of all the info you posted just tonight alone, do you still believe things will improve in just 14 weeks? To be honest, I would have just a little more respect for you if you were advocating for a longer comprehensive unemployment benefits program instead of only 14 weeks until the UE rate is somewhat normal again, but you’re not even doing that! You’re fighting tooth & nail for only $4000.00 that will not help to find jobs for the 99ers jobs since you claim there are no jobs. Your logic is one giant round wheel and your strategy is one giant square wheel. (Tell that to the President of the 99ers union)!

Check out the graph about those WITH & WITHOUT UI benefits. General Discussion > Millions set to lose unemployment benefits!

http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2011/04/30/number-of-the-week-millions-se...

Lets hope congress will act sooner rather than later! We still need to CALL CALL CALL!

HR 589 still in HWM committee so lets ALL continue to CALL US REP DAVE CAMP at Switchboard # 1 866 338-1015. www.american99ersunion.com STAY STRONG & FOCUSED!!!!

Psst...PI...you customarily shut down an unemployment thread before posting something new about unemployment. This one's been scintillating, especially those comments from the Republilliterate (aka Mr. "getting old and boring"), but we need to move on to the new one, where Mom proclaims victory (LOL) from 62,000 added dink wage jobs to the already dinky wage other jobs so that the month is deemed a success...and she totally ignores that 9.0% unemployment rate, and the fact that we need about 300,000 jobs to really move us out of recession/depressionville. Then the Republilliterate (or is that Republidjit) will chime in his usual two "I agree with you, Mom" cents.

Or you could just copy/paste posts from this one. Same thing.

Psst...PI...you customarily shut down an unemployment thread before posting something new about unemployment. This one's been scintillating, especially those comments from the Republilliterate (aka Mr. "getting old and boring"), but we need to move on to the new one, where Mom proclaims victory (LOL) from 62,000 added dink wage jobs to the already dinky wage other jobs so that the month is deemed a success...and she totally ignores that 9.0% unemployment rate, and the fact that we need about 300,000 jobs per month to really move us out of recession/depressionville, and that hopefully those jobs will be beyond the "Look Ma, I make 9.00 an hour with my college education and 25 years of experience and working 17 hours a week because I can't find MORE or BETTER will have me on the streets this month" level that she believes Americans should say is fine, fine, fiiiiiiiiiiiine. Then the Republilliterate (or is that Republidjit) will chime in his usual "I agree with you, Mom" two cents.

Or you could just copy/paste posts from this thread. Same thing.

MsanonyoMouth,

GOOD NEWS FOR ILLINOIS.

Gov Quinn gives corporate tax breaks to Motorola to stay in Illinois. Motorola will hire 2500 new employees.
I doubt that these are $9.00/hr jobs. Good luck. I know I couldn’t make it on only $9.00/hr, that why I have 3 – (three) jobs and still have time to disagree with round logic & square wheels on PI..

I’m not saying anyone should settle for entry level or minimum wage jobs and love it. I’m saying you guys look like fools fighting so hard for only $4000.00 while never cleverly constructing an organized campaign to present congress with a real solution to get the economy back on its feet.

When EUC was first passed in 2008 they claimed it would help stimulate the economy (IT DINDNT)! When Tiers 3&4 were passed in 2009-2010 they claimed it would stimulate the economy, (IT DIDN’T)!

Mom - how do you know that it didn't..?

You see fat/weak people working out in gyms...

You don't know what they WOULD look like if they didn't go.

Mom - I stayed in a shelter in March.

People who live like this quite arguably cost more to society than if they would be collecting unemployment benefits.
They receive healthcare, food, clothing, place to sleep.
In the meantime they go insane, if they didn't drink before, now they do - and the downward spiral continues.
Who do you think pays for this?
Short term/long term...

Unemployment benefits would simply cost less.
It should be available for those who are employable.

Of course there are the unemployable, the shelters/welfare should be available and necessary for those.
To deem people 'unemployable' because they cannot find jobs in a severely troubled economy is plain nonsense.

There was more bad news than met the eye to Friday’s jobs report, even beyond the bump up in the unemployment rate.

While the top-line number of 244,000 jobs created sounded great when it came off the tape, the internals were somewhat weaker. In particular, the household survey, which is an actual head count, suggested that the job creation barely kept up with the expansion of the labor force.

Under some circumstances, the rise in the jobless rate might have suggested good news—namely that many of the millions of discouraged workers were coming off the sidelines and looking for jobs, thus being added to the count according to the Labor Department’s byzantine method of composing the labor picture.

But nothing in the data suggests that.

The labor participation rate for April, in fact, stood unchanged at 64.2 percent.

Ditto for the actual amount of people out of work, which also was unchanged at 13.7 million.

Another measure of unemployment rose as well: the so-called “real” unemployment rate, which rose to 15.9 percent, up two-tenths from the prior month.
http://www.cnbc.com/42929791

Gallovich,
I’m really so sorry to hear you had to stay in a shelter. I really hope things picks up for you and many others soon.

You had asked, “How do I know extensions aren’t working”? Here’s why I think they’re not working. If you had to stay in a shelter facility just this past March and millions are still unemployed and also struggling since the recession began in 2007, that clearly shows that EUC 2008, the 2009/2010 tiers 3 & 4 ARE NOT having the desired effect.(They are helping people survive; but they ARE NOT having the desired effect)! Yes, Tier 5 will help people survive but, will not have the desired effect until as “YMB” mentioned; someone addresses the elephant in the room, (real jobs).

Again, I am not opposed to helping people survive. I’m just opposed to those narrow minds that ONLY FIGHT for $4000.00 thinking that will make the recession go away.

Christine..Your Hero Michael Moore said America Murdered Bin Laden and had no right to go into that country and get him. So much for that fat Liberal anti-American FOOL!

Interesting story:

America’s Middle Class Crisis: The Sobering Facts

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/america-middle-class-crisis-...

Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms.

Vintage Senator Bernie Sanders telling it like it is at the 2011 CA Democratic Convention about Unemployment/Social Security/The disappearing middle-class/America is NOT broke. ENJOY!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLsaldICH94

Saw this on another website and wondered what a JOBS ACT is! Here is the Republicans & Teabagger's JOBS ACT! it’s nothing to do with creating JOBS, but more to do with cutting people off of UI and making it more difficult for people to continue to qualify. More punishment to those who lost their jobs through no fault of their own! Here’s the info about the bills as well as the link for the GOP blueprint to further kill off the unemployed!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/05/house-gop-introduces-jobs-act_n...

http://big.assets.huffingtonpost.com/GOPJobsAct.pdf

Well looks like those on HR 4213 had better start the fight sooner than expected but most of the crazy Republicans & tea partiers bills will NOT get pass the Senate but nothing is guaranteed.. “Republicans are sticking it to the unemployed once again. If either of these bills pass it will stop all Tiers 1 thru 4 for EVERY unemployed person, basically you will not collect 99 weeks unless your state decides to continue with the program.”

H.R. 1745 – Introduced in the house on 5/5/11 by Rep. Dave Camp and has a hearing scheduled for 5/11/11

S. 904 – Introduced in the senate on 5/5/11 by Sen. Orrin Hatch

Read up on these bills

http://www.unemployed-friends2.org/

Here’s another source from Republican Dave Camp’s website. http://camp.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle/aspx?/DocumentID=23992

Keep FIGHTING for HR 589 amidst ALL the madness taking place in the 112th Congress by the Republicans and teabaggers that are repeating the collasso messes they did when the Republicans had majority in ALL 3 houses compliments of President GW Bush and the messes he/they left behind. Shooting themselves in the foot must be fashionable to the yahoos BUT unfortunately at the expense of those less fortunate especially the 99ers and ALL the unemployed. Senator Bernie Sanders tells it all upfront in the above video I posted. STAY STRONG and keep up the FIGHT for HR 589. Rep Dave Camp is the Republican Chairman in the HWMs Committee with HR 589 has been, we still need to EMAIL/FAX/CALL our US REPS in BOTH houses and Congressman Dave Camp. HR 589 can be added as a Amendment to ANY bill as we know, and the chances are better than a standalone bill. www.american99ersunion.com

TAKE ACTION NOW!

Call Representative Dave Camp and tell him to release H.R. 589 now to the House of Representatives. All the calls are logged in by the staffers, more calls may get his attention. Give your name and address to the staffer if asked. (Nothing beats a TRY but a FAILURE)

Rep. Dave Camp
Washington's Office 202-225-3561 OR Toll-Free # 1 866 338-1015 and ask for Congressman Dave Camp's office. Tell the staffer to expedite HR 589 out of Committee with Republicans onboard for a YEA vote! www.american99ersunion.com

ALL states are watching this and its up to the PEOPLE to stop this from happening in January or the ripple effect will occur throughout. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/10/florida-set-to-become-sti_n_859...

HR 589 still in HWMs committee so EVERYONE continue to fight with EMAILS/FAXES/CALLS to YOUR Reps in both houses. Chairman Dave Camp's office in D.C. is still logging calls for HR 589 so if you can CALL please do so. TOLL-FREE # 1 866 338-1015. www.american99ersunion.com

The REAL war on terrorism is right here, not in Afghanistan or Pakistan or Iraq but the United States of America. We give BILLIONS of dollars to these countries and we can't support our own citizens that are being thrown to the street with the bathwater. Perhaps Ali Belshi of CNN can tell these Congressional heratless pricks that there are well over 17 million unemployed in this country and a lot have children to feed.

GOP’s Kinder, Gentler Medicaid Gutting. “After first placing Paul Ryan’s drastic Medicaid-slashing proposal on the negotiating table, Republicans are lining up behind a yet another plan to curb the program’s benefits and payments—a smaller-scale change that’s likelier to pass Congress. Republicans in both houses introduced bills on Tuesday that would eliminate federal regulations that prevent states from trimming their Medicaid rolls or erecting new barriers to enrollment” http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/05/medicaid-cuts-repeal-republicans

Christine...You have your wish. The site is all you and no one is answering your post? The above remarks on the War on Terrorism were so disrespectful that it makes me ill. As a Veteran that Loves his Country and has nothing but love and respect for our Military and our young men and woman that fight and die everyday in Afghanistan, your total lack of respect for America is unwelcome. You damn America out of one side of your lips and ask Her for more benefit checks out of the other side. Your total HATE for our country is clear. Your total DISRESPECT for our Military is uncalled for. Send your post to your hero Michael Moore. Only he could agree with your Anti-American remarks. God Bless American and Our Military.

Very well said hideinseek.

I also agree that her analogy for the war on terrorism was a desperate cry for help while minimizing the efforts of all the volunteer military men & woman including their families.
When she is the only one posting day & night with no support or responses I kind of feel sorry for her. It has to be an embarrassment for Christine that she is now; “a party of one” and you only see her name when scrolling the page through comments.

The chairman of the house ways & means committee is NOT going to send HR 589 to the floor for debate, In fact, congress is discussing ways to reduce or discontinue certain benefits entirely. Yes the economy is still struggling but it is not as gloom & doom as the unemployment extension advocates broadcast. As most of us I don’t believe in government data reports or polls. All I believe in is what I SEE! I went to the Home Depot today and had to wait in line for the first time in a long time, the store was crowded. I sat in traffic jams coming & going. Everyone was out shopping & spending money.

Perhaps three months from now we’ll go into another recession dip once everyone becomes broke from high gas prices. For now everyone is doing their part to help the economy crawl along except the unemployment advocates demanding $4000.00 for over a year now.

I am pretty sure Christine has the respect and support of the vast majority here no matter what her view of Moore is..MOM so it's the fact people who need help and demand help that irks you so much? Or is it that it's a cry for help that you obviously don't need in your life. You are a disgusting person under the guise of your benevolence here. I think if the majority here took a vote to have you disappear once and for all it would be a landslide. But you won't leave will you. Now we should ask what kind of person just will not go away from somewhere they are most certainly wanted or welcome!!

Personally I don't think even "mom" knows who she/he is half the time. www.american99ersunion.com HR 589 still in the HWMs committee so Keep FAXING-EMAILING your US Reps in BOTH houses. The 2 lonely hearts rejects, will continue their???? Sorry but I don't know what they call it but it is ENTERTAINMENT! LOL LOL!!

112th Republican-majority Congress! WHERE is a JOBS BILL and WHY hasn't one been introduced!! www.american99ersunion.com

Repeat: Hideinseek aka JT aka jt, reminds me of a Ostrich who sticks his head in the sand to hide BUT is too stupid to realize his ass is sticking out. He sits back and collects his monthly entitlement checks from social security and ALL is right with the world in his fog-rimmed glasses. People like him as stated before, played a different tune last year when HE was on UI extensions because he was up there crying & pleading to the Republicans along with the millions of other unemployed NOT to block the extensions! So the horse manure excremented from his mouth, means absolutely nothing because I remember how he was when HE was on UI extension of benefits last year and sung a different (whoa is me) song.

Hey maybe the 2 lonely hearts rejects can go after those MILLIONAIRES that collected UI benefits OR maybe they can travel over to IRAQ to find that STILL missing $10 BILLION dollars that disappeared OR maybe the $3.7 TRILLION BUSH TAX CUTS that the Republicans wanted and held HR 4213 hostage until they got it OR maybe the BILLIONS & TRILLIONS of dollars spent in the wars in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN OR the BILLIONS of dollars given to Pakistan every year! No they whether berate and belittle the very AMERICAN people who loss their jobs through no fault of their own and have been surviving on a wing and a prayer. HR 589 14 weeks is better than NO weeks just as the forgetful jt should recall when they were fighting for extension of UI benefits last week for even ONE month! because ONE month was better than no months BUT those 2 ostriches are just a couple of lonely people who have no life but the PI thread PERIOD! Now they are using the same words I have used, because they are running out of intelligent things to say. Its pitiful!! www.american99ersunion.com

"Long Term Unemployed need to understand GOP's mistitled JOBS ACT" http://www.mlive.com/jobs/index.sff/news/2011/05/long-term_unemployed_ne...

@hideinseek aka JT aka jt: Thanks CLONE! lol lol lol.

"Hell Freezes Over As Wall Street Calls For Tax Increases"
http://www.politicususa.com/en/wall-street-taxes

BEWARE ONCE AGAIN OF THE HACKERS AND TROLLS! PI SIGN IN AT THE TOP IS NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. EMAILED ARIKA AS WELL. FUNNY WHEN THE CLONES APPEAR, TECHNICAL PROBLEMS OCCUR!

HR 589 UPDATE - I found this at the Crew of 42 site.

THURS CBC to Meet Obama at the White House
"Again, the 5 major initiatives the CBC will again push for with the President are:
1. A push for budget strategies to end systemic long-term “pockets” of poverty (also known as “10-20-30″).
2. A push for a redistricting task force and focus on Section 5 of the Voting right Act.
3. A push to designate unemployment extensions as an emergency so it may be funded without a “payfor” (H.R. 589).
4. Funding for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), other programs assisting the poor.
5. A push to fund NIH programs that focus on health care disparities and the office of minority health."

http://www.crewof42.com/?p=5626.

I guess Obama feels we are no longer in a recession. He just signed a bill forcing Chicago to clean up portions of the Chicago River. Guess who’s paying for that, homeowners & business owners by raising water & sewer rates.

[Don’t be too impressed with your memory because he took work to survive during the recession just before his unemployment benefits expired.

I know, you don't remember that because it’s more convenient for your agenda.]

Sooooo, speaking of jobs, how's that job at that big department store--the job you were fired from one day, and suddenly didn't remember you were fired from the next, so you went to work like you had a job? Oh wait, you did have a job, huh? Funny how you never mention that fairy tale. LOL Boy, I bet L.P. would love that doozy...it's a real knee slapper...speaking of convenient for your agenda and all. :-)

@msanonymous222: Reading her comments I think she ran out of her Ambien RX medicine again, totally incoherent. She talking about a bill to clean the Chicago River while America spends BILLIONS & BILLIONS of dollars on 2 WARS + the $3.7 TRILLION BUSH TAX CUTS the Republican Tea Party wanted and got, which is just a drop in the bucket. Oh yeah she suffering also from that "Selective Memory" syndrome because Kelly was a total monster on this thread with all three of them bashing just about every guest that posted and SHE (mom) never could compete intellectually with you msanon222 and everyone knew it, so she does what any child would do who's self-esteem is deflated, she lashed out & posted your real name and got vilified for it BUT wasn't banned permanently so her survival blanket is still this PI thread. PITIFUL isn't it! P.S. Lets not forget their CLONES who are still trying to figure out what I do but can't, I just LOL when they post YOU'RE EMPLOYED! YOU'RE IN A STATE TRAINING PROGRAM! YOU! YOU! Not biting from those apples!! LOL LOL! Stay true to yourself and keep up the fight for HR 589. www.american99ersunion.com

UPDATE 5/11/2011:
H.R. 589 now has 80 Co-sponsors!

***New Independent Statements from Rep. Barbara Lee & The American 99ers Union on HR 1745***

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

BARBARA LEE: SPEAKER BOEHNER AND LEADER CANTOR SHOULD PREVENT “CRUEL” BILL TO GUT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FROM REACHING THE HOUSE FLOOR

“Chairman Camp’s bill to gut unemployment benefits for millions of jobless workers is just the latest Republican salvo in their war on our nation’s unemployed. It is cruel for Ways and Means Committee Republicans to further penalize unemployed workers across the country as we face an economy where there are more than 4 unemployed workers for every available job. Instead of moving on the bill that Rep. Scott and I introduced to extend aid for unemployed workers who have exhausted their benefits, Republicans want to go backwards and cut existing unemployment benefits.

“I sincerely hope that Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor will join me in rejecting this bill and do everything in their power to see that this assault on unemployed workers never reaches the House floor.”

-End Statement-

Part-2:

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The American 99ers Union Says “No” to HR 1745
On Thursday, May 05, 2011 House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, along with Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Geoff Davis and Human Resources Subcommittee member Rick Berg, introduced the Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Services (JOBS) Act of 2011 (HR 1745). On Wednesday, May 10, 2011 in a party-line vote, a congressional panel approved this Republican bill.

It took ONLY five days to approve this Republican drafted bill, while the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 (HR 589) drafted by Democratic Representatives Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott, introduced on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 STILL languishes in the House Ways and Means Committee.

THE DETAILS OF HR 1745:

Fact: States would have the flexibility in how they can spend their share of $31 billion in remaining temporary Federal unemployment funds

Translation: As a result of the recession of 2007 and the anemic pace of the recovery, *State unemployment trust funds are insolvent in 30 states, forcing the agencies to borrow from the federal government or capital markets to pay the first 26 weeks of unemployment insurance and as of March, 33 states owe the federal government $46 billion dollars.

States could use the remaining temporary Federal unemployment funds to pay back interest or principle on Federal unemployment loans, or use it for regular or extended unemployment benefits. If a portion of your “business” was bankrupt, what fear driven response would you take? This will provide a short term solution to a state level problem, rather than address a long term problem affecting us on a national level… Unemployment.

Fact: The bill includes reforms that (1) strengthen job search requirements, (2) require those most likely to exhaust unemployment benefits without finding a job (such as people without a high school degree) to engage in education or training they need to improve their chances of finding work, and (3) allow States to test innovative strategies to help the unemployed find work.

Translation: While Sates are conducting, **“impact evaluation…using a control or comparison group or other valid methodology, of the demonstration (of potential job producing) project(s)”, what becomes of those lab rats (the long term unemployed) who have been without income and have exhausted their savings? They continue to remain unable to contribute to the economy through the purchase of goods and services, in a Country whose economic system is based upon the laws of supply and demand.

Fact: Not One Dime Added to the Deficit

Translation: While not a dime is added to the deficit, what is the financial benefit to the economy when: Consumer spending accounts for 70% of all economic activity, every dollar invested in unemployment insurance brings about a return of between $1.60 to $2.31 to the economy, and in October 2010 the Non-partisan Congressional Budget Office found for the second time, that ***extending unemployment insurance was one of the most cost effective ways to stimulate the economy and create jobs.

CONCLUSION:

This bill does not address the immediate or long-term needs of America’s unemployed. In turn, this bill does not address the immediate or long-term needs of the American economy. This bill does not have the support of any of the American 99ers Union’s membership nor its supporters. This bill cannot reach The House Floor.

*National Association of State Workforce Agencies
**Text from the JOBS Act of 2011 (HR 1745)
***Congressional Budget Office, Presentation to the Forecasters Club: The Economic Outlook and Options for Fiscal Policy, October 27, 2010

-End Statement- http://american99ersunion.yolasite.com/

UPDATE 5/11/2011:
H.R. 589 now has 80 Co-sponsors!

***New Independent Statements from Rep. Barbara Lee & The American 99ers Union on HR 1745***

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

BARBARA LEE: SPEAKER BOEHNER AND LEADER CANTOR SHOULD PREVENT “CRUEL” BILL TO GUT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FROM REACHING THE HOUSE FLOOR

“Chairman Camp’s bill to gut unemployment benefits for millions of jobless workers is just the latest Republican salvo in their war on our nation’s unemployed. It is cruel for Ways and Means Committee Republicans to further penalize unemployed workers across the country as we face an economy where there are more than 4 unemployed workers for every available job. Instead of moving on the bill that Rep. Scott and I introduced to extend aid for unemployed workers who have exhausted their benefits, Republicans want to go backwards and cut existing unemployment benefits.

“I sincerely hope that Speaker Boehner and Leader Cantor will join me in rejecting this bill and do everything in their power to see that this assault on unemployed workers never reaches the House floor.”

-End Statement-

Part-2:

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, May 11, 2011

The American 99ers Union Says “No” to HR 1745
On Thursday, May 05, 2011 House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, along with Human Resources Subcommittee Chairman Geoff Davis and Human Resources Subcommittee member Rick Berg, introduced the Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Services (JOBS) Act of 2011 (HR 1745). On Wednesday, May 10, 2011 in a party-line vote, a congressional panel approved this Republican bill.

It took ONLY five days to approve this Republican drafted bill, while the Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 (HR 589) drafted by Democratic Representatives Barbara Lee and Bobby Scott, introduced on Wednesday, February 09, 2011 STILL languishes in the House Ways and Means Committee.

THE DETAILS OF HR 1745:

Fact: States would have the flexibility in how they can spend their share of $31 billion in remaining temporary Federal unemployment funds

Translation: As a result of the recession of 2007 and the anemic pace of the recovery, *State unemployment trust funds are insolvent in 30 states, forcing the agencies to borrow from the federal government or capital markets to pay the first 26 weeks of unemployment insurance and as of March, 33 states owe the federal government $46 billion dollars.

States could use the remaining temporary Federal unemployment funds to pay back interest or principle on Federal unemployment loans, or use it for regular or extended unemployment benefits. If a portion of your “business” was bankrupt, what fear driven response would you take? This will provide a short term solution to a state level problem, rather than address a long term problem affecting us on a national level… Unemployment.

Fact: The bill includes reforms that (1) strengthen job search requirements, (2) require those most likely to exhaust unemployment benefits without finding a job (such as people without a high school degree) to engage in education or training they need to improve their chances of finding work, and (3) allow States to test innovative strategies to help the unemployed find work.

Translation: While Sates are conducting, **“impact evaluation…using a control or comparison group or other valid methodology, of the demonstration (of potential job producing) project(s)”, what becomes of those lab rats (the long term unemployed) who have been without income and have exhausted their savings? They continue to remain unable to contribute to the economy through the purchase of goods and services, in a Country whose economic system is based upon the laws of supply and demand.

Fact: Not One Dime Added to the Deficit

Translation: While not a dime is added to the deficit, what is the financial benefit to the economy when: Consumer spending accounts for 70% of all economic activity, every dollar invested in unemployment insurance brings about a return of between $1.60 to $2.31 to the economy, and in October 2010 the Non-partisan Congressional Budget Office found for the second time, that ***extending unemployment insurance was one of the most cost effective ways to stimulate the economy and create jobs.

CONCLUSION:

This bill does not address the immediate or long-term needs of America’s unemployed. In turn, this bill does not address the immediate or long-term needs of the American economy. This bill does not have the support of any of the American 99ers Union’s membership nor its supporters. This bill cannot reach The House Floor.

*National Association of State Workforce Agencies
**Text from the JOBS Act of 2011 (HR 1745)
***Congressional Budget Office, Presentation to the Forecasters Club: The Economic Outlook and Options for Fiscal Policy, October 27, 2010

-End Statement- http://american99ersunion.yolasite.com/

"She talking about a bill to clean the Chicago River while America spends BILLIONS & BILLIONS of dollars on 2 WARS + the $3.7 TRILLION BUSH TAX CUTS the Republican Tea Party wanted and got, which is just a drop in the bucket"

Maybe you're right, only homeowners, property owners and renters will feel this rate increase in sewer & water fees. Those on section 8 or living with mommy & daddy will not be affected. So I understand your “drop in the bucket” attitude for those with adult responsibilites.

Unemployed_Troll

12:40pm

Fri May 13

"I've been reading about this so-called 'meeting' for at least a couple months now. No, I'm not talking about the bill itself, I'm talking about this big meeting. It's been allegedly going to take place for the last couple months or so. Big meeting coming up, huh? lol"

(-:

Good point! The congressional black caucus & American 99ers union have about as much pull to schedule a meeting as a one legged husky in an Iditarod race. Remember the last meeting which took place in the hallway and advocates posted, (breaking news HR589 update) lol. I’m not making fun of the 99ers who need help NO; I’m making fun of unemployment advocates who ignore the fight for what’s needed to create jobs while chasing a fictitious $4,000.00 for almost 1&half years.

"creating jobs" - is an illusion.

This is capitalism.
Capitalism is neither 'good' or 'bad' - it's a tool.
Like a hammer.
The reason why there are not enough jobs is, that according to the natural laws of the economical system either nothing needs to be done or no one is willing to pay for what needs to be done.
In the meantime social justice requires to provide for those with no means of sustaining themselves.

Yes, it is possible for a country to exist with a cruel and unjust distribution system.

"When I reflect on the fact that God is just, I tremble for my country."

I believe Thomas Jefferson said this.
(I know it's from "One of Those Guys...")

"99ers and the Long-Term Unemployed - The Elephant in the Economic Recovery Room" Advocate Michael Thornton.

http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-rochester/99ers-and-the-long-ter...

As said "The APPLE doesn't fall far from the tree" when it comes to father and son. Rand Paul says Universal Healthcare = Slavery! Whats amazing is President Bush implemented Universal Healthcare in IRAQ that cost the American People $950.000 BILLION dollars!!! Everybody’s favorite Tea Party Senator made this outrageous statement on Wednesday during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee meeting:

Rand Paul: “Universal Health Care=slavery”

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/43029894#43029894

Republican majority 112th Congress! WHERE IS A JOBS BILL???? www.american99ersunion.com

GENERIC ADVOCACY LETTER FOR HR 589 and a JOBS BILL.

I am writing to urge you to take quick and immediate action on behalf of the Unemployed in America, especially the large number of
long-termed unemployed who have already exhausted all available weeks of unemployment compensation. We do not qualify for assistance from local, state or Federal programs for the basic living needs such as food, shelter, required daily medications, clothing and assistance with utilities. For those who may qualify for some of these programs, they are not being assisted because many of the government and charity organizations that provide these necessities have suffered budget, funding and donation cuts. Without the lifeline of unemployment insurance benefits, unemployed Americans will not be able to procure the basic necessities to simply live.

I am also writing to urge you to resolve the issue of insufficient jobs in America. Until a feasible Job Creation Plan is created by our government, I urge you, as MY VOICE in Congress to support and/or co-sponsor HR 589, Representative Barbara Lee's proposed legislation to add 14 weeks of additional weeks of unemployment benefits to Tier 1. The unemployed in America are NOT content to merely exist from the lifeline unemployment insurance benefits provide. We want to be able to rebuild our lives, our savings, our hope and dreams for a brighter tomorrow. We are unable to do that without JOBS.

We desperately need your assistance so that we can again realize a bright future for ourselves and our loved ones. JOB CREATION must become the number one priority, for without it, we will be unable to compete and sustain the standards in which our Country was founded on.

The American government must create incentives for the employers to hire, as our government has given the financial sectors stimulus funds to assist borrowers. However, the employers and the financial sectors have not been proactive with the government's calls to action. Simply put, they are not helping improve the current economic crisis. Today's high percentage of unemployment, foreclosures, homelessness, repossessions, bankruptcy filings and overall personal debt reflect this point to be a fact, not an opinion.

It is simple: Unemployment benefits are a lifeline for the unemployed. These benefits will stimulate the economy, as the unemployed are all consumers. It will prevent homelessness, starvation and overall suffering for millions of your fellow Americans.

Therefore, by adding weeks to the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program, and by creating JOBS so Americans can rebuild their lives, it will benefit ALL of America and the people of our great nation.

Re-establish our trust in the government systems and assist us in rebuilding our lives; re-instill our faith in the goodness of humanity, in our legislators and the overall system of the government within our great nation; assist us in being proud Americans again and help us to restore our dignity and pride of our country
.
Support HR 589 and pass and/or create the bills necessary to promote JOB creation in America. Our lives, the lives of our family members and the overall economic health of America is dependent on this to survive and overcome the current economic crisis our country is now facing.

Thank you,

Name,

CBC Budget Proposal Includes $16B for H.R. 589

http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-denver/cbc-budget-proposal-inclu...

The CBC Budget Proposal:

http://thecongressionalblackcaucus.com/wp-content/uploads/budget-breakdo....

"Hud Housing for low income. In every major city no one has to go without food. There is a lot of food banks..Churches that feed the poor" OMG did jt really mean that??? No one has to go without food???? There is a lot of food banks??? Churches that feed the poor???? CLUELESS = A Ostrich sticking his head in the sand to hide,too stupid to realize his ass is sticking out!

I think the guy in Connecticut who worked hard on the homelessness in his state, can hopefully CLUE-IN the CLUELESS one!

Sears Holding is looking to hire 25-30 Service Technicians.
Monday May 16 2011
9 am -12-30 pm
IDES Harvey Office, 16845 S. Halsted, Harvey, IL 60426
http://www.ides.state.il.us/db/event/EventDetail.asp?id=1705

IDES JOBS FAIRS FOR THE MONTH OF MAY
http://www.ides.state.il.us/db/event/default.asp#

@JT - "So your idea is Socialism? Do you understand that 45% of Americans pay no federal income tax at all? That some even get a tax refund after paying nothing? We have a lot of social programs to help the poor. Welfare..food stamps..Hud Housing for low income. In every major city no one has to go without food. There is a lot of food banks..Churchs that feed the poor...Fish and Lowe's. Our Country has become the most powerful and the best based on Capitalism for years. Do you think America is the only country with poor people? So you feel it is fair to just take from others and give it out to others? Why is success and earning a good income so bad? How much of what one earns is OK to keep? Is personal responsibility a bad word? Have you lived or even been to other countries? If you have you would thank God you live in the USA. We seem to be the only country that people die to cross into. Remember those that hate or fear our country can always cross out of also, the exit border is open."

Have you read and re-read your stupid post? PeteRepeat or Rerun should be your name - you are like an album skipping on the same thread! 45% of people do not pay income tax because they are illegals or from other countries, i.e. India. So ALL Americans unemployed who ran out of UE benefits should just live in a car (if they have one), TRY to find room at a shelter, pitch a tent at a tent community, but be glad they have a free P.O. Box for $200/month in food stamps? Please go to the exit border asap because your sense makes no sense at all. Loaves and Fishes, Fishes and Loaves, Food Banks, Soup Kitchens, etc etc - who gives a @#$@#! about all this free food you mention when one has nowhere to live or eat it at? Are you serious? Or sipping off that winebox looking at your government check being happy you are not one of the ones on the streets hoping for a meal at a soup kitchen? You disgust me in how you feel about the AMERICANS that worked hard for this country, not the aliens and illegals that suck the very life and benefits out of this country each and every day. Take the needle out of your arm and look around at who are on all the freebie benefits this country has to offer - you may be surprised that none even speak our language you sophomoric fool.

@Mom- what 3 jobs do you pretend to hold? That you have so much free time to spend chatting on here? Your 3 jobs must be pretty lenient to allow you to spend so much time on the internet - perhaps you are a liar and hold no job at all? If I worked 3 jobs, I would not have much time for anything else besides to eat and sleep.....perhaps you should run to those job fairs you post so diligently? And let us all know how these fairs are? Looking forward to a tried and true way of searching for a job besides the internet and job fairs - for it is WHO you know, not WHAT you know - seems to be the case nowadays. Perhaps you KNOW some people that are hiring to help us out? lol

Republican-majority 112th Congress WHERE IS THE JOBS BILL?????

CLUELESS. "Of all the disastrous consequences of the economic crisis, perhaps the most devastating is the idea of even more Americans struggling to feed their families. Recent statistics from the USDA indicate that 14.2 percent of the U.S. population was using food stamps in February 2011, or around 44.2 million total, up from 33 million just two years before in 2009. In 2006, the year before the financial crisis, 26.5 million people participated in the program, officially titled the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The increased rate of food stamp participation has led, in turn, to a significant increase in the... MORE
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/MoreDimensions/10-states-with-the-g...

When you chicks get done with all your name-calling (because that’s how you believe you win political arguments) lol, you might want to ask the black caucus how $16 billion is supposed to provide 14 weeks to the entire unemployed population? If there are 13 million unemployed who would be eligible for HR 589 that really would cost $52Billion. (Unless each 99er will only get $20.00/week for 14 weeks.

December 2009 when the Employers told the Republicans to drop the 99ers in the bargaining and the nelp.org did just that or they wouldn't have gotten HR 4213, same B.S. in December 2010 as we remember mentioned with the Bush Tax Cuts and again – HR 4213! So now we have the “Debt Ceiling Dancarooma” thats going on and a good opportunity to get HR 589 in as a amendment. This is OUR opportunity to spread the word on this because Summer Break is right around the corner AND President is listening to his advisers AND not the people because it appears ALL are not getting the message out to the REPS in both houses and the MSM. President Obama's advisers should not take ANYTHING for granted in this volatile political climate but they're play THAT tune BUT we can change it very quickly!!! 2012 Senatorial & Presidential elections are over a YEAR away and the focus is on HR 589 + a viable JOBS BILL that missing from the Republican-Majority 112th Congress!
http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/2291-Long-Term-Unemployed-Left...

LOOK OUT UNEMPLOYED i.e. HR 4213 receivers.. Republicans are trying to get a bill passed which will take money from States use to pay unemployment benefits, and allow them to use that money for other purposes, such as tax cuts for businesses.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/16/opinion/16mon1.html

Oh HideInSeek, when will you ever learn that NO ONE cares what you say except MOM? Do be gallant and leave when you are not wanted - cannot you see the forest for the trees? You are so hell bent on your negativity with Momma, that no one wants to listen anymore. Bubbye! Go to your Fish and Loaves and throw them a loaf...perhaps they will thank you for your input....sheesh.

IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR WORK THIS IS WHERE TO BE TODAY…

http://www.ssc.edu/en_US/News_Events_Information/Calendar/event.asp?eID=...

2011 Community Job Fair: May 17
5/17/2011
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM / Main Campus

South Suburban College and Thornton Township are partnering to offer a 2011 Community Job Fair on Tuesday, May 17th from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

SSC serves the residents of District 510 which encompasses twenty-one communities. Seventeen Thornton Township municipalities have been invited to co-sponsor the Job Fair and the following employers will be in attendance:
• Addus Healthcare
• Awakened Alternatives
• Catholic Charities
• CEDA
• Chick Shack
• Citizens Financial Bank
• City of Harvey
• Grand Prairie Services
• Granny & Nanny's Learning Ctr. "1" & "2"
• Harris Bank
• HCR ManorCare
• Heartland Food Corporation, Burger King
• Human Resources Development Institute, Inc.
• Illinois Institute of Art
• Illinois School Bus Company
• J & C Security
• Keller Kustoms
• MB Financial Bank
• Metropolitan Water Reclamation District-Chicago
• New Hope Center, Inc.
• Orland Fire Protection District
• Progressive Housing, Inc.
• Speedway, LLC
• Staff Source
• T&M Daycare Center, Inc.
• TCF Bank
• Tinley Park Police Department
• Tri Care Rehab
• United Insurance
• UPS
• Village of Phoenix
• Village of Riverdale
• Will County Health Department

Good luck to everyone...

@11:06pm. I think the CLUELESS one in his/her analogy is referring to the President George W. Bush who got America into this RECESSION with 2 wars and the CREDIT CARD game you spoke of. Nothing funny about it but to small-minded people like yourself! www.american99ersunion.com

Copy/Paste because these asses aren't done yet. KEEP UP THE FIGHT FOR HR 589 despite the shenanigans taking place. http://www.addictinginfo.org/2011/03/08/things-the-republican-congress-h...

Time Friday, June 3 · 12:00pm - 1:00pm

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Location State of Illinois Building (Thompson Center) in Chicago
100 W. Randolph

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Created By Chicago JwJ Unemployed Workers Council

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More Info We will start out with a rally/press conference responding to the May jobs report from the Labor Department. Then we will march to a nearby major bank and do a flash mob. Join us in the fight for Jobs! Jobs for Justice www.jwj.org

It seems the Governors across America are "Getting It"...Keep taxes low, cut spending and not being anti-Business in their plans. Both Democrats and Republican Governors. To bad Obama not getting it. Now the Union is looking for laws to keep a business from moving to non union states...giving them and the Government the power to step in and tell a business what they can do and not do. A big Job Killer...nothing to stop them from just moving out of the USA and taking jobs with them! As I have said there is no way to just write a Jobs Bill that will make Jobs. It is the attitude and direction of the Government toward Business and growth and investment that will do that. Right now Obama has the wrong direction and fare too anti-business in general. At this point the Republicans have a better view to get jobs. The Democrats over three years now with Obama has given us nothing but more debt and loss of jobs. Is that a direction of Hope that we can count on?

pdwa

Do you even know how to compose a comment on the subject of unemployment or the economy without expressing hate & contempt for another’s opinion?

Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss how much they hate & despise other people. - ER

pdw..or should I say Dumber? You are no Lady..I am sure in your home the "F" word is used a lot. Trash talking low class loser. Unable to post even one intellect remark--sad!

Brainwave cannot even use his original initials along with someone elses comments! What's with the Hideinseek? Who you hiding from? The law? The FBI? Too many DUI's? I read people (mostly men) should not go on early pension, SS, or disability because they most often become alcoholics due to the feeling of worthlessness and emptiness due to not having a productive, constructive life anymore that they once had when employed - you sure fit the bill!