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2014 has been canceled -- New Yorker cartoon (Original Post)
Courtesy Flush
Dec 2013
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mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)1. ugh, that hurts.
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)2. Dark Humor
dickthegrouch
(3,173 posts)3. I know exactly how he feels
I haven't even got to retirement age yet and I'm being forced to liquidate retirement funds because of expiring unemployment benefits.
Thankfully I can wait until Jan 2nd and if all goes "well" I'll have zero income to apply any penalties to in 2014.
PowerToThePeople
(9,610 posts)4. I wish we could cancel back to fall 2000
Spirochete
(5,264 posts)5. or fall 1980
Nip Reaganism in the bud and save John Lennon, all in one fell swoop...
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)6. ,,,and you don't qualify for unemployment.