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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:56 AM Original message |
All I know is if I was depending on Unemployment Benefits right now I would be damn relieved |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:57 AM Response to Original message |
1. I would be too. But I would still be pissed. |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 08:58 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Still pissed at who though? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. Pissed at how it was done - and why a majority dem congress could not |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. +1000 |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:08 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. You'd be getting right down to the nitty gritty of all those details with a couple of hungry kids? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
21. As long as you are not among the 40% of unemployed who are in the "99ers" group, you are fine. |
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RUMMYisFROSTED (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. +1 |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
50. The unemployed got used? |
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dennis4868 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:00 AM Response to Original message |
3. Exactly.... |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:02 AM Response to Original message |
4. the rich get 300 billion for 2 years and the unemployed |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:04 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. you laugh? surely not. those people that will feed their family probably dont get your humor. nt |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #8 |
33. gallows humor, my friend |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
35. if that were the case, you would understand that the lower income people are being helped |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:39 AM Response to Reply #35 |
38. who are you to say |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:41 AM Response to Reply #38 |
39. interesting. thanks. |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:51 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. my take? Fight it out for the future good |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:03 AM Response to Original message |
5. You do know that this extension does NOT apply to those out of work over 99 weeks??? |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
13. I've read several people here use the so called 99ers to justify this bullshit. Which is it? |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #13 |
15. They are NOT |
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Guy Whitey Corngood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:32 AM Response to Reply #15 |
31. It seems some are actually helping to confuse matters. So not entirely accidental. nt |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:54 AM Response to Reply #15 |
34. Thank you. |
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RockaFowler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
7. I'm a little happy right now |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. I understand that concept. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Women In Concentration Camps Slept With NAZI Guards To Live Other Day |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:17 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Not a very appropropriate comparision....sorry |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:24 AM Response to Reply #20 |
25. For Some |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:11 AM Response to Original message |
14. Most people live with the idea |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
17. What Was Don Supposed To Do For Income? |
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MyNameGoesHere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-09-10 08:57 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. nothing can be done |
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baldingrockwarlord2 (145 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
16. What little you know.... |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. +1000 see below |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
18. I am happy and relieved for those that will receive benefits, but |
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DenverDad (305 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:21 AM Response to Original message |
22. It's a travesty |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. +1 |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
24. Don't grovel. Obama shouldn't either. |
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DemocratSinceBirth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:29 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. I'd Grovel Before Starving |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:54 AM Response to Reply #30 |
41. I think we'll be more like Argentina |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Talk is cheap |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:24 AM Response to Original message |
26. I'm certain but the broader prognoses just got a lot worse. |
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SidDithers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
28. K&R... |
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Still a Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 09:29 AM Response to Original message |
29. Some would rather fight to satisfy their anger |
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MadHound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:04 AM Response to Original message |
36. Again, let me state this clearly, the UI extension did not, and does not, have to be on the table |
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Laelth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
37. You wouldn't be relieved if you were a 99'er. They got no help. n/t |
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Toucano (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 11:58 AM Response to Original message |
42. Yeah! All cheer for the poison pill because it's wrapped around a cookie. |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:34 PM Response to Original message |
43. so of course that's how they'll pass every and any vile law? |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
44. I've been in that situation before, in 1982-1983 |
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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:49 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Oh, I worked what would be considered "odd jobs" during periods of layoffs |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:51 PM Response to Reply #48 |
49. I worked mostly on residential remodeling and renovation projects in a wealthy suburb |
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frylock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
45. the republicans always come around and approve extensions for UI benes.. |
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BlueCheese (897 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
46. Let me ask a different question... |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-08-10 02:46 PM Response to Original message |
47. Obama/GOP plan does not help people whose UC has "run out". |
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