H.R.589 - Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011

To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)

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  • Official: To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. as introduced.
  • Popular: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act as introduced.
  • Popular: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 as introduced.
  • Short: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 as introduced.

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bugsy166 02/10/2011 1:51pm
in reply to bugsy166 Feb 10, 2011 1:47pm

GRAMMER CORRECTIONS:

wstaff,
Its ok to think that YOU ARE a special case, however I did use THE WORD ‘MOST’

I am careful never to use the word ALL……

I am sure that out of 2 million middle class proffesionals there may have been a security guard or 2 that were effected by the forced down sizing – end result!

Dont take it personal……..

2) as far as your 6 months prediction regarding china; I would say that there are a few other things that must take place first, after relentlessly studying the book of revelations.

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wstaff 02/10/2011 1:47pm
in reply to bugsy166 Feb 10, 2011 1:35pm

you really bring up some great points here. The last point number 5 is purely a factual statement. China will become the next super power but I will say its more closer to be that in 6 months.

bugsy166 02/10/2011 1:44pm
in reply to bugsy166 Feb 10, 2011 1:35pm

6)

STOP ALLOWING ANYMORE ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THE USA! …not even on a WORK VISA!

ALL hurting Americans and 99ers must STOP BUYING ANYTHING MADE IN CHINA….USA NEEDS TO TAX THE GOODS ENTERING THE USA FROM EVERY MANUFACTURER THAT LEFT THE USA AND IS NOW DOING BUSINESS IN ANOTHER COUNTRY!….USE THE TAX TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL UNEMPLOYEMENT TIERS!

IF THESE THINGS ARENT DONE BUY US 99ers THEN, dont COMPLAIN WHEN ALL THAT I HAVE PREDICTED GETS seriously WORSE!

WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 1:42pm
in reply to where Feb 10, 2011 1:32pm

Yeah…well…

I had a clearance for a long time myself. I could never even think of doing that!

Maybe it goes deeper??

https://inteltrends.wordpress.com/2011/01/15/gordon-duff-rogue-america-the-quiet-mutiny/

You didn’t answer my question still :)

wstaff 02/10/2011 1:39pm
in reply to bugsy166 Feb 10, 2011 1:34pm

bugsy166 – Although I agree with most of your statement I disagree on your point about most were employed working in luxury jobs. I was a security supervisor and I can tell you there was no luxury there, but I loved that job.

bugsy166 02/10/2011 1:35pm
in reply to bugsy166 Feb 10, 2011 1:35pm

5)
WE MUST REALLY CONSIDER THE FACT THAT CHINA WILL SOON BECOME THE SOLE ECONOMIC POWER IN THE NEXT DECADE MAKING US RELY ON THEM BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THE ONLY SOLUTION IS FOR THE USA TO ‘GROW SOME BALLS AND START REALLY –TAXING- CHINA REPEATEDLY- BEFORE IT IS TOO- TOO- TOO- LATE!!!,,,,,,,
,STOP ALLOWING ANYMORE ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THE USA! …ALL hurting Americans and 99ers must STOP BUYING ANYTHING MADE IN CHINA….USA NEEDS TO TAX THE GOODS ENTERING THE USA FROM EVERY MANUFACTURER THAT LEFT THE USA AND IS NOW

bugsy166 02/10/2011 1:35pm
in reply to bugsy166 Feb 10, 2011 1:35pm

4)
As long as 10% of the people in the U.S. hold 70% of the wealth then we are doomed. Let’s put that in real numbers 10% equals 3 million 100 thousand people and that leaves 306 million and 900 thousand people to divide up the 30% of wealth in this country. Just another reason;=No wonder there are no jobs coming back ‘fast’= the money is tied up and does not flow through the country. We used to have taxes of 50% to 91% on wealthy BEFORE PRESIDENT BUSH’s NEW 10 YEAR TAX BREAK FOR THE RICH WAS PASSED and that kept money flowing through the economy because if it wasn’t invested they lost it to taxes. Now there is ………………..ABSOLUTELY NO INCENTIVE………… to invest THUS the money is hoarded and the country slowly comes to a halt. FURTHERMORE –

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bugsy166 02/10/2011 1:34pm

1)
People need to really realize what caused the recession and why it is not going to just fix by itself!!!

They need to realize what the definition of a 99er really is:

With the exception of the COPY CAT 99ers (people taking advantage of the free money) 99ers are mostly a LARGE group of people that were chosen to be laid off ‘FIRST’ from SPECIALIZED TYPE POSITIONS in large prominent companies when and because of illegal RESIDENTIAL LENDING practices THE HOUSING MARKET CRUMBLED (hedge funds collapsed) …AFFECTING…. 69% of RESIDENTIAL builders (construction) and residential bankers WERE THE FIRST LAID OFF!! –(bank had to many foreclosures thus stopped giving out anymore RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION LOANS).these LAID OFF 99ERS were professional people who work in luxury industries;, ARCHITECTS, DESIGNERS OF ALL AREAS, MORTGAGE LOAN OFFICERS, ADVERTISING & MARKETING AGENTS, MANUFACTURING DESIGNERS PROFESSIONAL –

THAT DEAL IN CONSTRUCTION MANUFACTURING SUCH AS WINDOWS DOORS ECT…..

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where 02/10/2011 1:32pm
in reply to where Feb 10, 2011 12:50pm

I wonder how this government can leave all these skilled workers to starve while I am Absolutely certain that if I took a job at a 2nd or 3rd world country I alone could bring them 50 years forward in technology, Not to speak of the MILLIONS just like me who could do the same.

Im talking B-2 spirit, F-117, smart bombs and radar technology’s, All the infrastructure and processes, The materials the methods, All the hows and whys.

I know things that would pucker the governments butt, How can they not see a problem? I know I would never reveal what I know, But what about the MILLIONS of others like me?

WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 1:29pm
in reply to WasMiddleClass Feb 10, 2011 1:28pm

Solidarity Amid Connecticut’s Unemployed

HAMDEN — Beth O’Connell earned $22 an hour at AT&T before she was laid off three years ago.

The mother of four has since lost her home, declared bankruptcy, moved in with her mother-in-law, and exhausted her 99 weeks of unemployment assistance.

After applying for hundreds of jobs and getting only a few interviews, she landed part-time employment as a lunch aide at an elementary school. She now earns minimum wage for 15 hours a week. There are no benefits, and if there’s no school, there’s no work.

“We want our benefits extended beyond 99 weeks,” she said at a rally last week outside the state Department of Labor’s office in Hamden. “We need help.”

As O’Connell spoke, volunteers handed out flyers to people entering the Department of Labor. The flyers advertised a new group in New Haven that aimed to help the jobless get access to services and asked them to lobby U.S. Congress to extend unemployment benefits.

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wstaff 02/10/2011 1:17pm
in reply to WasMiddleClass Feb 10, 2011 1:16pm

any open watered area should work :)

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leftwingmafia 02/10/2011 1:05pm
in reply to wstaff Feb 10, 2011 11:35am

im having a hard time getting the link for this bill retweeted. ftw

WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 1:04pm

I’ll try to stay on topic most of the time :)…but Donny’s latest blog post may be of interest to some. It was to me. You can find it right over there on the right side of the page >>>>>>

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WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 12:57pm
in reply to where Feb 10, 2011 12:50pm

What kind of job…if I may ask?

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where 02/10/2011 12:50pm
in reply to sclark113 Feb 10, 2011 12:44pm

Thanks Scott! Its really sweet to think I may have a job soon,,

I will never forget the incredible cruelty that our government is capable of.

WasMiddleClass 02/10/2011 12:48pm
in reply to 99Survivor Feb 10, 2011 12:39pm

There you are ;)

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