2008-07-17T06:44:09Z opencongress.org tag:opencongress.org,2007:/person/comments/300002 2008-07-17T06:44:09Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-17:/comment/34507 sexysarahdawn Why is it taking so long to send out the letters for the emergency unemployment extension? Why are we repeatedly being told to wait on letters. Are you all that incompetent? It's not rocket science. People are hungry and can't pay bills. School is about to start and my kids need uniforms and shoes. What is the hold up and why can't we get any real answers besides wait on the letters? God forbids, if you all get laid-off and run out of money.It seems so ridiculous that there is no uniform system to handle this situation on the federal level. We are all long term unemployed and everyone is in dire need of their Extended Benefits. They know how to standardize the paying of our federal income taxes by April 15th. Why can't someone come up with a similar way to instruct the UE offices to handle this federally mandated extension? Maybe then you will understand the meaning of emergency. 2008-07-14T10:39:37Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/comment/33947 Anonymous NO MORE MONEY FOR THE HOPELESSLY UNEMPLOYED!!! Totally against the wire taps though.... 2008-07-14T10:35:35Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-07-14:/comment/33946 Anonymous Are you serious? You charged your bills to your credit cards? There are non-profits that help pay heat, you need to turn off the T.V., wash in cold water, wear clothes more than one day, get off the d@mn computer and take whatever you can find...even if that means McDonalds. At least you wouldn't have been STEALING credit you cannot pay back! How many phones do you have? Cells? Home? What new crap did you buy your kids? Are you buying soda? Name brands? Snacks? I bet you are. Buy discounted items such as scratch and dent. NO ONE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOU! YOU ARE GROWN! MY MONEY HAS BEEN SUPPORTING YOU!!! For months and months you have been given others money and you have NEVER worked for ME! Get off your @ss and take ANYTHING you can get. I once chopped wood for a man who was clearing his property. I saw him working, I stopped, I said I need a job, and he gave me one. Not what I wanted, didn't pay great, but I was earning my own money not taking someone elses. Spoiled, selfish people this is one reason why our country is dying. 2008-06-18T18:04:41Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-18:/comment/26283 sexysarahdawn As I sit here typing this, my mind is frantic with worry. I continue to wonder how my family and I will survive the next few months. I have been unemployed since October 2007. My full time job has been looking for employment….just looking takes hours. Thank God for the internet. Who could afford to do it the old fashioned way with gas costs so high. I received my last $188 payment via direct deposit last weekand I have no more benefits to receive. We have some food but it will run out soon.I have no equity in our home and cannot sell it, because the market has erased my 20% down payment.I cannot sell my car because we live in an outlying area with no public transportation and I need mine to go on the few job interviews where I never get a call back. But you have to try anyway, right? I cannot drive back and forth because gas costs are too high. We do not live above our means. We tried to do everything society said we should do. I purchased a reasonably priced home and avoided credit card debt as best as I could until we had to start charging the heat, electric, phone, and water bills on my credit card. Now, we will be paying for that during the next 10 years provided I can get a job now, but that looks unlikely. We depleted my savings and retirement plans so no chance of getting income from that. All we had left as extra income was the unemployment benefits that I receive but now unemployment is gone too. Please, please, please, pass this bill. Otherwise, my family just like other American families will be homeless. We know we are blessed because at least we will have a car to sleep in when we are foreclosed upon. I wonder where I went wrong. I worked and never received any government assistance. Now, we need your help and it just don’t seem like you are there for us . Please pass this bill so that we can have some relief from this economy. How anyone can say that this bill is useless is amazing to me. Obviously, they are in the minority of people who are just getting along fine because the majority of us are not! I want to work, but I cannot find a job. I have a stable work history, excellent references, and a ton of education and certifications but all of that is useless because it means nothing in this job market. The economy is just too bad now and nothing seems to be working in anyone’s favor to make it better. Of course, I appreciated the economic stimulus checks you guys made a big deal about but even that did not work as we only got $600 instead of the $1200 you promised. Somewhere along the line you came up with “it depends on filing status” though you didn’t say that in the beginning.. If my family and I don’t get this extension, like many other families, we are up the creek without a paddle. Won’t you help us like we have helped you? Lisa Douglas Drummonds,Tn 2008-06-13T09:23:10Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-13:/comment/24803 americausa I have been out of work since November 2007. My unemployment benefits have run out. My money has run out. I unable to obtain employment and need more time to continue my search for employment. I am at risk of losing my car. Gas prices continue to rise daily. I am highly skilled in my field. My State Rhode Island is one of the hardest hit with unemployment. I am 53 old and have worked hard all my life. I've paid taxes all my life, and this is how my country is treating me. Unbelievable. The Senate, House and President continue to play games as peoples life's are put in jeopardy. Totally disgusting. So all the extra time that I am not spending on looking for employment, I will dedicate to making sure any politician that votes nay on not extending unemployment insurance will be out of a job their next term by informing the public of their decision in every forum available. I will encourage others to do so as well. It is time in this country for the people to take control of their government again and take it out of the hands of the uninformed, out of touch, uncompassionate, ignorant, greedy, self absorbed fools that are the true terrorists ruining this country. Pass a fxxkxxg bill extending unemployment benefits or you will be out of a fxxkxxg job!!!!!!!!! Try to remember you work for all the PEOPLE of this country! And all those PEOPLE will remember how you vote on this issue. 2008-06-02T13:47:37Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-06-02:/comment/18788 gscoville Privacy is not explicitly guaranteed by any letter of the United States Constitution. 2008-02-13T16:25:09Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-02-13:/comment/819 Anonymous Those who vote for unconstitutional warrentless wiretaps and vote to protect the criminals that violate our privacy are not worthy of the position they hold. It's impossible to justify undermining the very essence of our constitution in order to protect it. Another sell out. 2008-03-11T12:02:21Z tag:opencongress.org,2008-03-11:/comment/2750 Anonymous There is an immediate need for an emergency unemployment extension, people and their children are at witts end out here.