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99 Weeks = 666 Mark For 99ers = 9.1% Jobless = 99% Terrified

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99 Weeks = 666 Mark For 99ers = 9.1% Jobless = 99% Terrified


The math is simple.

The desecration of human life in the United States of America is incalculable.

After exhausting all 99 weeks of state and federal Unemployment Benefits, 99ers are now branded with the mark of the beast. We are now considered unhirable by nearly all companies.

The national unemployment rate has risen to at least the media promulgated rate of 9.1%

UNA scientists have determined through extremely complicated algorithms of high calculus that approximately 99% of all Americans are terrified that the United States of America, the greatest nation on Earth, is about to fall into ruin.

99ers know beyond the shadow of a doubt that the decay of Western Civilization is spreading faster than the half-lives of the radioactive particles sprinkling our gardens day and night since the Fukushima disaster began.

99ers are now forced to walk the streets desolate and forlorn, searching for meals and somewhere to sleep at night now that most of the homeless shelters, churches and soup kitchens throughout America were closed due to steep inflation and lack of federal funding.

Thanks President Obombasta.

Thanks for ruining the lives of millions of Americans.


99 Weeks = 666 Mark For 99ers = 9.1% Jobless = 99% Terrified


Pastor Dinary
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Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
11 months ago: Pastor you your illustrations and your inability to place blame where it belongs (Republicans) indicate that you need some counseling.

They are the oones that created the problem, they are the ones with the propaganda machine promoting the fear and panic, they are the ones that ran on jobs in 2010 but have done everything they can to increase unemployment.

Just think for a second. Why wouldn't Obama do everything he can to help the unemployed? These are his constituents.

The Republican Constituents are the big business leaders who are sitting on two trillion dollars with record profits, yet they refuse to hire more people.
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: Al you are right in what you have expressed but so is he because he is looking from the outside in. Similiar to a kid looking through a store window in a candy store. It is all about what each one of us is experiencing from this fall out and how we react to it. Some of us can't stand up again without help. Obama is highly intellectual so then he should realize he has to leave room for the other folks who haven't had his privileges. America needs confidence back in their Leaders. Of course, I blame the Republicans pinning the Dems. down, but the President has to express more willingness. I sincerely believe he can't. Obama is going around with a big smile while the rest are down on their luck and sick over their loses. They feel hopeless.

Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
 Moderator
11 months ago: "Just think for a second. Why wouldn't Obama do everything he can to help the unemployed? These are his constituents. "


That's a very good question, and one I think the American people have the right to an answer.

Surely Obama isn't so inept that his new black tie and tails are choking off his oxygen supply, or that the lavish praise being heaped upon him isn't clouding his once clear vision of a utopian future.

He did laughingly admit that his "shovel-ready projects" paid for by a trillion dollars of borrowed money "was not as...uh... shovel-ready as we expected".

http://jammiewearingfool.blogspot.com/20...

In other words, it was just another empty promise, and he had no clue as to way things are.
aschott
aschott
Hazleton, PA
11 months ago: The Republicans did create some of the problems we are facing each day, but the President did not stand up for us and proclaim that we matter just as much as the rich. He takes deals just to please the Republicans and make it looks like he did some bargaining to get policies. I don't know about anyone else but I am very hurt at the prospect of seeing my government take everything away from us and watch people starve and live in the streets.
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: Aschott you're back!
I've missed you. What you have expressed is what I understand.
He is not in touch with the people, and we have a sense of abandonment.
It is just plain and simple.
11 months ago: Work is not a service of the government. It is an innovation of the people. Otherwise we would be a communist country instead of a capitalist one.
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: Dwayne ..Isn't it obvious Gov. is putting a crimp in our style to have the freedom for growth? We are working to eat and keep a roof over our head. That's just about it.
We can't be successful with our ideas and creativity any longer? Nobody will give us a chance. We are becoming dependent on the Government. Maybe that is what they want.
11 months ago: Sunny2,

I grew up in an immigrant neighborhood. Although I am not an immigrant myself I understand what drives them. Most come from places where their governments have either completely collapsed or are so corrupt that living is impossible. Here in the US we don't have wide spread corruption. What we have is a bloated bureaucracy and a tangled mess of red tape. In part we are being strangled by inefficient regulations and legislation and in part we are being abused by a lack of legislation and regulation. John McCain had the right idea that we should freeze government spending on all but the very essential services and review exactly what we need and don't need. This would not only help America curb its wasteful spending but it would free us from unnecessary bureaucracy and red tape too!
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: I can readilly understand their situation. If we keep going at the rate we are, immigrants are going to find it the same environment as the one they left. No more is America going to be the Country of opportunity.
John Mc Cain had the right idea about freezing spending. We are all over the place at this point. (Just wondering if the Republicans would have given him the opportunity to see that through. They seem to have an agenda that doesn't recognize the President's authority.) Every time I had to visit any State Official Office, I knew there was going to be red tape. Nothing is fair. Obama didn't do too much at all that is dramatic enough to see the difference.
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11 months ago: Altruist,

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Furthermore, the proof of the 99er equation is in the rancid pudding that we are eating.

No jobs + No Tier 5 = Starvation

If President Obombasta can clandestinely wage illegal wars in the Middle East that cost trillions of tax dollars, I'm sure that he could also clandestinely fund a Tier 5 Unemployment Benefits extension so that all Americans can eat and have a place to live.


aschott,

The 99er situation is getting sadder and madder every day. What on Earth do they think millions of unemployed, unhirable, hungry, heat exhausted 99ers are going to this summer?

Playing checkers under the bridge is no way for anyone to live, and pays 0 dollars per hour. Yet that is the only place many people have to live and work anymore, in cities and towns all across America.

President Obombasta is obviously a puppet of both the Democrats and the Republicans who helped to put him in office.

Whether or not he really wants to help the people deep in his heart does not really matter. It's about what he did.


Dwayne Johnson,

You can call it whatever you like - the ruining of millions lives while covertly spending tax money on an illegal war is wrong.

Most people would never survive without the government.

Few among are physically and mentally ready to live on desolate mountain tops, hunting and fishing alone for decades without cars and cell phones and computers and electricity and running hot water and clean clothes and all the luxuries of even the simplest modern life.

Regarding the innovation of the people, it is illegal to start a business and hire employees without the consent of the government in America. In theory, all legal business in America is under the direct control of the U.S. government.

???


Pastor Dinary
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: I watch Obama's smiling face on the tube. At least put jobs out there and get people working and have a reason for it.
Why is he so happy when so many are struggling and the Country is going to pot. He is going to do what he wants to do and that's the bottom line. So far, I haven't seen anyone climbing out of this crevasse that was caused by the laxities of the Government. I wish I was in his Happy Place.

sunny2
sunny2
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Out Of The Box
Out Of The Box
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11 months ago: Wrong thread, sunny2.

This topic belongs in http://www.rantrave.com/Rave/RantRave-Re...
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: Sorry, got carried away, Box.
sunny2
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Altruist
Altruist
Eugene, OR
11 months ago: There is very little that Obama can do, but he does care about the plight of the unemployed and is doing everything he can to help. Currently extended unemployment benefits are set to expire at the end of November. Obama will ask Congress to extend the payroll tax cut, the extension of unemployment insurance, and the business tax breaks for investment. He wants to get more money to the poor and middle class to stimulate the economy and wants more tax breaks to businesses so they create more jobs.
http://news.firedoglake.com/2011/06/07/o...

Can any of you suggest anything he could do in addition to what he is already doing to help the 99r's?

My suggestions would be to restart the WPA and to set up an apprenticeship program to educate and train the chronically unemployed and unemployable. But all of that takes money and the Republicans are only interested in eliminating the few remaining programs that help the poor and unemployed.
sunny2
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sunny2
11 months ago: I wanted to add to my comment that even if you have a job at present and have great experience; you are put on the back burner because there is resentment from other employees, and the boss knows he has a good deal, and you get cheated paywise and everything else. I'm not even mentioning what you go through from other employees disapproving of you. It is difficult to be a college grad and having to spend a fortune on college education only to have to take a menial job. I found you are not appreciated in these smaller jobs and don't fit into the scheme of things. What is really nonsense is that you can go into these small companies and make changes for the better because you are able to having the know how and the company begins showing profit and problems that existed obstructing them become irradicated one by one. This happens at the expense of being overlooked when a better position opens up. The employer is afraid of treading on that sacred ground. They take the smaller guy into consideration and give him the credit. You are there sitting with a degree, and you are bypassed for people without a HS education. Much of this is because these smaller companies allow nepotism and friends they give jobs to in this bad economy. We are turning the clock back years because this is breaking rules and laws. Everything goes it is a free for all.
Plus, you asked for suggestions: Here is another one. Jobs check credit. Being out of work and struggling to make ends meet, means bills are not paid. Companies hold that against you when considering you for a job. You don't get the position and usually they ignore you after you had a great interview. It is a loss cause at this point. I am going to send a copy of an e-mail I got, and it explains some of the issues that are continuing, and it doesn't look good for the unemployed. Right now there are two things that are obstructing people from getting work. (1) Gap in Employment (2) Credit checks.
Something has to be done, but it won't ever happen. You asked about what the President can do, he is looking at bigger fish than the long term unemployed. He wants to impress the rich. We don't count anymore.

sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: Al...November will come and go and people will be up in arms and nothing will be done. Help will be delayed and delayed and voices will go unheard. The extension that he fixed into the end of November didn't do anything but help those that were already on Unemployment. The people who were nearing the end of their benefits fell off leaving thousands and thousands without finances. On a daily basis people fell off. By the time November comes along, it will be too late. It threw more people under the bus because there was no help for the long term unemployed. Jobs are getting beyond scarce. He wants a lot done and he says he will do a lot but nothing is certain with him. I lost faith.
The biggest problem he should pay attention to is that employers see the gap in employment on a resume. Once they see that, no matter how qualified a person is to do the job, they bring it up, and you are out the door without a chance. Many places advertise that anyone out of work 6 mos or more need not apply. He should make that illegal when a person is qualified for a job.
What is happening people who may have earned anywhere from 50,000 up are stuck in hourly wage jobs with no hope of getting out of that hole.
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago:
Pastor and Al look at this e-mail I just got this morning from Unemployedworkers.org:
This is what will happen in November, more cheating the public.

" What do you call a bill that would let states seize all of the federal funds now allocated for unemployment insurance benefits to long-term unemployed job-seekers, and use those funds to bailout corporate taxes and state trust funds—instead of paying the benefits that were promised to jobless workers?
You certainly wouldn't call it a "JOBS" bill. Yet, quite deceptively, that's exactly what the sponsors of HR 1745 in the U.S. House of Representatives and S. 904 in the Senate have done. The Jobs, Opportunity, Benefits and Services ("JOBS") Act, sponsored by Rep. Dave Camp (R-MI) and Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), would set up a scheme to divert the $31 billion in federal funds authorized for Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) and Extended Benefits (EB) payments to what they've called "better uses," like tax cuts for corporations.
But because unemployment insurance helps generate real economic activity through necessary expenditures by jobless workers and their families, this bill would actually have a negative economic impact, and likely increase job losses – while cutting or even eliminating unemployment protection for those who do lose their jobs.

Frankly, this is a "No JOBS" bill, and a "No Benefits" bill. And it is an outrage.

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11 months ago: Altruist,

You have thus far dodged the following question worded several ways, several times, in several different rants:

If President Obombasta is too impotent to provide Tier 5 Unemployment Benefits to American tax-payers who cannot find work in the worst job market since the Great Depression, how is he so powerful that he unilaterally declared war on Libya without permission or forgiveness from Connedgress?

Please answer.

It's difficult for me to comprehend such extremes of weakness and power in a single President.

Here's a real obvious suggestion for the zombie in the Blight House:

Provide retro-active Tier 5 Unemployment Benefits to all 99ers immediately.

The funding can be provided by immediately ending the wars in the Middle East.


sunny2,

Prejudice against 99ers is spreading like wild fire.

This forces 99ers to take menial, minimum-wage paying (if your lucky; many jobs nowadays pay $0.00 per hour wage, tips and commission only) jobs that drain away your time, energy and dignity and leave you with nothing but headaches, heartaches and the feeling of exhaustion that only an animal trapped in a pit could know.

Regarding HR 1745 "JOBS", I'm not surprised that money is actually available to fund a Tier 5 Unemployment Benefits extension, and that it is being siphoned away to the gluttonous demagogues that have already sucked our nation dry.

HR 1745 "JOBS" is a ponzi-scheme orchestrated by the rich, for the rich, in order to form a more perfect union where the middle class has been eradicated and the hoi polloi are either indentured servants, wards of the state or incarcerated.


Pastor Dinary
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: PD You are absolutely correct.
Lately when you give anyone a good argument, they look the other way.
I don't understand. By burying ones head in the sand, will not make it go away. It is going to spread like a cancer if something isn't done now.
I gave two good reasons. 99 days out of work held against a worker and the credit stigma that goes against getting work. People can't help that they couldn't pay for their cars, etc., when they had to feed their families. What a travesty to have to pretend it will go away.
aschott
aschott
Hazleton, PA
11 months ago: Sunny it is refreshing to read your postings. I will always stand strong with the 99ers. No one is listening to us and yesterday I sat and watched the House of Reps. do their bickering and slashing of programs that help us. Republicans want all the programs to disappear and have all that money go to Wall Street, Oil Companies and their friends. The middle class and the poor are now being stomped into the ground hoping to bury us deep enough so they can declare that they have run us out of town. They can not come to an agreement on the debt ceiling and I doubt they will ever agree on benefits for us. Its useless and all I want is a chance to start over again.
sunny2
sunny2
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sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: Aschott....same here. I always enjoy reading your comments. We have support with you on this issue.
Every word you said is accurate. I listen to the programs like Hard Ball and they are right on top of it. Some of these issues should have be resolved a long while ago. I watch some of the Government sessions, and I am sickened by what they don't say or they don't think is important.
Greece is in deep financial trouble, and it is being said that this will impact the World globally. I don't even want to imagine how it will effect us. Sometimes I wonder just like you said that we ar beingestomped on. I believe it is deliberate. He does have a mindset that is based on 3rd World Culture. No one will convince me otherwise. The damage that has been done I don't believe anyone else would have let it go this far. He caves into the Republicans and that says it all.
His hands are not tied as some will let you believe. He won't step out of his comfort zone.
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: I don't know how we are getting through this, Aschott. You and I and the Pastor seem to be handling it the best way we can.
I'm counting my blessings each day. When it all comes down on the heads of the Government, and they wake up to their stupidity, it will be too late. Ignorance and greed are the causes of much of this pain put on the people.
11 months ago: aschott,

99ers are being heard, but no one likes what we are saying, and they are therefore ignoring or belittling us.

Some day the scornful will understand the persecution 99ers are unjustly suffering.


sunny2,

Employed/retired Americans' reluctance to accept the genocide of 99ers is due more to fear, than contempt. When faced with cold hard facts, deluded worshippers of false paradigms either wake up or walk out.

Denial of living-wage jobs due to employment gaps and credit flaws were anticipated results in the carefully orchestrated destruction of the middle class in America.

President Obombasta's flaccid stance on unemployment in America is conclusive proof that he wants 99ers to die.


Pastor Dinary
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: PD..You are so correct. It is so obvious. Between no jobs, no food, and no health insurance for families, they are inadvertently killing everyone off. They killed pensions and want to get rid of the Unions, the cut backs in school programs and everything else that is beneficial for the people are constantly being under attacked. I'm sure these common thieves don't go without health insurance and their annual physical check ups and their children get all they need to stay healthy. They deny themselves nothing. All this while Obama smiles and pats himself on the back. The people in America are having their hopes and dreams crushed by a Government that doesn't care. You notice no one comments on this subject outside of a couple of people. Yet it is so important.That's what's wrong with site. Nobody cares. Pallin will not get a vote from me neither will Obama. I'll take my chances on someone with heart if that exist any more.
sunny2
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11 months ago: sunny2,

In a normal job market, all job-seekers must put their best foot forward.

In a depressed job market, branded with a blood-stained "99er" mark on our resumes and frazzled by the non-stop pressures of poverty, unemployment, fatigue, malnutrition, lack of sleep, homelessness, disease, etc., job-seekers who are not currently unemployed are considered "unhirable".

99ers were displaced from our jobs by conditions that were out of our control, and we are now labled as "unhirable" by the self-same system that initially terminated our careers.

In essence, 99ers are now being blamed for our unmerited punishment.


Pastor Dinary
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: PD The only way to get around it is to network.
You have to go to someone that can help you get into work without a smaller idiot in HR stopping you because of their limitations. They are pretty inexperienced. These people in HR ruin it for others. I was turned down on one job because they said I was Manager material.
When I went for a job in 2005 after losing my career to outsourcing, I had to say to people I didn't get it when they turned me down. I told them they were wrong because they didn't hire me, and I was the best person for the job with my experience. What do you know, they banged down my door. I worked up until 2008. I'm trying to get this schooling to work for me. I had to get more technical.
aschott
aschott
Hazleton, PA
11 months ago: I tried to network with people and even one friend that I thought would help me. There was an opening in the company she was working in. She told me eveny excuse she could come up with and then told me to pray to God. Even people that you think could give you a hand will turn away from you. The thing that makes me really mad is this same person will call me and ask how I am doing. I don't even speak to her any longer. I won't speak with people that turn their back on me and I have never hurt her in any way. I was in her corner when she needed a friend and stuck with her even when her Mother died. Now she doesn't even know me. HOW SAD THE WORLD IS
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: I know aschott. You really have to have someone in your corner.
The way the job situation is she may not have had much choice.
I had friends that tried to help only to be faced with managers who bypassed me for someone else. Unless she is an Owner, Partner, or even a Director, they have little influence over hiring Management. Usually, HR will turn you down flat when they see the 2 year gap. If you find a job, you have to work it at least one year on it before better employment will pick you up. I found most interviewer to be very rude and insulting. I wonder if filing under a business name would help. I've got to look into it. They seem to get impressed with self-employment.
The Government was the only thing that made out good on our losses.
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11 months ago: sunny2,

In order to protect their own jobs, most currently employed people are reluctant to ask for favors from their employers. I don't blame them.

If I sense any reluctance when asking someone for a job lead or to act as a reference for me, I immediately withdraw my request. A nervous or fake nod of approval from a friend to the boss is often the deal-breaker when applying for jobs.

I find it interesting that you found prospective employers impressed with self-employment.


aschott,

99ers are treated like lepers.

Self-employment is the only option left when no jobs are available/obtainable without bribes, $0.00 per hour wages or extremely unsafe/illegal working conditions.

Pick anything that you like to do and try to sell it.

Self-employment beats starvation, every time.


Pastor Dinary
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: These times are the hardest I've ever been through, PD. I've made it through tough times before because I had to.
I know what you are saying. People are fickle.
I had to do exactly what you said PD. I had to sell things. I thank God at least I had them to sell.
There are plenty of people that owe me and would not do a thing for me.
On the other hand, if you know someone who has a good reputation that you worked with previously, they have made it their business to help others who are out of work. There were a few times that people who had influence were ignored by some of the lower level people, but it is because they don't know any better. Today, everyone has to have an ace up their sleeve.
sunny2
sunny2
11 months ago: Self-employment can fill up the gap of 99 weeks or more.
Using the word "consultant" can help too.
Depends what you are doing.
11 months ago: sunny2,

Even though I apply for jobs every day, I never really expect to get a response any more, unless it is a scam or an employer who wants an "employee" to work for commission (without a draw) or tips only.

I updated my resume this morning, listing "Self-Employed" as my job title for the past two years. I'll be sure to use "Consultant" on my next round of applications.

Thanks for the advice. Maybe it will work.

If not, I'll keep selling off all of my worldly possessions until all that I have left is my clothing, my Bible and my laptop.


Pastor Dinary

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