More Than a Million May Lose Jobless Aid Due to Deficit Concern

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I believe self-employed traders can't get unemployment benefits in any state.

Anybody know how a trader WOULD go about getting unemployment benefits if he so desired?
 
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I believe self-employed traders can't get unemployment benefits in any state.
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where did you hear that? First of all, if you did not work for a company through which UC is paid on your behalf, you get nothing. Second, if you had your own company and paid UC on yourself, I am pretty sure it is possible to collect, but I believe you also need to demonstrate that you are making reasonable efforts to find "work."
 
All of them should - when they're done with benefits - march on Washington and go find Banana Ben. If they have no where to live, I'm sure 33 Liberty has something for them.
 
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couldn't the government do a better job of getting something for their money? All these people collecting unemployment should be picking up trash or some shit. lol I'm sure there's a lot more productive stuff they could be doing, but shouldn't we be talking about it?
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How much trash did the bankers pick up for their handouts?
 
The deadline hasn’t been lost on Teauna Stephney, a 39-year-old single mother from Bothell, Washington, who said she could become homeless once her $407 weekly checks stop in June.

“What are people like me supposed to do?” said Stephney, who said almost two years of benefits haven’t proved long enough for her to find work after she lost her last job in August 2008. Referring to lawmakers, she said, “I would like them to come and talk to me and spend a day in my shoes.”
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um, i think people like her are supposed to get a job at some point. get off your high horse and work somewhere, even if it isn't higher paying than your last job.
 
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um, i think people like her are supposed to get a job at some point. get off your high horse and work somewhere, even if it isn't higher paying than your last job.
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It's so easy to be a critic...

The fact of the matter is that there are few employers who are going to hire someone who is long-term unemployed and at a discount to their previous salary.

The adage that it's easier to find a job when you have one is exactly why these employers won't hire them, they are a flight risk. Losing an employee is always disruptive and expensive, so why hire someone who's guaranteed to walk at the first opportunity to get a bump in salary?

Second, a lot of the comments here are quite obviously from people who don't have first or second hand experience with what it's like to be a formally well-compensated employee who's been applying for every opening out there yet hasn't been able to even land an interview.

It's tough out there for the 40+ crowd. I know a few, and it sucks to see what they're going through.
 
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