As I have said, the more menial the work, the more applicants for the job. In my case it is ridiculous to retrain at nearly 55 years of age, though I am looking at the possibility of online courses, but I don't want a goddamned degree after having gone to college 15 years and having attained a master's.
Extending unemployment benefits is critical because the jobless can't find new positions in this recession, experts said. A record 50.7% of the unemployed fail to find work within six months of receiving benefits, according to the National Employment Law Project. There are now more than six potential workers for each opening, up from 1.7 in December 2007.
In most states, the unemployed receive 26 weeks of state-funded benefits. Depending on where they live, they could get federally funded extensions for a total of 79 weeks.
Governors of 22 states appealed to Congressional leaders this week to quickly pass extended benefits.
"Employment lags behind economic recovery, and we cannot forget that help for unemployed workers and their families remains a critical need," said Gov. Jennifer Granholm of Michigan, which has the highest jobless rate in the country.
Any Republican who would vote against it is a cruel, selfish s.o.b., pure and simple.
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