I think I am okay on EUI; I talked with somebody from Nevada's state employment, and if I can get a check this week before Friday and have "zero" in my account, I will be able to get on Tier III.
I sent out my claim yesterday, but since I am in Oregon and can't get back to Nevada for a few days thanks to the crappy weather in Reno, I don't think the claim will get there in time for the cutoff Friday. So what I did was send in a duplicate claim by FedEx. It is supposed to be in Carson City on Wednesday. I SHOULD--SHOULD--be okay to go on Tier III federal.
But the extension date should go clear to December 31 at the earliest; things are horrible, positively horrible out here in the real world away from Congress.
Extending the date by two weeks is just stupid as hell.
More from the Nation:
Moreover, the shortness of the extension guarantees that, in two weeks, workforce agencies will once again have to prepare to send out letters and Congress will once again scramble for another extension.
A short-term extension is not the answer. So, tomorrow, Tuesday, February 23rd, the new group started by my friend Mary Bottari, BanksterUSA.org, is staging a National Day of Action to Save Unemployment to make clear to Congress that UI benefits need to be extended until the end of 2010. Join the call. Other shorter term stop-gap measures currently being debated just won't help.
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