“And they need more....”
I was on that unemployment. The entire industry I worked in for 30 years has been killed by Obama. I’ve applied for jobs world wide. I’ve had a few interviews, but I’m 59 and up against men much younger. (I cut 20 years out of my resume to get those interviews.)
Now, do I really, really need the money? Thanks to Obama the cost of groceries and fuel has gone through the roof. The money I’ve saved was mostly destroyed by what he did to the economy and the stock market. (I was heavily invested in coal, for one thing.)
I see no prospect for continued employment while Obama and the Democrats are in charge. I’ve applied for much lower end jobs and haven’t gotten so much as a phone interview, probably, with two degrees, because I’m grossly over qualified. I even dumbed down the resume, but when they ask for my previous titles that probably kills it.
I did manage to get ten months running a US Navy project that was under investigation for fraud and abuse. No company employee wanted to get within touching distance. I not only completed the contract, I also built a successful case to prove their innocence. But the rest of their business was in near collapse due to what Obama is doing to the military.
In one way, I’m pleased that Congress has done this. In another way I’m upset that Congress didn’t fix any of the underlying economy that created the unemployment; sequestration and Obamacare.
I was on unemployment for 130 weeks, receiving $240/week, while I was in a TAA retraining program. It was the first time I’ve ever received anything from the govt. besides the 12 weeks of disability I got in California when my first child was born. I was a medical transcriptionist for over 25 years, making about $25 an hour, but that job is now being done in 3rd world countries for 1 penny a word. I just turned 60 and have had to totally change my occupation, which I loved, knowing the odds are low that anyone will even give me an interview - let alone hire me - with no experience in my new field.
Look at this:
http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat03.htm
It will show you that the large majority of unemployed are less than half your age. And, this is where I maintain that by and large, continued extended UIC becomes a "gateway entitlement" (ala gateway 'drug') to worse financial conditions for this country.
For them, it's a lifetime of expected entitlement UIC first, SSDI, SNAP, WICs (yeah, they'll have more babies), EITC, Section 8 and then SSI for the babies when baby daddy skips out.