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Originally Posted by striperman36
And both parties walk away from the working guy laid off, and taking no action on extending unemployment benefits.
Glad AIG got TARP.
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we should just extend unemployment indefinitely, and all the other social programs too, ...at least until you are dead...I mean 99 weeks is WAY TOO little time to find a job....
Labor Dept. Estimates $7.1 Billion in Overpayments to Unemployed
Overpayment Figure Increases From $4.2 Billion the Previous Year By ALICE GOMSTYN
ABC NEWS Business Unit
July 9, 2010
While many Americans are feeling the pain of expired unemployment benefits, some have gotten a good chunk more than they were legally eligible for.
Congress will not extend jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed. Preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Department of Labor find that, in 2009, states made more than $7.1 billion in overpayments in unemployment insurance, up from $4.2 billion the year before. The total amount of unemployment benefits paid in 2009 was $76.8 billion, compared to $41.6 billion in 2008