tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post1495704828333587056..comments2024-01-17T00:45:37.075-08:00Comments on Bud Meyers: Are the 99ers Gaming the System?Bud Meyershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-45301454999754791462011-09-18T12:52:07.036-07:002011-09-18T12:52:07.036-07:00He shoots, he scores! I am sooooooo pissed and tir...He shoots, he scores! I am sooooooo pissed and tired of hearing people dismiss and disrespect the long term unemployed by giving them the "take any job" speech. First of all, there aren't a ton of "any jobs" flying around that we've been refusing.<br /><br />Secondly, life as an unemployed person is exactly as you depicted. You start out assuming that you'll get a comparable job.. when that doesn't happen, you start thinking about what you can give up. You give up premium cable channels, magazine and Netflix subscriptions, and any other pleasurable pursuits. You stop going to movies, going out to dinner, buying take-out. You cook at home more. You eventually decide which credit cards are more important to pay than others until enough time goes by that you realize that you can't afford to pay any of them...and all the while you continue to look for work, any work so that you can stop the freefall.<br /><br />But then it begins: the downward spiral where you can't pay anything at all...and wind up losing your home...and putting those possessions, the ones you haven't sold for food and shelter, in storage somewhere and sleeping on your elderly mother's living room couch. Like me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-1907490736664944732011-09-16T08:45:09.939-07:002011-09-16T08:45:09.939-07:00What "gaming the system"? You don't...What "gaming the system"? You don't QUALIFY for UI in the first place unless YOUR employer is responsible for your job loss. You can't fake a layoff or a termination in order to get UI.<br /><br />Let's quit giving the liars on the right an excuse by claiming anybody on UI "games" the system. You don't have to take work that is NOT suitable--those are the rules. There are few jobs of ANY kind that can be had--those are the FACTS. Besides, why are the 99ers still unemployed if they are "gaming" the system? They would have to be looking for work in order to survive, but the jobs simply aren't there.OTE adminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09259422705314063194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7895164153505105997.post-15527229273804521042011-09-16T05:30:33.696-07:002011-09-16T05:30:33.696-07:00If we now have 21 million people unemployed, and o...If we now have 21 million people unemployed, and over 9.2 million are CURRENTLY receiving unemployment benefits, why does the media (like MSNBC just did this morning), keep saying we lost 8.7 million jobs during the recession? Are they also saying that another 12.3 million jobs were lost AFTER the recession ended?<br /><br />http://www.dol.gov/opa/media/press/eta/ui/eta20111330.htmBud Meyershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02065020063363023395noreply@blogger.com