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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It?

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To: TideGlider who wrote (71565)9/5/2009 7:10:35 AM
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1.3 million to lose jobless benefits by year’s end
By TAMARA LUSH
The Associated Press

Stimulus package means an April 15 sting for some taxpayers
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Jobless rate hits 9.7%, the highest since 1983


JACKSONVILLE, Fla. | Jobless since January, Donald Money has moved in with his elderly parents and started using less of his prescription medicine so it will last longer.

This month, something else will fall by the wayside: Money’s unemployment check.

The 43-year-old former printing press operator is among the more than 1.3 million Americans whose unemployment insurance benefits will run out by the end of the year, placing extra strain on an economy that is just starting to recover from the worst downturn in a generation.

These are the most unfortunate of America’s 14.5 million jobless: the ones whose benefits are drying up — in some cases after a record 18 months of government support.
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