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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (72667)	3/1/2010 12:16:05 PM
From: Maurice Winn	1 Recommendation Respond to of 74559

This could get some people angry - it's illegal to work for less than the minimum wage and there is no unemployment benefit meaning it's illegal to be alive. When governments make it illegal to be alive, that could lead to social disturbances. finance.yahoo.com <More than a million set to lose jobless benefits in March Buzz up! 58 Print By Tami Luhby, senior writer , On Friday February 26, 2010, 3:55 pm EST Depending on extended unemployment benefits to see you through the Great Recession? You'd better not: The Senate failed to push back the Feb. 28 deadline to apply for this safety net. Starting Monday, the jobless will no longer be able to apply for federal unemployment benefits or the COBRA health insurance subsidy. Federal unemployment benefits kick in after the basic state-funded 26 weeks of coverage expire. During the downturn, Congress has approved up to an additional 73 weeks, which it funds. These federal benefit weeks are divided into tiers, and the jobless must apply each time they move into a new tier. Because the Senate did not act, the jobless will now stop getting checks once they run out of their state benefits or current tier of federal benefits. That could be devastating to the unemployed who were counting on that income. In total, more than one million people could stop getting checks next month, with nearly 5 million running out of benefits by June, according to the National Unemployment Law Project. Lawmakers repeatedly tried to approve a 30-day extension this week, but each time, Sen. Jim Bunning, R-Ky., prevented the $10 billion measure from passing, saying it needs to be paid for first. "Right now, the 1.2 million workers who will lose benefits in March are being held hostage by partisan attempts to delay and block this critical legislation," said Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project. Senate Democrats plan to introduce legislation next week that pushes back the deadline as much as a year, an aide said. The House approved a bill in December that extended the deadline to the end of June. Of course, once the measure is approved, the jobless would be able to reapply for federal benefits, though they would not receive missed payments. Critical checks About 11.5 million people currently depend on jobless benefits. Nearly one in 10 Americans are out of work and a record 41.2% have been unemployed for at least six months. The average unemployment period lasts a record 30.2 weeks. The unemployment rate, which now stand at 9.7%, is expected to rise in February as snowstorms in many states disrupted the economy and stalled hiring. > To work they'll have to get far below the minimum wage to make it worth it for employers to break the employment laws. Hungry unemployed people could get angry seeing fat smug government "workers" retired on big lumps of taxpayer loot. Pitchforks.... Mqurice