Nearly One Million US Workers Cut Off Unemployment Benefits

i really feel sorry for these people

no job no money




Must not be that bad becuase all I see are people spending money....new cars, new houses, trinkets at wal-mart, grocery store packed!!!! Shit I cant even tell that there is a recession going on....


all this shit on the internet and the articles written about collapse and all the expert doomers, etc etc etc

is sensationalized for consumption. its bullshit. Hell, crime hasnt even gone up. but people here will say that the numbers are being hidden....its bullshit.


for people who arent int the USA, trust me, its not as bad as it been made to sound.....people are just bored and want to see doom. Maybe becuase they cant get laid, maybe becuase they dont want to work, maybe becuase they are on the bottom of the food chain and need something/someone to blame....trust me, what is going on in the US?? Movies, baseball games, picnics, beach, concerts, partys, TV, American Idol....lawns are being mowed, people have jobs, people are getting married , hospitals are running...

were cleaning up OIl. all this economic talk has turned out to be BULLSHIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, I know it easy to beleive, it all makes sense...and yes, there are some finance problems in particlar areas that will take some time to fix.....but thats it. nothing else. no doom, no collpase, no armeggedon.......now, lets wait for it....here it comes....maybe even from multiple posters....

"Yeah, just wait , in a few months this fucker is going down"

its always a few months/years away...these people are full of shit....

I was laid off due to a shortage a while back and worked at __an office superstore___ at minimum wage after working with computers before that.

It's just pride and ego, nothing more. IF these people were serious, and I mean SERIOUS about finding work, they would get it, even if they have to move. YOU GO WHERE THE WORK IS YOU NUMBNUTS YOU DONT SIT ON YOUR ASS AND COLLECT WAITING FOR WORK TO COME TO YOUR AREA


It's easy to say move, but don't you need money and a job to move and get a new place to live?

I'm doing everything I can on an empty bank account, to find work, I've even tried to start a couple of businesses (dog walking, pet sitting, virtual assisting, errand running, window washing, internet marketing, home business cleaning) and even with spreading the word (flyers, face to face encounters) have no clients.

I had an interview last week finally. It ended up being a multi-level marketing pitch. A lot of the job postings are turning out to be things like this, they wanted $49.00 and $200 a month inventory purchase. Frustrating because I only use my car to go on job interviews and grocery shopping. The "interview" was 20 miles away from where I live now.

I had a savings stash of what I thought was 6 months worth of expenses. I've scrimped and am to the bare minimum, phone/internet (through the phone company), electric, rent, food and gas for interviews. I'm not going to be able to make rent this month and my phone/internet is going soon too.

Anyone need a virtual assistant?

The reason you see people still buying stuff and out there like everything is normal is because a lot of people live on CREDIT.

I worked years at a store and most people payed by VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS even for small items that would total a few dollars.

A lot of it is bullshit. You will see the BMW and you don't want to see the 60-100k debt they are in.

And there are a lot of people living on the fringe. I know tons of people out of work and unemployed, luckily it's mostly young people who live at home. If it wasn't for family, a LOT of people would literally be on the streets.

The reason you see people still buying stuff and out there like everything is normal is because a lot of people live on CREDIT.

I worked years at a store and most people payed by VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS even for small items that would total a few dollars.

A lot of it is bullshit. You will see the BMW and you don't want to see the 60-100k debt they are in.

And there are a lot of people living on the fringe. I know tons of people out of work and unemployed, luckily it's mostly young people who live at home. If it wasn't for family, a LOT of people would literally be on the streets.

+1 so true

The reason you see people still buying stuff and out there like everything is normal is because a lot of people live on CREDIT.

I worked years at a store and most people payed by VISA, MASTERCARD, AMERICAN EXPRESS even for small items that would total a few dollars.

A lot of it is bullshit. You will see the BMW and you don't want to see the 60-100k debt they are in.

And there are a lot of people living on the fringe. I know tons of people out of work and unemployed, luckily it's mostly young people who live at home. If it wasn't for family, a LOT of people would literally be on the streets.

+1 so true

Agree...

Africa certainly looks to be the next battleground in regards to resource wars. Chinese business already has made significant moves in the region. The US military has set up an Africom Command in anticipation of future operations in Africa. Special forces are active in Somalia and US client states.
As far as the Middle East, the american establishment have clearly singled out Iran. Logic would tell them to leave it alone given the precarious tensions there already, but hubris rules the day, not common sense. They will attack, once they've played the sanctions game for a few years. They know the sanctions won't work, but must do this to make it look like they've "tried" diplomacy.
I don't think we have 20 years before we see significant war in the Middle East. I don't think it will be a world war, but there will be significant economic ramifications between China/Russia and the US/UK banking clique. Tarrifs, competing currency devaluations and trade embargoes may be implemented. The Iran war itself may result in millions of civilian casulties in Iran and Israel if the reactors are active by the time they are bombed. The Americans themselves must seize the Straigh of Hormuz if they are to keep the Chinese from selling all their US treasuries and collapsing the dollar. The writings on the wall, it will be ugly.