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As the end of my unemployement looms, my anxiety and depression get worse. Found out today from my roommate that an extension is on the block for passing. I researched it and indeed there is a Tier 5 introduced. It would give 20 extra weeks to those who have exhausted benefits (99'ers as their called, as they've hit 99 weeks unemployement......which is weird because I'm no where near that many but I'm still going to be out of unemployement). Not only would it extend the unemployement it would give tax cuts to the businesses that hire new workers looking for work. You can read about it here: http://jobsearch.about.com/b/2010/09/01/tier-5-unemployment.htm
Hopefully it passes, but I'm not holding my breath as it's currently in limbo about funding.
EDIT: Doing more research and apparently there have been a couple bills like this...however they aren't getting priority because there is the "Dream Act" that the senate is talking about. It would give conditional permanent citizen status to illegals who meet the criteria. Seriously? You're going to prioritize illegals over people that have worked, paid into unemployment, and now are fucked? Common.
Hopefully it passes, but I'm not holding my breath as it's currently in limbo about funding.
EDIT: Doing more research and apparently there have been a couple bills like this...however they aren't getting priority because there is the "Dream Act" that the senate is talking about. It would give conditional permanent citizen status to illegals who meet the criteria. Seriously? You're going to prioritize illegals over people that have worked, paid into unemployment, and now are fucked? Common.