Chase won't accept my mortgage payment
No, it's not a situation, where the friendly Chase folks are trying to reach out a helping hand. It's not, please Gennie keep your meager $.Seriously, folks, a great problem with our mega-evil,...
View ArticleWhere's our telethon?
Donations flow as celebs join Larry King's Gulf telethonLarge and small donations flowed in Monday evening as dozens of celebrities answered phones for Larry King's telethon to help the people of the...
View ArticleDemocratic Senators and Obama Don't Get It - Updated
There are currently 2 million Americans who are out of money, out of work, and out of hope -- the unemployed Americans for whom our Senators did not extend unemployment benefits. And this number is...
View ArticleUPDATED State of the Unemployed (Mothership Wannabe)
The numbers: - 9.5% unemployment rate - 14.6 million unemployed - nearly half, 6.8 million of the 14.6, have been unemployed for longer than 6 months - An additional 2.6 million people are unemployed...
View ArticleState of the Unemployed - Daily Earful
The real problem here is how Washington has chosen to deal with the topic -- namely, cutting off unemployment benefits in the name of austerity. Frankly, I don't see how that can last more than a few...
View ArticleState of the Unemployed: A Call to Action
Today's update: I'm very pleased that Ridemybike's diary on unemployment has gotten most rec status! Please read his very important call to action diary. As he tells, the appalling inaction of our...
View ArticleThis is America? State of the Unemployed
Edit: Can anyone repost this in the morning? I accidentally published too soon."Every day Americans don't receive unemployment insurance is another day more American workers and families will slip...
View ArticleHungry, Tired, and Angry. This is America?
An updated version of a State of the Unemployed diary I prematurely posted."Every day Americans don't receive unemployment insurance is another day more American workers and families will slip into...
View ArticleNo we didn't (yet) - State of the Unemployed
Financial reform passed, the oil cap may be working, new jobless claims this week dropped to the lowest number in 2 years, and another vote on the extension of unemployment benefits* has been scheduled...
View ArticleLight at the end of the tunnel...delayed until 2020? State of the Unemployed
"I'm not sure yet it's sunk in with the political class (outside of economists) how horrible the prospects are for bringing the unemployment rate back to pre-Great Recession levels any time soon. And...
View ArticleBefore he can hear people cry
How many ears must one man have before he can hear people cry The answer my friend is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the windFriends, I'm crying tonight. I've reached the real bottom of...
View ArticleA hungry child begging for food
Yesterday evening, I stood by the counter waiting for my order in a non-chain fast food restaurant in the shadow of Wrigley and the Nettlehorst School on the eastern edge of Rahm's old Congressional...
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