Will there be a tier 5 unemployment extension?

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According to AOL there are 1.4 million Americans who have exausted all benefits up to Tier 4 yet some states like Texas can’t even get tier 4.

http://www.aolnews.com/article/2010-unemployment-extension-faq-tier-5-99ers-explained-and-de/19555874

There are 1.4 million Americans called 99ers. 1.4 million families is a lot who exausted 99 weeks. I’ve been on unemployment in Texas and I didn’t even get the full 93 weeks. I was shorted by about 30 weeks after using up all my tiers from the state because they say “UP TO 93 Weeks”.

So all these congressmen who are saying 99 weeks is more than enough time, most of the 1.4 million families NEVER got 99 weeks. They got UP TO, but most missed the mark because these states are using unemployment wages to calculate what they should qualify for. So they are saying based on your past wages (which are none since you are on unemployment) we are going to short you 30 something weeks. We are also going to count partial weeks as a full week! So if you got a partial week of $50, that counts as one of your weeks in your overall max total of weeks!! Check your records and call your UI office!

My question is will there be a tier 5 or will 1.4 million Americans and their families continue to suffer?

Also how about an extension where you actual get the extension instead of UP TO. This is so misleading, it’s almost an outright scam calling these people 99ers because most are not getting it. Someone should investigate this and writeup a story on it.

2 thoughts on “Will there be a tier 5 unemployment extension?”

  1. It is a tragedy that so many people can’t find work. I think it’s immoral that so much of the stimulus money was squandered on corrupt liberal pork projects that didn’t create any jobs. Many liberal congressmen will find themselves unemployed in November.

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    If you look into it, you should find that unemployment compensation is primarily a function of the state. I should know this, but I can’t remember how the federal government fits in.

    btw. A new Democratic Senator is to be sworn in next week. It is expected that his vote will enable the Democrats to pass the unemployment extension bill soon after that.

    Budd,
    If Republicans would have compromised somewhat and gone along with the Democrats to get the stimulus bill passed, maybe the money that was squandered on “corrupt liberal pork projects” that bought the votes of some Democrats could have been put to better use.

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