From Holidaying In Mexico It Is A Sharp Fall To Fail To Move Into Even Shelters
After much wrangling and procrastination the Congress has allowed extending unemployment benefits for those who have been without work till 99 weeks. The number of those who have been employed beyond it is 1.4 million.
The politicians are not focusing on the plight of these '99ers' as they call themselves. However Senator Debbie Stabenow (Democrat/Michigan) is trying to introduce a bill to help this group but the chances of getting it through is faint. Andrew Stettner of National Employment Law Project said, "It's going to be extremely hard to pass. We barely got 60 votes to keep to 99 weeks, so it's even harder to get more". Stettner feels other options should be mulled over like temporary employment opportunities or help during times of emergency for this group.
One of the victims is Alexandra Jarrin who had to give up her rented apartment in Tennessee and shift to a motel with her last cent. After that she would have to live in her car. It is a sorry fate for some one who in the not too distant past had been in the corporate sector earning $56,000 annually. In March this year she received her last unemployment benefit cheque. Now her balance in the bank is minus. Her creditors are constantly telephoning her for clearing dues on the car loan; the vehicle might be repossessed any day. It is sudden fall from a lifestyle that had seen her holidaying in Mexico and Caribbean Islands.
The unemployment benefit had helped her to keep a toehold on middle class status but now she has fallen into the ranks of the indigent. A college graduate she had always been confident that education was enough to keep her in fed on milk and honey. Today she thinks having paid $92,000 on education has been a waste of good money.
In 2009 searching for work she had shifted to Brentwood Tennessee. If flooding had not taken over middle Tennessee she would have been evicted months ago. Recently in the middle of July the judge allowed her ten days to leave the rented premises.
While staying in a motel she has contacted some shelters only to be told they are full but she would be placed on the waiting list. Not one of her three sons is in a position to be of help. She cannot avail of Welfare as she has no dependent children. $200 coming from a friend has enabled her to stay in the motel for the time being.
The politicians are not focusing on the plight of these '99ers' as they call themselves. However Senator Debbie Stabenow (Democrat/Michigan) is trying to introduce a bill to help this group but the chances of getting it through is faint. Andrew Stettner of National Employment Law Project said, "It's going to be extremely hard to pass. We barely got 60 votes to keep to 99 weeks, so it's even harder to get more". Stettner feels other options should be mulled over like temporary employment opportunities or help during times of emergency for this group.
One of the victims is Alexandra Jarrin who had to give up her rented apartment in Tennessee and shift to a motel with her last cent. After that she would have to live in her car. It is a sorry fate for some one who in the not too distant past had been in the corporate sector earning $56,000 annually. In March this year she received her last unemployment benefit cheque. Now her balance in the bank is minus. Her creditors are constantly telephoning her for clearing dues on the car loan; the vehicle might be repossessed any day. It is sudden fall from a lifestyle that had seen her holidaying in Mexico and Caribbean Islands.
The unemployment benefit had helped her to keep a toehold on middle class status but now she has fallen into the ranks of the indigent. A college graduate she had always been confident that education was enough to keep her in fed on milk and honey. Today she thinks having paid $92,000 on education has been a waste of good money.
In 2009 searching for work she had shifted to Brentwood Tennessee. If flooding had not taken over middle Tennessee she would have been evicted months ago. Recently in the middle of July the judge allowed her ten days to leave the rented premises.
While staying in a motel she has contacted some shelters only to be told they are full but she would be placed on the waiting list. Not one of her three sons is in a position to be of help. She cannot avail of Welfare as she has no dependent children. $200 coming from a friend has enabled her to stay in the motel for the time being.
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