Comments on: Tier 5 and extended unemployment benefits: letters to Congress from the long-term unemployed (Part 3)

By: jahdiel

jahdiel — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 19:23:19 +0000

im 33 years old male i got 4 weeks left to clam,still looking for work its hard for me i have falmiy

By: chrystal stipp

chrystal stipp — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:56:33 +0000

Hello I am a 30 year old pregnant single mother of 2. I just got off the phone with unemployment to find out that i only have one week left of 264.00 when i went to claim my weeks there was only one week 2 claim. I have been unemployeed for over a year now and at eight months pregnant i am scared that I will soon be homeless. I have worked since i was 14 (no lie) I held my first job at MCAS Iwakuni Japan when my father was stationed there as a U.S Marine. I have worked so hard as a single mother as well as going to college in the mist of it. I have looked for jobs plenty of jobs, but there are no jobs and to add to it I am pregnant (liability) regardless of what the law says about descrimination. I hope,I pray someone of great power,humanity and courage fight for the people that cant. Fight for the people that are silenced and forgotten.

By: Merri Comenole

Merri Comenole — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 23:44:53 +0000

Wow, what else is there to add. We are begging for a Tier V, made to feel that we are lazy and greedy, holders of Mortgages, Car notes, college degrees, years of specific experience and we played by all the rules. I am 50 years old and I know I have been discriminated against due to my age, repeatedly. I have exhaused all monies, and everything I have had to borrow is at a whopping 21% + interest rate. While we pray for Tier V, how could it not be granted, even then 20 weeks will fly by, recovery cannot take place that rapidly. I truely feel that there is unseen genocide, suicide, and homicide as a result of this. We must practice at best 0 population, as I see it now, I will not even have grandchildren. I PRAY for all those with children and pets, I PRAY they do not take their frustration out on them. I PRAY for the children and the pets. For all the couples that have at least one good income in the family, please go volunteer and pray for those of us that cannot depend on another’s income.

By: Karen Anderson

Karen Anderson — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 05:09:59 +0000

I have been laid off since March 2009 after working for 29 years for a large semiconductor company. I’m presently on tier 3 of unemployment my tier 4 will run out the second week of November 2010. At the first of 2010 I had to withdraw my retirement to help pay for my bipolar son’s and my cobra medical insurance. I have also exhausted all of it and my medical insurance went up the end of August to over $1,000.00 if I want to keep it. I also have health problems, but as a single mom can’t afford to continue cobra without the subsidy of which was stopped.. thanks. I and my son will be homeless within two months if tier 5 is not approved. Not only will I be homeless, but will lose everything me and my son have. I have my family that is not willing to allow us to move in with for they too are having problems of unemployment too and stuggling. Please I beg you let there be unemployment extensions until the unemployment crisis improves. As myself many are struggling and especially those with only one income. I have as well as many others applied to well over 300 jobs since last year and have not had one interview and usually don’t get replies back on the resumes sent out online. It is very depressing and stressful knowing that you need to support yourself and a child and can’t find anything. What do you tell your children that you are going to be living in a shelter or your car soon. My story is real as well as others on here. We all are stuggling to support our families. If the unemployment extensions tier 5 is not approved families will have no choice, but to go to welfare. So with that said the goverment will be paying out one way or the other so why not approve tier 5.

By: Monique Batot

Monique Batot — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:08:18 +0000

I have been unemployed since July of 2008 and have lost my unemployment benefits (back in May 2010). Who am I suppose to turn to for help now? I have filled out numerous applications, sent out dozens of resumes, and yet..NOTHING!!! It must be nice to have a job in this economy and be able to put food on the table and most of all be able to sleep at night! I know that there is only so much the government can to do help the unemployed,but just imagine if you were in our situation….you would want your government to stand behind you and help! Please remember what this country stands for…The United States of America has always stood behind its people and should continue to do so. You cannot help someone else until you have helped yourself first. So we beg you to help your people in need first before you spend our hard working tax money on others anymore!!!!!