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What Safety Net?

By Rebecca Zietlow

As more and more Americans lose their jobs, our system of unemployment insurance has come under strain.  Last week, the Ohio unemployment insurance computer system crashed under the strain of overuse, and the phone lines followed, because they were receiving 80,000  calls a day.  Unemployed workers are running into the time limit on benefits while [...]

Full post as published by Essentially Contested America on January 15, 2009 (boomark / email).