supl on March 11th, 2009

Some unemployed people just can’t get a break. All those laid off late last year can probably attest to this. Not only did they lose their chance at getting paid for the holidays, but they also got stuck with the worst time to apply for unemployment and jobs, because everybody knows nobody works right before [...]

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Continue reading about #33 Putting Off Their Taxes Because They Owe Money

supl on February 19th, 2009

When unemployed people start boasting about getting a raise, don’t think twice, it’s just Obama’s way of being nice! After the unemployed claimed not to pay attention to the goings on of the economic stimulus plan, some of their demands were heard when the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was signed into law this week. [...]

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Continue reading about #19 Getting a Raise from the Government

supl on February 13th, 2009

Plenty of unemployed people will bemoan their situations and make every effort to remind their friends and family that they’re struggling to make ends meet without a job “in this economy”. Then there are the cool unemployed people who will make every effort to make light of their situation so as not to burden said [...]

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Continue reading about #15 Taking Friends Out “On the Government”

supl on February 11th, 2009

There are several reasons the unemployed are ignoring the hoopla surrounding the Economic Recovery Stimulus Plan (if that’s even the official name of it). It’s not so much that they don’t care about it, they just don’t care to try to figure out what’s going with the whole thing. Why concentrate on thinking about what [...]

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Continue reading about #13 Ignoring Obama’s Economic Stimulus Plan

supl on February 3rd, 2009

At a time when consumerism is down, and the public is urged to spend, the unemployed are the only ones listening, and how! Gaming is still on the rise with game consoles and games ($50 each) selling like hotcakes. When faced with the reality that they’re suddenly going to gain eight hours a day, the [...]

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Continue reading about #7 Buying Game Consoles With Unemployment Checks

supl on January 29th, 2009

Government bailouts, economic stimulus packages, and rising deficits have been the non-stop jibber jabber of the last six months but have been largely ignored by the unemployed because yeah, it has something to do with why they lost their jobs, but the government is giving out free money, so what do they care? Then bits and pieces [...]

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Continue reading about #4 Praying Unemployment Checks Won’t Turn Into IOUs