What's Going To Happen To The Unemployed If Congress Lets Unemployment Insurance Lapse?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Folks will do a lot to survive. I can only imagine what fifteen million unemployed Americans will do without any kind of means to survive and I think there will be chaos

[xchrom]

1. It's gonna be interesting to see what happens. Nt

[Lasher]

2. Many of them are Republicans

I don't know how they will rationalize this to make it Democrats' fault, but I know they will do it. Blame it on Obama, I guess.

[tavalon]

21. My ex-husband isn't, he's a yellow dog Democrat

and he's one unemployment check from the streets after 2 years searching for work.

[Lasher]

24. I'm a yellow dog too, but after four decades I'm rethinking that.

I don't know what people are going to do. I hope he finds work soon.

[old mark]

3. They will be motivated to take all those jobs the GOP says are out there

or else many will be on welfare...


mark

[Doremus]

11. Forgot your sarcasm tag. No such thing as 'welfare' anymore.

You knew that I'm sure, but others may not.

[old mark]

13. The GOP "fixed" welfare, just as they are about to "fix" unemployment and

medicare and social security. (the tag was not forgotten - I expect readers here to have above average comprehension...sometimes they even do!)

US voters strike again.


mark

[CoffeeCat]

4. Let them ask for tax breaks for the rich...

...while simultaneously cutting off unemployment benefits to America's hardworking people.

Let them just TRY IT.

I DARE THEM. The fallout will make their heads spin.

[Rex]

5. Around the globe, the working poor are facing cuts to every part

of social services. We all know why. Corporate piracy is out of control and destroying every aspect of our lives. What happens when 25% are unemployed and fall off the roles? They can work a hotdog stand? If you watched your pension vanish along with a 401k, you can understand how bad it can still get. I'm guessing rock bottom.

[TBF]

12. The "austerity" measures are killing the poor while enriching the weatlhy -

same old story and they are particularly ruthless this time. I am heartened to see Europe fight back, and hope to see resistance in this country as well.

[Vinca]

6. Suicides, which already seem to be on the rise, will go up.

People can only take so much. But we've got plenty of money for war.

[boppers]

7. Huge wage/career/lifestyle changes will happen (again),

You know what a "Ski-Doo" is?
A "Tivo"?
"Basic Cable"?
Do you have your own place (as compared to renting, or living with family)?
Have you never gone for less than 24 hours without a meal?
Does someone in your family own a car?
Do you have your own computer?

Congratulations, you are one of the richest people on the planet.

My grandfather traveled 600 miles to find work, as a janitor, when my grandmother was making do with one light bulb in the house... she'd move it from room to room, as needed.

In the United States.

What will happen is that a whole lot of self-entitled people will realize that, well, they're really not that special, they don't have a "right to luxury", and, god willing, the US will stop being the most obese country, the least literate western country, the country where so many people think that they're special, and don't have to take a pay-cut to work.

[WVRICK13]

8. They Will Either End Up Homeless

or move in with family and friends. As a nation we are far too compliant. Can you imagine this happening in France? We Democrats should have ads on TV every day telling the public that we support benefits and the Republicans won't extend them. Use quotes from the RW Congressmen in the ads that show how little they think of the working class. We continue to let great PR opportunities pass us by and then wonder why we lose elections.

[BrklynLiberal]

9. The rich will use them for food..

x(

[reggie the dog]

10. stealing, prostitution, and drug dealing

but existing dealers dont want to lose market share nor do existing prostitutes, so look for violence associated with the newly added memebers of the criminal trade.

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[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. What Kind Of Jobs?

How much do the jobs psy?

What are the requirements?

[fascisthunter]

16. go into prostitution, crime, whatever means to survive... just what the upper class wants

cheap labor

This is why calling them parasites is apt.

[NNN0LHI]

17. The people currently working will become expendable

When employers have such a huge pool of desperate people willing to work for almost anything, a lot of people working now will be replaced by workers willing to work for a lower wage. In other words if you currently have a job there is a good chance you won't have one soon.

That is what is about to happen.

By the way, I have seen this movie before. A couple of times.

Don

[DemocratSinceBirth]

18. Somebody Posted There Were Good Jobs Available In Her Town That People Didn't Want

I wish she could have elaborated on those good jobs before the mods deleted it.

[Catherina]

19. I shudder to think. I hope they march on Wall Street and DC. n/t

[1776Forever]

20. As a reference point in 1980 Reagan took thousands off SS Disability and many committed suicide:

June 9, 2009, 6:17 am The Reassessment of Reagan

http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/09/the-reassessment-of-reagan/#comment-21915

"... the massive throwing of Social Security disability beneficiaries off the rolls, resulting in physical deaths and suicides (all cases who survived – thousands upon thousands – won their court battle)"

............

Our family of 7 was, husband was disabled, and our 5 children were one of these families that had to go back and fight again for the benefits and won after 2 years. The Dem's are going to have to fight this one and win or own it!

[rucky]

22. They'll require more expensive public services to survive.

Congress isn't saving us any money, they're just making it even harder on the poor by creating more competition for fewer resources.

[quaker bill]

23. The shelters are mostly full, and the food banks strained

as it is. Many will go for temporary assistance (welfare), which pays less. Many of the unemployed are likely on food stamps already, but their required contribution will drop with their income, so the taxpayer will be picking up more of that tab.

Some will take entry level jobs to eat, but there aren't all that many of them to be had.

Unrest could result, but generally the truly poor are far too busy finding food and a place to sleep to have time for much activism. It is difficult to mobilize this population for rallies because they do not own reliable transportation and any money for transit tickets is more likely to be spent on food. In urban areas with a large population of folks affected by this, times could get interesting.