Comments on: What will the unemployed get from the stimulus package

By: Rudy Estrada

Rudy Estrada — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:20:50 +0000

How many extra weeks of unemployment benifits will North Carolina recieve.

By: Maximum Weekly Unemployment Benefits by State | I Need a Job NOW!

Maximum Weekly Unemployment Benefits by State | I Need a Job NOW! — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:37:40 +0000

[...] United States alphabetically sorted by state and territory. These amounts may have changed after Obama’s stimulus package. Additionally, you no longer have to pay taxes on the first $2400 of unemployment [...]

By: Judi

Judi — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:10:46 +0000

Hi there — I came across your blog via The Unemployment Meter.

Needless to say I recently wrote a post about this very subject in my blog. The bottom line is that I was under the impression the Stimulus Package was to get people off of unemployment, not get more money in their unemployment checks. Especially when there are dangers of a few states dangerously running low on the unemployment funds. It’s scary!

By: Tina

Tina — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:40:09 +0000

$25 a week may not seem like much…but it depends on how you think about it. That’s $100/month. A utility or phone bill. I have a family of three plus four animals. An extra $25 goes a long way at the Aldi grocery store. I buy meat at BJs Wholesale for $30/month. Therefore, and extra $25/week almost covers my meat bill for a month.

I say thanks to what we’re getting…use it wisely. No, $25 won’t pay my mortgage, but between that and the assistance with COBRA I might last a little longer.

By: ummm

ummm — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:30:34 +0000

Prowls08, perhaps if you learned to write English properly you would not be unemployed. I can’t believe how many mistakes there are in your short sentences. It’s spelt “clarity”, not “clearity”. Also, it’s “extension”, and not “extention”.

By: powls08

powls08 — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 03:58:08 +0000

I know exactly know what u mean Siean….we need some clearity on the 20 weeks…extention !!!!

By: Siena Baraka

Siena Baraka — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:53:33 +0000

A bit of a windfall????? Unemployment is a barely livable amount for most people, only a fraction of their work income; an extra $25 a week won’t make a significant improvement.

Yes, the COBRA subsidy will help those who became unemployed in the last six months, but it won’t do a thing for those of us who have been unemployed longer.

I’d like to see some wording on the exact terms of the unemployment extension. If someone has already had the first 13 week extension and the second 7 or 13 week extension, are they getting the 20 or 33 week extension in addition to that? Or is the 20/33 just the new term of the extension?

I’m hoping it means I’ll get another 20 weeks, because I don’t see jobs in my field opening up for several more months. I’d be glad to start my own business, but there’s no economic stimulus for small business startups, and it would disqualify me from getting unemployment anyway to be trying to go it on my own (one of the stupidest rules ever). In any case, having been unemployed for so long, my credit isn’t good enough to qualify me for any small business financing. They always want you to get your credit in order first, and that means having income…

By: Momof6

Momof6 — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:27:31 +0000

Great. We were laid of 8/15 and have a large (by today’s family) standards. COBRA is killing us, even with most of us uninsured.

“They’re singing songs of love, but not for me.”