Afghanistan: Worse Than a Nightmare
By BOB HERBERT
We're like a compulsive gambler plunging ever more deeply into debt in order to wager on a rigged game. There is no victory to be had in Afghanistan, only grief. We're bulldozing Detroit while at the same time trying to establish model metropolises in Kabul and Kandahar. We're spending endless billions on this wretched war but can't extend the unemployment benefits of Americans suffering from the wretched economy here at home.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25825.htm
400k unemployed in MI to lose benefits
More than 400,000 unemployed Michigan workers will lose their employment benefits by the end of the year as a result of the US Senate's failure Thursday to pass an extension of Federal emergency help, according to Michigan unemployment officials.
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/economy/400k-unemployed-in-MI-to-lose-benefits
Defeat of jobs bill in Senate costly to California
Some 200,000 jobless Californians have already lost their unemployment benefits, and that figure is expected to rise to 1.5 million by the end of the year without an extension from Congress. California's unemployment rate stands at 12.4 percent, among the highest in the nation.
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_15379491?source=email&nclick_check=1
From Information Clearing House
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=unemploy
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=employment+benefit
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bob+Herbert
We're like a compulsive gambler plunging ever more deeply into debt in order to wager on a rigged game. There is no victory to be had in Afghanistan, only grief. We're bulldozing Detroit while at the same time trying to establish model metropolises in Kabul and Kandahar. We're spending endless billions on this wretched war but can't extend the unemployment benefits of Americans suffering from the wretched economy here at home.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article25825.htm
400k unemployed in MI to lose benefits
More than 400,000 unemployed Michigan workers will lose their employment benefits by the end of the year as a result of the US Senate's failure Thursday to pass an extension of Federal emergency help, according to Michigan unemployment officials.
http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/economy/400k-unemployed-in-MI-to-lose-benefits
Defeat of jobs bill in Senate costly to California
Some 200,000 jobless Californians have already lost their unemployment benefits, and that figure is expected to rise to 1.5 million by the end of the year without an extension from Congress. California's unemployment rate stands at 12.4 percent, among the highest in the nation.
http://www.mercurynews.com/top-stories/ci_15379491?source=email&nclick_check=1
From Information Clearing House
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=Afghanistan
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=unemploy
http://sharenews.twoday.net/search?q=employment+benefit
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bob+Herbert
rudkla - 28. Jun, 08:10
