The Arizona jobless rate is on the rise.
Unemployment in the State of Arizona rose 2.2% in 2008, bringing the state’s preliminary 2008 (November) unemployment rate to a whopping 6.3%. As a matter of fact, Arizona’s jobless rate rivals that of California, and the State’s percentage of job-losses in 2008 were significantly higher than those of The Golden State. I guess we can be sure that all of those penalty-revenue traffic laws aren’t helping to save jobs in Arizona; they just add insult to injury, heaping additional fines and taxes upon an already over-burdened and unemployed population.…
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76 - Roger Nowosielski
Beebs,
Very good suggestion. Unfortunately, BC is not equipped with "the ignore button." I wish they had it, though.
77 - El Bicho
oh, the irony
78 - Roger Nowosielski
When everything else fails, what else is there?
79 - C Lee
I'm in the same situation. Was laid off in August, same as you. I'm still fighting for it. My credit cards are all maxed out, I'm living off of a friend's charity, & there's no food or lights in my apartment. I have no gas in my car, & I no longer have a phone.
For everyone's in the same situation, I wish you the best of luck & let you know you're not alone.
For the sake of all of us, I hope we start to see some help soon.
80 - Roger Nowosielski
"The forgotten man" from My Man Godfrey with William Powell and Carole Lombard comes to mind.
Another line from that movie: "The only thing that stands between a citizen and a bum is a job."
81 - sjj
I had the same problem... until i realized i had accidentally thrown out my chase debit card that the state issued 5 weeks ago. call chase, get a new card.
82 - Kari
I think most of us laid off are in the same situation. I was laid off in Sept, but didn't file until Nov due to a serious illness. I still have not received compensation. I look and apply almost daily for a job, but no offers. I am lucky, my husband works, it's just not enough for a family that was a two income family. We've had to change our life styles in a huge way. Dropped all fitness clubs, pay channels, hair cuts, nails and started clipping coupons and keeping the heater low.
83 - Hope and Change?
C Lee....alll those tales of dispair and you still have the energy ...or balls...to blog all day...hmmmm..sounds odd doesnt it
84 - roger nowosielski
'Tis OK, Kari. You've got to take H&C with a grain of salt. He is our maverick.
85 - Dr Dreadful
That's one word for him...
86 - roger nowosielski
Allow me to be gracious, Doc. There's something to be said for good form.