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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 08:51 AM Original message |
Allowing unemployed to go to school and keep their benefits *OUTSTANDING* |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
1. BUMP BACK.. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Agreed. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:39 AM Response to Reply #1 |
10. hey this is du |
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polmaven (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:31 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Yeah!!! |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Just like Cuba does (and has been doing for 40+ years). |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:08 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Good Point! |
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ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:40 AM Response to Reply #4 |
11. i can imagine!! they will probably say, as i have heard some say that the unemployed |
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Mika (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:03 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Shutting down "free trade" agreements that are killing our domestic production would help. |
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madokie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:12 AM Response to Original message |
5. Back in the early 70's |
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intheflow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:14 AM Response to Original message |
6. Fabulous! |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:50 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. I'm right there with you |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. Yes, no one talks about the self-employed who don't qualify |
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Coyote_Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 03:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. And some of us |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:23 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Thinking this might be the answer.. Looked at the CNN story |
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HopeOverFear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:34 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. That's a typo, right? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:43 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. Yep Typo..and my dyslexia ... I misread it.. |
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Merlot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. Yes, but you don't qualify for a pell grant if you already have a 4 yr degree. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
7. You used to be able to do this, right??? Didn't Repugs change it?? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:19 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. I don't know..but it just makes so much sense... |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
33. Even though unemployment is federal |
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barbtries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 04:14 AM Response to Reply #7 |
38. in 1995 |
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pnutbutr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:22 AM Response to Original message |
9. I wonder |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-12-09 12:33 PM Response to Reply #9 |
43. Public colleges, borrowed books, library? |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:50 AM Response to Original message |
12. That is how we survived the Reagan Recession. It was called TRA. |
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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:14 AM Response to Original message |
15. Letting people keep their benefits until they find a job afterward |
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Raineyb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
16. Really? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:45 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Yes Raineyb.. Opportunity. GOV |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. He's announcing it now~~ |
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ieoeja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:02 AM Response to Original message |
19. I had no idea you couldn't. That was f'ing insane! |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
20. Did he say anything about independent contractors who don't get unemployment insurance? |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:11 AM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Honestly I don't know.. I got a call in just as he was making the announcement |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 11:21 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. Just looked this up on CNN |
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Peacetrain (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:45 PM Response to Reply #20 |
28. Never mind.. I misread the numbers it is a 500 bump in pell grant |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:44 PM Response to Original message |
27. additionally |
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Joanne98 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 12:45 PM Response to Original message |
29. YAY! I can go to school now!!!!!!! |
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prolesunited (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
31. I would love to be able to go back to school |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 05:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. that is good n/t |
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Wednesdays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-08-09 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
36. K&R |
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Sirveri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 04:03 AM Response to Original message |
37. You were always able to go back to school. But it had to be specific schools. |
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ColbertWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 04:42 AM Response to Original message |
39. Anyone know when it starts? 30 days? 6 months? Immediately? n/t |
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shireen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 05:26 AM Response to Original message |
40. yes, finally some common-sense policy! nt |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 05:35 AM Response to Original message |
41. This is nice... |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-09-09 09:09 AM Response to Original message |
42. Federal or State policy? |
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