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- From: watson@clark.edu (Dennis Watson)
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- Subject: Re: Nightline and Presidential Cantidates
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.210331.15397@clark.edu>
- Date: 16 Nov 92 21:03:31 GMT
- Article-I.D.: clark.1992Nov16.210331.15397
- References: <1992Nov12.171758.19357@donner.SanDiego.NCR.COM> <1992Nov14.155212.22843@umbc3.umbc.edu> <14NOV199214261364@jetson.uh.edu>
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- In article <14NOV199214261364@jetson.uh.edu> citer@jetson.uh.edu (Sanders, Raymond L.) writes:
- >to leave graciously ("purchased") it is deemed voluntary. No unemployment,
- >no statistic. There are several hundred thousand like me who will not
- >be counted until we resume employment with the appropriate company (ie
- >self-employed does not count). My options, other than leaving, were minimal
- >although there was an offer to uproot and move from the sunbelt to the icebelt
- >leaving family and friends behind. I'm lucky in that I have medical benefits
- >until I formally retire next year. I'm thankful for what I have, but no
- >matter how much someone told me the recession was over, I have no money to
- >spend until I have a new job.
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- also, people out of work long enough that there unemployment benefits run
- out are not counted either! I work, but my increases have not seen the
- 35% increase of the wealthy, infact the "tricle-on" effect is well named!
- My increases do NOT keep up with inflation, I am a mear peon!
-