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RIDE THE RAPID FOR FREE
TOMORROW.
FOR MANY OF THE MICHIGANDERS
RELYING ON UNEMPLOYMENT
PAYCHECKS AS THEIR SOLE SOURCE
OF INCOME -- THERE IS DEADLINE
ON THE HORIZON.
DECEMBER 29 IS THE DAY THOSE
RECIEVING FEDERAL UNENPLOYMENT
FUNDS WILL BE CUTOFF.... AND
FOR THOSE ALREADY LIVING ON
THE EDGE SOME ARE FEARFUL
ABOUT WHAT THEY'LL DO NEXT....
(( 05:13 HAVE A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE -- AND CAN'T EVEN
GET AN INTERVIEW. ))FOR ANN
DUNLOP -- HER LIFE AS OF LATE
HAS BEEN A LONG STRETCH FROM
WHAT SHE'D EVER IMAGINED....((
22:28 IF YOU'D HAVE ASKED ME
25 YEARS AGO WHERE I'D BE NOW
-- NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
WOULD I HAVE THOUGHT ANY OF
THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. 36 ))
SHE WENT TO COLLEGE --- GOT
HER DEGREE IN PSYCHOLOGY-- AND
WAS A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF THE
WORK FORCE -- UNTIL -- 3:30
THEY FIRED ME.LIKE SO MANY
WORKING AMERICANS SHE WAS
SEVERED -- AND HAS BEEN NOW
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR UNABLE TO
GET BACK TO WORK.24:01 GREW UP
WITH THE IDEA THAT YOU WORK
HARD AND YOU GO TO SCHOOL AND
YOU WORK HARD AND YOU KEEP
WORKING HARD AND LIFE WAS
GOING TO BE OKAY AND THAT'S
JUST NOT TRUE ANYMORE. 16ANN'S
STORY ISN'T UNLIKE TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF MICHIGAN'S
UNEMPLOYED -- RELYING ON
UNENPLOYMENT INSURANCE PAY TO
GET BUY -- MOST OF WHICH ARE
USING THE EMERGENCY FEDERAL
EXTENSION THAT OFFERS HARD HIT
STATES LIKE OURS FUNDS BEYONE
WHAT THE STATE SUPPLIES FOR
UNEMPLOYED WORKERS....THE
THRESHOLD IS 9 PERCENT --- AND
BECAUSE MICHIGAN HAS AVERAGED
LOWER IN UNEPLOYMENT OVER THE
PAST SEVERAL MONTHS -- FEDS
HAVE CUT MICHIGAN OFF
EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 29...((
16:41I THINK IT IS AN
EMERGENCY - YOU CANT HAVE WHAT
I IMAGINE ARE HUNDREDS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE SUDDENLY
WITH NO INCOME AND NO SAVINGS.
52))IT'S AN ISSUE THAT'S ON
CONGRESS' MIND -- THEY'RE THE
ONES
WHO CAN MOVE THE CUTOFF ---AND
THERE ARE MANY OTHER ISSUES IN
A POST-ELECTION PRE-HOLIDAY
CRUNCH TO GET THINGS DONE...
CONGRESSMAN BILL HUIZENGA'S
STAFF ANSWERED 24 HOUR NEWS
EIGHT'S REQUEST FOR COMMENT ON
THE MATTER....
MATTER....
." (( 7:04 YOU KNOW THERE'S
NOT A LOT OF TIME ))
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IN SEPTEMBER -- MICHIGAN'S
UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HIT 9.3
PERCENT -- THE STATE STILL
PROVIDES UP TO 20 WEEKS OF