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<blockquote data-quote="refineryworker05" data-source="post: 4946737" data-attributes="member: 66082"><p>What are you talking about? Your original thought is irrational because you believe no one had less income during covid economic downturn? Lol ok man. </p><p>In terms of why people don't pay rent.... I don't know how people can not know anything about the stuff they seem to care about.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.marketplace.org/2020/09/25/many-are-still-waiting-for-unemployment-months-later/[/URL]</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Many have had claims denied and are trying to appeal. Others have been flagged for fraud, or had trouble submitting clarifying documents on buggy websites. Some haven’t heard anything at all.</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><em><strong>For those who have been approved and are getting unemployment, the average wait time has been 6 or 7 weeks — well above <a href="https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/uifactsheet.asp" target="_blank">the standard 2 to 3 weeks</a> — even now, months into the pandemic.</strong></em></p><p></p><p><strong><em>The biggest delays have been in states that have historically <a href="https://www.epi.org/publication/how-low-can-we-go-state-unemployment-insurance-programs-exclude-record-numbers-of-jobless-workers/" target="_blank">been the most restrictive</a> when it comes to unemployment benefits, like Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, and states that have had a particularly high volume of claims, like Kentucky, Washington and California, Stettner said, “but it’s really happening across the country.”</em></strong></p><p><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><em><strong>Just this week, <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2020/09/21/california-state-unemployment-system-serious-problems-other-states-arent-much-better-off/" target="_blank">California announced</a> that it would stop accepting new unemployment applications for two weeks, until Oct. 5, to work on clearing a backlog of more than 1.5 million claims, many of which have been pending for months. Even with the pause, the state doesn’t expect to resolve all of those cases until January. And 10,000 new claims are coming in every day.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>For many of those who have now gone months without a paycheck or unemployment, things are dire. This is a country where 40% of people don’t have enough in savings <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2020/05/05/many-lack-a-financial-backstop-amid-pandemic/" target="_blank">to cover an unexpected $250 expense</a>, and 60% don’t have enough to cover a thousand dollar expense.</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><em><strong>“You may have savings enough to get through a few weeks, you may be able to manage by relying on relatives for a few more weeks. But when it gets to 12 weeks and 16 weeks and 20 weeks and longer, that’s what we’ve been seeing, very few people have the resources to get beyond that,” said Anne Paxton, an attorney and policy director for the Unemployment Law Project. “It’s just this surge of despair that we’re seeing.”</strong></em></p><p><em><strong></strong></em></p><p><strong><em>Since the earliest days of the pandemic, there have been <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2020/05/22/record-levels-of-food-insecurity-in-the-u-s-because-of-covid-19/" target="_blank">long lines at food banks</a>. <a href="https://www.marketplace.org/2020/07/27/covid-19-pandemic-food-stamps-snap-benefits/" target="_blank">Enrollment in SNAP has surged</a>. As the months have dragged on, Paxton has seen a growing number of people who are waiting for unemployment benefits become homeless. Others are on the verge. </em></strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="refineryworker05, post: 4946737, member: 66082"] What are you talking about? Your original thought is irrational because you believe no one had less income during covid economic downturn? Lol ok man. In terms of why people don't pay rent.... I don't know how people can not know anything about the stuff they seem to care about. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.marketplace.org/2020/09/25/many-are-still-waiting-for-unemployment-months-later/[/URL] [B][I]Many have had claims denied and are trying to appeal. Others have been flagged for fraud, or had trouble submitting clarifying documents on buggy websites. Some haven’t heard anything at all. [/I][/B] [I][B]For those who have been approved and are getting unemployment, the average wait time has been 6 or 7 weeks — well above [URL='https://oui.doleta.gov/unemploy/uifactsheet.asp']the standard 2 to 3 weeks[/URL] — even now, months into the pandemic.[/B][/I] [B][I]The biggest delays have been in states that have historically [URL='https://www.epi.org/publication/how-low-can-we-go-state-unemployment-insurance-programs-exclude-record-numbers-of-jobless-workers/']been the most restrictive[/URL] when it comes to unemployment benefits, like Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, and states that have had a particularly high volume of claims, like Kentucky, Washington and California, Stettner said, “but it’s really happening across the country.” [/I][/B] [I][B]Just this week, [URL='https://www.marketplace.org/2020/09/21/california-state-unemployment-system-serious-problems-other-states-arent-much-better-off/']California announced[/URL] that it would stop accepting new unemployment applications for two weeks, until Oct. 5, to work on clearing a backlog of more than 1.5 million claims, many of which have been pending for months. Even with the pause, the state doesn’t expect to resolve all of those cases until January. And 10,000 new claims are coming in every day. For many of those who have now gone months without a paycheck or unemployment, things are dire. This is a country where 40% of people don’t have enough in savings [URL='https://www.marketplace.org/2020/05/05/many-lack-a-financial-backstop-amid-pandemic/']to cover an unexpected $250 expense[/URL], and 60% don’t have enough to cover a thousand dollar expense. “You may have savings enough to get through a few weeks, you may be able to manage by relying on relatives for a few more weeks. But when it gets to 12 weeks and 16 weeks and 20 weeks and longer, that’s what we’ve been seeing, very few people have the resources to get beyond that,” said Anne Paxton, an attorney and policy director for the Unemployment Law Project. “It’s just this surge of despair that we’re seeing.” [/B][/I] [B][I]Since the earliest days of the pandemic, there have been [URL='https://www.marketplace.org/2020/05/22/record-levels-of-food-insecurity-in-the-u-s-because-of-covid-19/']long lines at food banks[/URL]. [URL='https://www.marketplace.org/2020/07/27/covid-19-pandemic-food-stamps-snap-benefits/']Enrollment in SNAP has surged[/URL]. As the months have dragged on, Paxton has seen a growing number of people who are waiting for unemployment benefits become homeless. Others are on the verge. [/I][/B] [I][B] [/B][/I] [/QUOTE]
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