tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post1809065311919426721..comments2024-01-24T02:02:31.744-07:00Comments on Outpost Mâvarin: How Desperate Do I Need to Be?Karen Funk Blocherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16860091802901743222noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-18185214460404119172009-01-13T02:08:00.000-07:002009-01-13T02:08:00.000-07:00While I admire your honesty and thoughtfulness ove...While I admire your honesty and thoughtfulness over your unemployment claim, I think that you're over-thinking the whole matter. Just check "no," pass Go and collect $200 or whatever the amount of the weekly check. If Arizona is anything like what's going on here, unemployment claims are through the roof and you've already expended much more thought on it than anyone else, and all the agency is doing is moving paperwork around.<BR/><BR/>Compare and contrast that to applying for a federal bailout. Mother Jones decided that the whole process of filling out a TARP application only takes 27 minutes, and that includes explaining the project to their CFO. They've got <A HREF="http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2009/01/11679_too_big_to_do_p.html" REL="nofollow">a small list of things that take longer</A>. On their list: applying for NY unemployment benefits takes 30 minutes.fdtatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00556497275110191794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19010648.post-86574630567001512942009-01-11T17:23:00.000-07:002009-01-11T17:23:00.000-07:00Times are bad here too, too many retrenchments goi...Times are bad here too, too many retrenchments going on now. At every job fair, there's simply too many job seekers than jobs offered! Hope you get some good news soon.Jamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165901556595808031noreply@blogger.com