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Across US, jobless losing benefits
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Contributor | Servo |
Last Edited | Servo Dec 22, 2003 12:04am |
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Media | Newspaper - Boston Globe |
News Date | Monday, December 22, 2003 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
Description | More than 90,000 people who have been out of work for months will lose their federal benefits today, when a program to aid the long-term unemployed expires.
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Some lawmakers believe an extension is unnecessary, because unemployment rates have dropped recently and other economic indicators point to a recovery. Other officials worry that extending benefits might discourage some unemployed workers from taking a job, particularly if the opening is less desirable than a past job.
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