A 99er's Desperate Note

Art Delaney for the HuffingtonPost reports,

Online Community Responds To 99er's Desperate Note: We Hear You

A Las Vegas man who's been out of work nearly two years wrote online Thursday that he's tired of being tired.

"As I see my life winding down in about three more weeks I have pondered the absence of relevance in my past life, and the lack of significance my passing will be to the world," wrote a 55-year-old former casino bartender known by many online as Bud Meyers. "I am nobody, just another ant on the ant hill. I am just one of over 6 billion humans on earth. An easy sacrifice for those who profit."

Meyers wrote that he's out of money and facing eviction in less than a month. He's a "99er" -- a person who exhausted all available unemployment extensions, which in some states amount to 99 weeks of aid, without finding work. There's no official estimate of how many people have exhausted 99 weeks of benefits -- only about half the 50 states provide 99 weeks in the first place -- but the White House estimates that 4 million people will have exhausted all available benefits by the end of the year.

"I'm tired of hoping when after all I've had for over two long years has been isolation, loneliness, disappointment, anger, frustration, and depression while engaging in useless efforts to find work and survive," Meyers wrote. "But no matter how difficult that has been, now I must face the stark reality of the last three weeks of my life."

The note caught a lot of people's attention... READ ON

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