Long-Term Unemployed Want— And Need — Government Action

Campaign for America's Future, Isaiah J. Poole: There's a new study today that shows once again how insanely wrong conservatives are when they say that extending unemployment benefits in today's economy only discourages people from finding work.

Just ask the people who participated in the study of the long-term jobless by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. Their report, "No End In Sight: The Agony of Prolonged Unemployment," shows the extent to which the implosion of the economy caused by Wall Street greed has taken a severe toll on people who desperately want to work but, for all of their efforts, can't.

The report summary says it best: No End in Sight underscores the fact that positive growth in the nation’s economy has done little to reach millions of skilled workers still adrift in the most severe period of prolonged joblessness in decades. While the worst phase of the Great Recession may be behind us, the vast majority of jobless Americans have not found new jobs. When they did find work, all but a few took pay cuts and lost benefits. Among those still searching for work — many for more than a year — are millions who have never been without a job and who have at least a college education. READ MORE.

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