dkush21...The money was not paid in by employees. The funds are paid by employers as a payroll tax. Not one employee ever has seen a deduction for unemployment on their paycheck.

For those against further extensions, what solution do you have for those who will no longer have a means to pay rent/mortgage, clothing, food, car payment, insurance, healthcare needs, utilities, etc.?

Are you opening your homes to those who will be homeless?

the unfortunate thing; however, is if you didn't lose your job "early" enough, you still don't qualify for any extensions, even though the ones who were first to go got almost 3 years. I was just on UC for 1 year but got axed. So again, the GMer's got more money out of the deal than the ones who lost their jobs from the ripple affect of our economy in S. Wisconsin. Something just seems really wrong about the system and the calculations of the timeframes one is eligible for UC. I am going to school to get that piece of paper (that I don't NEED, because I have 20 years of experience, but because I can't be employed without the piece of paper that PROVES(?) I know my stuff), but will probably have to quit school so I can get to work....cuz UC just cut me off. LIFE SUCKS.

Unemployment Comp. was never designed to be a way of life. Its a bridge, often to a different way of living with a different job. But to extend this again is totally irresponsible and just another way the government will bankrupt this country even faster. There is simply not enough money to continue to pay benefits at this rate.

Congress must extend the maximum number of weeks anyone qualifies for! Call congress today and ask them to extend the maximum number of weeks the long term unemployed qualify for from 99 to at least 125.

Please call C-Span and support an extension of unemployment insurance benefits for the long term unemployed from 99 weeks to the new 125 weeks. This is so important because if these people lose these benefits there will be bread and food lines, foreclosures and property taxes will rise and people/children will become homeless. The show airs from 8am to 10 am eastern time. The numbers are 1-202-737-0002 for democrats and 1-202-737-0001 for republicans.

This money belongs to the workers who have lost their jobs. That is what it is, unemployment insurance that they have paid into while working. If there is no one hiring and companies still laying off, what do you expect these people to do to feed their families and keep a roof over their heads?