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05/02/2008
Robert F.
Gaithersburg, Maryland


I have been unemployed since Novem ber 16, 2007 and it was not on my own.  I was laid off because of insufficient work and  have only been on two interviews from hundreds of jobs I have applied for. The job market is terrible and for 1 job you apply for there are hundreds applying for the same job. I have worked all my adult life and really feel worthless because I can't  find a honest job. 

I am signed up with three employment agencies and none of them have yet to find me a job.  They say the job market is very bad and some of them have also been laid off.  It saddens me to know our politicians only care about themselves and how much publicity that can get for just talking and not doing.

My unemployment will run out the last of May and I have no idea what I will do. That money enables me to keep my mortgage up because I have depleted all of my other funds to pay other bills. I am very disappointed with Congress because they can pass a lot of these mediocre bills fast but not the ones that  will help hard working honest Americans like me. Please pass this bill and Mr. President if you are listening, please signed it for the good of all Americans that are unemployed.



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