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State Unemployment Funds Running Out

HeadlineDec 22, 2009

The Washington Post reports states are quickly running out of funds to pay unemployment-compensation funds due to the nation’s high jobless rate. Twenty-five states have already run out of unemployment money and have borrowed $24 billion from the federal government to cover the gaps. Another fifteen state funds are expected to go broke within two years.

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