In the NYT today, article ends with this cheery note - :http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/05/us/politics/05benefits.html?ref=us

"...The nation’s unemployment compensation system is a patchwork of state
programs; federal benefits are available when state aid runs out,
typically after 26 weeks. Reflecting the severity of the recession,
the number of workers who have been out of a job longer than that
comprise about a third of the total unemployed — the highest share
since data collection began in 1948, according to the Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities, a liberal policy group."

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