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Oklahoma

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,949 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2020, 08:58 PM Jul 2020

'A very dark feeling': Hundreds camp out in Oklahoma unemployment lines

‘A very dark feeling’: Hundreds camp out in Oklahoma unemployment lines

In Oklahoma, where the jobless rate reached a record 14.7 percent in April, unemployment has pushed many to the point of desperation, with savings depleted, cars repossessed and homes being sold for cash.

By Annie Gowen

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'A very dark feeling': Hundreds camp out in Oklahoma unemployment lines (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2020 OP

poor things ought to call their president for help nt msongs Jul 2020 #1

DEMOCRATS live here in OK, even POOR DEMOCRATS bobbieinok Jul 2020 #2

You bet! Runningdawg Jul 2020 #3

msongs

(70,178 posts)

1. poor things ought to call their president for help nt

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 08:59 PM

Jul 2020

bobbieinok

(12,858 posts)

2. DEMOCRATS live here in OK, even POOR DEMOCRATS

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 20, 2020, 09:33 PM

Jul 2020

Runningdawg

(4,613 posts)

3. You bet!

Reply to bobbieinok (Reply #2)

Sun Jul 26, 2020, 03:09 PM

Jul 2020

Hubby was furloughed 4-1 he was declared a fraud and locked out of the system. We went 14 weeks without a paycheck, until an unemployment filing fair was held. There, in literally 5 minutes, a person fixed the 2 typos that cause the problem and the next morning we had our money.
Hubby got in line at 3am and he was still among the last of only 400 to get appointments, most went home with no help that day. Hundreds, if not THOUSANDS of Democratic Okies are still fighting for their claims.

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