Nov 11, 2010 4:48 AM GMT
"After Marvin Bohn lost his job running the dining services program at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, it took two years to find a part-time gig. He said even Burger King rejected him when he applied for a job.
He said he got by thanks to $365 a week in unemployment insurance.
"Unemployment benefits pretty much allowed me to pay my rent, maintain my car, gas, pay utilities and buy food. Beyond that, pretty much nothing. There was no luxuries, but it kept me from being homeless," he told HuffPost on Wednesday.
That's why he joined a dozen Ohioans in a small protest outside the Troy office of incoming Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday. Republicans, Bohn said, "seem to think it's more important to maintain the tax breaks for the rich than it is to get the unemployed benefits." ...
The Repugs are gonna pull another 1994! ...
He said he got by thanks to $365 a week in unemployment insurance.
"Unemployment benefits pretty much allowed me to pay my rent, maintain my car, gas, pay utilities and buy food. Beyond that, pretty much nothing. There was no luxuries, but it kept me from being homeless," he told HuffPost on Wednesday.
That's why he joined a dozen Ohioans in a small protest outside the Troy office of incoming Republican House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday. Republicans, Bohn said, "seem to think it's more important to maintain the tax breaks for the rich than it is to get the unemployed benefits." ...
The Repugs are gonna pull another 1994! ...
