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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Jobless fight against effort to cut unemployment benefits #99ers


Jobless Floridians and their advocates are punching back against a growing legislative effort to make it harder to get unemployment and reduce the amount of time people can collect benefits. The groups say Florida lawmakers are targeting people already battered by the recession, casting them as incompetent slackers more interested in gaming the system than finding work. Instead of looking to restrict benefits, they say, legislators should focus on expanding job opportunities.

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