7,000 losing unemployment benefits per day = More crime

7,000 unemployed Americans lose their lifeline every day

 

Another day, another 7,000 people run out of unemployment benefits.

 

…In October alone, more than 200,000 people will fall off the rolls.

 

…More than one in three people who are unemployed have been out of work for at least six months, according to the law project.

 

…"We're talking about people who've been unemployed for well over a year," said Judy Conti, federal advocacy coordinator at the law project. "If they had savings, it's gone. This is their last lifeline."

 

Tami Luhby

CNNMoney.com, October 22, 2009