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Another 4.4 Million Americans Filed For Unemployment Benefits Last Week

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Another 4.4 Million Americans Filed For Unemployment Benefits Last Week
Another 4.4 Million Americans Filed For Unemployment Benefits Last Week

For the fifth week in a row, millions of American workers applied for unemployment benefits.

WE HAVE THAT LINCOLN CBSPHILLY.COM.REPORTING LIVE, CLEVE BRYANFOR CBS-3 "EYEWITNESS NEWS".CLEVE JUST SHED US LATESTNUMBERS ARE GRIM AND NOT JUSTIN NEW JERSEY.FOR WEEKENDING APRIL 18TH,ALMOST 200,000 PENNSYLVANIANSFILED CLAIMS N DELAWARE MORETHAN 9,000 HAVE FILED.ONE IN SIX AMERICANWORKERS LOST THEIR JOBS SINCETHE OUTBREAK BEGAN.THESE NUMBERS HAVE IN THE BEENSEEN SINCE THE GREATDEPRESSION.CBS NEWS BUSINESS ANALYST JILLSCHLESINGER SAYS STATES ARESTRUGGLING TO PROCESS CLAIMS.MANY OF THE STATE SYSTEMSHAVEN'T BEEN UPDATED WITH THEMOST CURRENT LEVEL OF THESOFTWARE AND HARDWARE INDECADES.SO IT IS AS IF YOU ARE ASKINGFOR THIS SURGE OF PROCESSING,TO TAKE PLACE ON OLDTECHNOLOGICAL RAILS.I WORK FOR 24 YEARS.MANY ECONOMIST WARN THAT

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