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Prolonged Aid to Unemployed Is Running Out

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By ERIK ECKHOLM
Published: August 2, 2009
Tens of thousands of workers have used up their benefits, and the numbers are expected to soar in the months to come. Methinks: now might be a good time to bone up on New Deal Writers Project. Think Gordon Parks and Margaret Walker.
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Margaret Bassett passed away August 21, 2011. She was a treasured member of the Opednews.com editorial team for four years.

Margaret Bassett--OEN editor--is an 89-year old, currently living in senior housing, with a lifelong interest in political philosophy. Bachelors from State University of Iowa (1944) and Masters from Roosevelt University (1975) help to unravel important requirements for modern communication. Early introduction to computer science (1966) trumps them. It's payback time. She's been "entitled" so long she hopes to find some good coming off the keyboard into the lives of those who come after her.
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