January 31, 2011 01:26 AM UTC

CDLE reports unexplained drop in # of 'very long-term' unemployed: 99ers

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• by: Denver Unemployment Examiner

In Friday’s post ‘Official’ reports re 99ers coming from the DOL and CDLE mysteriously decline’, I wrote about the unexplained decline of the number of persons who have exhausted their claims in Colorado as reported by the CDLE:

“…in July it was reported that there were more than 16,000 who had exhausted benefits.  In August, that number had increased to approximately 20,000 and by November it was reported by the CDLE that more than 26,000 unemployed workers in the State had exhausted all available EUC benefits.

Also in Novemer, the CDLE reported that “19,000 people are currently on SEB and will see no more payments after the week ending 12/4/10”  [if the 13-month extension had not been passed in the Presidents ‘deal’].

Now, this week, the CDLE has told the Denver Post, 9News** and all other media outlets that there are ‘just under 19,000 claimants’ who qualify for Tier 4 benefits.  

How can the number of ‘reported’ 99ers start at over 16,000 in July, increase to 20,000 in August and more than 26,000 in November, and then, two months later, fall to ‘just under 20,000’?”

In the same context, I also wrote an article last week titled, “Congressional report provides insight into the long-term unemployed: 99ers” which describes the details contained in a report from the Congressional Research Service which concludes that there are 1.4 million 99ers (as of October 2010, the latest data available at the time the report was prepared).  In that article, I wrote:

“So, the December BLS report tells us that there are 11.5 million workers who are:

a) working part time, but would prefer to be working full time — or,

b) discouraged from looking for work (because there are no jobs) or are temporarily ‘out of the job market’ because they are attending (temporary, short term?) training/school or for other reasons such as family.

Based on this data, here’s the question: How many of these 8.9 million part-time workers were working full time when they were laid off at some point in 2007 or 2008 — but have not had a full-time job for more than 52, 78 and 99 weeks — but want a full-time job? I’m willing to bet that nobody knows the answer to that question, but if the data were available, and these workers were included in the number of people out of (full-time) work for more than 99 weeks, I’m quite certain the number would increase sharply. In other words, there are millions of people who, for periods longer than 52, 78 or 99 weeks, have been unable to find a full-time, permanent job — or gave up looking entirely

So…How many 99ers are really out there? And who is a 99er, anyway?

Denver Unemployment Examiner.com

http://www.examiner.com/unempl…

The Congressional report concludes that there are 1.4 million 99ers (as of October 2010, the most recent data available at the time the report was prepared).  What is becoming increasingly more evident is the fact that the DOL, (including the CDLE), Congress and many in the media are going out of their way to ‘discredit’ the claims of myself and others who believe and have written often about the growing population of 5 million existing 99ers and another 4 million ‘soonto-be 99ers’ on the way.

In his HuffPost article, “There are 1.4 million “very long-term unemployed” who have been out of work for 99 weeks or longer, according to a new report from the Congressional Research Service.” Arthur Delaney chose to attack the 99er advocates when he wrote [emphasis mine]:

“The 1.4-million figure, calculated using the latest data available as of October, is much smaller than some home-cooked estimates circulated online by advocates for additional weeks of benefits for these “99ers.” Some of those estimates are as high as 7 million.”

Continue reading on Examiner.com: So…How many 99ers are really out there? And who is a 99er, anyway?