And If Congress and the President do not Extend EUC-

Not my words.  They're from a letter I just got from the Washington State Employment Security Department.  (Keep in mind, I haven't had a full time job since the Navy, and the last paid work I did was the weekend before I found out that I was pregnant with Kit.  Who is 1.1 years old.)

It's informing me that I'm eligible for for this amount, that I have that balance in my "tier" of Emergency Unemployment Compensation.

It then tells me that if I'm out of EUC, I may be eligible for another 20 weeks.

It then says:

If you are in tier 1, 2 or 3, and if Congress and the President do not extend EUC:

We cannot advance you to the next tier of EUC benefits; and

We cannot pay any EUC benefits after April 30, 2011.

Again, I have not been really employed since the Navy, several years ago.


Leaving aside the whole "I have $5568 in eligible benefits for this tier" (20 weeks, followed by 14, 13 and 6 week tiers) thing.
...

Isn't this a little illegal?  Or at least of questionable morality?  I mean, I know Washington is blue, especially Olympia, but dang.  Openly fear-stumping for legislation before congress, which will just happen to make conservatives look bad?

Dirty pool, folks, dirty pool.  The postage alone is $00.335; add in paper, ink, stuffing costs, manhours in production.... no wonder Olympia is worried enough that they are actually talking about cutting the college kid birth control bribes.