January 13, 2014

2.3 Million Children Live With Unemployed Parents Who Were Just Cut Off From Benefits

www.thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/13/3156981/long-term-unemployment-children/
"These workers and their families aren’t the only ones being impacted by the lapse in benefits, however. State economies lost $400 million in a single week because of the expiration. The entire economy stands to lose 0.2 to 0.4 percentage points from GDP and nearly a quarter of a million jobs."