99 weeks out of employment.

Just saw this shocking link from some post:

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/21/60minutes/main6978943.shtml?tag=contentMain;contentBody

I am deeply shocked. There are people who make over 200k a year, and normal engineers just like you and me. All affected the same way, can't find a work and broke. When I was out of work, I go back to college and became a tutor, but that income will never cover the mortgage payment.

How can we help them? What can we do if we are in that condition? How come I know people who are been on social security for a long long time and their benefits never expire?