Perils of Unemployment

Since the Depression, one vital piece of the social safety net has been unemployment insurance. Now, that piece of the safety net is getting shredded. It may not be too long before the financial disaster that is becoming unemployed is not mitigated at all by help from the government. If you currently rely on a job to pay the bills, now is the time to be making contingency plans in case unemployment insurance and your job both go away.