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On Close to Nothing

“I worked for 26 years; I lost my job through no fault of my own. This is what I get?'

Alnetta McKnight, of

Riegelwood, N.C. who

who lost her job as a security

guard in June, whose

her jobless payments have ran

out and now, with her

14-yearold son, is living

on close to nothing.

Last July, the state sharply

cut its unemployment program,

reducing the maximum number

of weeks of benefits to 20 from 73

and cutting the maximum

weekly benefit as well.

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