More workers out of work

Due to a stimulus-subsidized employment program which ended on Thursday, tens of thousands of low-income workers lost their jobs. A quarter of a million people in 37 states were given short term jobs thanks to a $5 billion boost to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. The money was used to give subsidized employment, food programs, housing assistance, ect. About half of the jobs were for youth and the remaining were for disadvantaged parents. Programs will continue to operate for another few months but will quickly diminish, but many of these people have been told not to report to work anymore which is just adding on to the millions of other people looking for permanent jobs. The programs that still exist like in Illinois said that they will continue their programs for two more months and hopefully after that Congress will provide more money. Gov. Pat Quinn feels, "The best way to make our economy stronger is to put people to work,". "It is good for families, small business owners and businesses." South Carolina, Texas, and Minnesota plan to continue their support programs for the unemployed but for only a few more months with hopes that something will change before then. But will anything change or will unemployment continue to be a prolem?