<![CDATA[Michigan: Surging Unemployment, Shrinking Safety Net]]>

1.0 link 220797 <![CDATA[Michigan: Surging Unemployment, Shrinking Safety Net]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/26/michigan-surging-unemploy_n_220797.html Welfare rolls are swelling in states across the country as unemployment rates surge -- except in Michigan.

With an unemployment rate of 14.1 percent, Michiganders are the most out-of-work people in the nation. But unlike their peers Oregon (12.4 percent unemployed), South Carolina (12.1), and Rhode Island (12.1), fewer and fewer Michigan residents are receiving welfare benefits. What gives?

"There's something terribly wrong with Michigan's welfare program," said Peter Ruark, a planning and research associate with the Michigan League for Human...

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