“a human cliff.” ? extended UEB ...uncle pulling out come the cliff ?

"the federal government has spent some $520 billion on unemployment insurance over the past five years:"

" two programs  are  set to shrink
 the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program,
which provides up to 47 weeks of additional benefits
(depending on a state’s jobless rate)
and
 the Extended Benefits program,
which provides another 20 weeks to certain eligible workers"


"fully extend both programs for another year"

 cost  ?

" $30 billion"



if uncle 86's this extension program
  some estimate  beneficiary drop off might hit a cool million by april
on its way to two million eventually

over the cliff they go ....ghosts in the reserve army

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/11-28-UnemploymentInsurance_0.pdf