Unemployment insurance is set to end for the long - term unemployed . It 's a false claim that seizes on unfair stereotypes and stigmas of the unemployed , in the classic vein of blaming and punishing the victim . Mary Owens : Unemployment rate is so high , we can not leave the hardest - working behind . She says if measure of a nation is how it treats its unfortunate , we 're looking into abyss . Owens : Congress ' n't allow what 's left of unemployment insurance to expire .
Unemployment insurance is set to end for the long - term unemployed . Mary Owens : Unemployment rate is so high , we can not leave the hardest - working behind . She says if measure of a nation is how it treats its unfortunate , we 're looking into abyss . Owens : Congress ' n't allow what 's left of unemployment insurance to expire .