I lost my job back in April. I was unjustly fired, and blamed for someones else's screw up. Which was very common at where I worked. I'm receiving unemployment, and going back to school. Yes the unemployment office told me that was perfectly legal. My old job tried to screw me out of my unemployment. Thankfully the unemployment office determined I was fired unjustly. Yeah there are some jobs out there. I was making over $16.00 an hour. Even at that, and being single I was just squeezing by. I could not afford to take a $2-$3 pay decrease. Things are not pretty, and there going to continue to get worse.