The mandatory lockdowns caused massive issues which led to my employer to cut me, then it later closed down, and any other options I was planning to jump to also closed down or heavily cut staff, meaning they weren't going to hire. This meant that I didn't have employment to go to after I lost my job. To make matters worse even now there are still businesses that are closed, that have froze hiring, or that are in the process of closing, the mask mandate is also still in effect.
Then the debt piled up and my credit crashed as unemployment never came, I couldn't afford many luxuries, so obviously I didn't have access to the internet during this time. As the situation worsened, I used what ever credit I had to open two credit cards to try and buy time while waiting for unemployment benefits. Sadly, Virginias unemployment system is broken and corrupt as I never got a response outside a letter that they would update me on my approval status, which never happened, so I guess I am never getting it nearly 5 months later. There are many complaints about the states benefits system so I'm not an isolated incident. Plus, at this point things have gone so badly that if I were to get it now it would only stall for time, barely, then if I had gotten it 5 months ago. There's another consequence, I wouldn't get the LWA payments authorized by Trump at this point anyway, since the funding for that program in this state has been exhausted. I'd probably only get a low amount like $8000 in regular unemployment if I ever get it, but it looks like I'm not going to get anything.
At the moment, I am temporarily living with a friend while hijacking the local free wifi of a nearby business, which is the only reason why I am on here right now. I may be here long enough to join in on election discussions at least but I'm not sure.
So yeah, things are still pretty bad and it looks like that won't be changing soon. Thanks for your concern though.
