No Job? Need Your Unemployment Benefits Extended?.....Forget It

[Marc Martyn]

Last November the people chose. I've always believed, be careful what you ask for, because you just might get it.

Merry Christmas

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing- ... k-business

[bionic_one]

So tax cuts and government funding should be on the back burner instead?

I don't see anything in that article saying they would refuse to work on unemployment benefits, it just says they will not work on them UNTIL those other issues are fixed.

Your post is very CNN/Fox fear-monger like to me.

I'm sure that unemployment is the #1 issue to the 10% of the workforce that are currently unemployed, but GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN without a budget in place, and that affects 100% of us. The tax cuts thing is important to a lot of people too, and maybe unemployment should come before that, but geez man, you act like they are doing this just to hurt people.

Simple fact is, if they don't do it, those things likely will not get fixed prior to the senate adjourning.

[flinginpooh]

So tax cuts and government funding should be on the back burner instead?

I don't see anything in that article saying they would refuse to work on unemployment benefits, it just says they will not work on them UNTIL those other issues are fixed.

Your post is very CNN/Fox fear-monger like to me.

I'm sure that unemployment is the #1 issue to the 10% of the workforce that are currently unemployed, but GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN without a budget in place, and that affects 100% of us. The tax cuts thing is important to a lot of people too, and maybe unemployment should come before that, but geez man, you act like they are doing this just to hurt people.

Simple fact is, if they don't do it, those things likely will not get fixed prior to the senate adjourning.

As of april 30th 2011 there will be no more EUC compensation. Youll get your first run of unemployment but that is it. If for any reason you cant get a job then youre screwed. Hit up welfare at that point and continue looking for work. I got my letter in the mail a few days ago.

They passed this pretty fast.

[bionic_one]

Pooh, I don't think they actually 'passed' anything, I thought it was more an issue of NOT passing another extension.

This article on CNN (most consider CNN a liberal agenda media outlet) sheds better light on the topic:

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/12/01/ ... tml?hpt=C1

[BMGW]

Any fish knows that too many LEACHES sucking it's blood will kill it... Amazing to me that fish are smarter than most humans!:-({|=

[racfish]

Maybe not all humans ,just the ones who run our state and govt.

[Bodofish]

As the wedge gets driven deeper and deeper the American middle class slowly disappears. Get ready for the feudal system it's on it's way back by popular demand.