Thursday, November 04, 2010

Unemployment Benefits Extension

After the President is barraged with indictments, allegations, and impeachment hearings from the new Tea Party Congress, another upcoming political game will be unemployment benefits. The unemployed only get so much and I am betting that the Tea Party Congress will not approve extensions. Its going to get a lot uglier real soon.

CNN: Lifeline at risk for 2 million jobless
Nearly 9.5 million unemployed Americans have collected federally funded benefits, which average $290 a week, in 2010. Almost 15 million people are without work.


...Republicans have temporarily blocked extensions several times this year because they do not want to add to the deficit.

2 comments:

Glynn Kalara said...

But they have no problem signing onto billions for the endless Wars that profit their clients. These are "EVIL" MOFOS all of them!!

Jim Sande said...

Apparently not, war is just fine.