More Holiday Cheer...from the Tea Party
...because the unemployed don't really want to work...right?
posted almost 11 years ago
Article from the Daily News :
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sen-rand-paul-extending-unemployment-benefits-disservice-people-receive-article-1.1541458#ixzz2nILFKEKO
---> The gist:
About 1.3 million jobless Americans are slated to lose their federal benefits at the end of the year if Congress doesn’t renew the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program that provides a federal safety net to the long-term jobless whose state benefits have expired.
---> What Tea Party leader Rand Paul said:
"When you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, you're causing them to become part of this perpetual unemployed group in our economy," Paul added.
---> Where the parties fall on this issue:
Paul’s comments come in response to efforts by congressional Democrats to extend the benefits as part of a year-end budget deal, but most Republicans have rejected the package due to the estimated $25 billion price tag.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/sen-rand-paul-extending-unemployment-benefits-disservice-people-receive-article-1.1541458#ixzz2nILFKEKO
(edited almost 11 years ago)
