Posted on 03/02/2010 10:41:34 AM PST by Chi-townChief
shutting down my company this month and moving it offshore (put it off as long as i could).
20+ estonian jobs 0bama doesn’t want Americans to do
What really gets me is that there are Republican (RINO) Senators that are trying to undermine him; anybody have a list if those idiots?
It's to continue unemployment payments until December! This guy simply can not tell the truth from the get-go and he wonders why so many simply see him as a flim-flam man.
In fact, there has almost been no successful filibusters, and there have been multiple votes that were under 60.
The fact is that Reid continually abuses the normal process for major bills, so he has had to use cloture to get things to the floor of the senate. But those cloture votes virtually always succeed.
The only one they had trouble with was the Health care destruction bill, and that was because they had to pay off democrats to vote for it.
They had a deal for a 1-year “doc fix” last year, but Reid rejected it on behalf of the doctors lobby, who wanted a permanent fix. Reid also stripped it from his health care bill because it destroyed the fiction that the bill paid for itself.
The Democrats are the ones who put together a medicaid program that cut the doctor’s pay by 21%. They could have fixed this years ago, but it would make it obvious that the plan was going bankrupt.
A person who believes that taking money from one pocket, and putting it in another pocket, somehow makes it "more money". And who doesn't understand that spending a dollar is the LEAST effective way of using the dollar to build the economy, other than the stupid plans of the democrats that actually get LESS than a dollar's worth out of a dollar.
What we NEED to do is leverage the dollar to get more than a dollar's worth out of it. Buying someone food isn't going to help, and paying people to be unproductive isn't a good way to stimulate the economy.
the problem with what Bunning is doing is with the public perception rather than the reality. Rush is 100% right that they can take the money out of the stimulus bill. But this is handing the Dems a propaganda weapon at precisely the wrong time. (otherwise why would they not AGREE to take it out of the stimulus and move on?)
They are saving that to buy votes this summer.
Oh, okay. Fine, use it to buy votes but do explain that to people that have no income anymore. I’m sure they can understand the true priority here. /s
A nation of whiners, dependent on the public trough. Just digusting. I am for Bunning, but he and the GOP will lose on this because America the proud and strong as it once was, is gone forever.
Kentucky has a 248% unemployment rate? What a national disgace! Give them the wealth! Keep hope alive!
The states used to administer their own unemployment insurance funds, then the feds took that over, requiring every business to pay 6.2% of each employees payroll up to the first $7000.00 ($434.00) for each worker. Once all the bureaucrats skim off the top, what is left goes back to the states. Most states also have their own funds which require more money from employers. The unemployed today receive up to $350.00 per week for 99 weeks. The $434.00 per worker goes nowhere near funding the millions of unemployed who I am sure would rather be working at a meaningful job.
They had no income from the day they lost their job or atleast should’ve realized that! Now we are up to 99 weeks unemployment and should continue to give even though the states funds are dry? Are you sure you are a conservative?
Whoa, there bucko...my husband is on unemployment and he is not union or Government. In addition, we were just notified that his unemployment ended Feb 28th because of this and he has only been on it for 5 months, not the 2 years that everyone is bitching about. Therefore, unless someone can point me to evidence to the contrary, it is my conclusion that this affects everyone's unemployment whether they have been on it 2 days or 2 years.
And no he is not lazy, nor does he want to stay on unemployment, there are just no jobs for Journeymen Electricians here where we live. He has contacted every company in three local cities in the phone book and checks the want ads every day although there have only been a total of 2 ads in 5 months. I personally do a job search on-line for him every day at work (no computer at home) at the Texas Workforce Commission and on craigslist and call him with any leads, which are few and far between, which he follows up on. I respond to craigslist ads via e-mails with his qualifications, which are 35 years in the business, mostly as a supervisor, therefore I KNOW he is looking. We are praying every day that something opens up.
We have been told by numerous employers that the banks are just not lending or if they do, they want a 20 - 25% retainer on the value of the contract. Most small businesses cannot afford that and are barely able to keep their doors open, some in our area have even had to file bankruptcy. We also have an EEOC discrimination case pending with his prior employer, which is affecting his job search, construction companies are notorious for "blacklisting" workers in cases such as this. They have already been found at fault by TWC and the EEOC, we mediate next week.
I am not saying JJ is right...I abhor that race baiter...it's just that in your zeal, you and some others here have stepped over the line in painting everyone with a wide brush.
It depends on what the unemployment numbers are in the state youare in.States who have an over 10% unemployment rate get up to 99 weeks others only get the 26 weeks.
Sounds like Zero talking about, what was it, tens of thousands killed in the Greensburg, KS tornado a few years ago.
Don’t think you understood the question.
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