White House unemployment benefits push kicks into high gear (Pay for it Democrats!)

politico ^ | 1/6/2014 | By REID J. EPSTEIN

[tobyhill]

President Barack Obama returns from his Hawaii holiday toting a familiar message — blame the Republicans — as the White House and its allies launch a fresh weeklong effort to spotlight Congress’s failure to renew long-term unemployment benefits.

The push kicks into high gear Tuesday, as the president hosts a group of unemployed Americans at the White House.

That event — which comes as Democrats ramp up what they hope is a midterm-friendly focus on income inequality — will be followed by daily White House efforts to keep the story in the news, a White House official said. Obama’s political arm, Organizing for Action, has also planned events in 30 cities Tuesday to pressure Republicans, according to people familiar with the plans.

Labor and progressive groups are organizing phone calls to the Capitol and holding a Wednesday rally there featuring unemployed workers and supportive Democratic members of Congress. And on Thursday, Americans United for Change will begin airing TV ads to make the case that the GOP alone is responsible for the cancelled unemployment benefits.

[Cheerio]

But Republicans could turn it back on Dems by pointing out that it is Dems bragging about how good the Obama economy is.

Dems are claiming the economy is good while demanding these endless benefits because of bad economy.

I have been saying the same thing for months now - if the economy is so good why do unemployment benefits need to be extended and why is the fed creating $75 BILLION (down from $85 billion) a month to "Stimulate" it? WAKE UP AMERICA you are being taken as the most gullible folk on the planet by your elected leaders.

IMHO the answer is easy - the unemployment is needed to supplement the welfare that now requires no work - the clown illegal REWRITING the law - and the fed continues to inflate the money supply in order to destroy the wealth of the senior who live off fixed incomes.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”I have been saying the same thing for months now - if the economy is so good why do unemployment benefits need to be extended and why is the fed creating $75 BILLION (down from $85 billion) a month to “Stimulate” it? WAKE UP AMERICA you are being taken as the most gullible folk on the planet by your elected leaders.”

Republicans don't seem very good at pointing out these obvious contradictions in Dem talking points.

The Dems seem to think this is an easy win issue for them but the more they talk about it the more they trash their Obama economy.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”IMHO the answer is easy - the unemployment is needed to supplement the welfare that now requires no work - the clown illegal REWRITING the law - and the fed continues to inflate the money supply in order to destroy the wealth of the senior who live off fixed incomes. “

The debate over this long term unemployment problem led me to understand why many employers want immigrants when there seem to be plenty of Americans out of work.

I believe it is because new immigrants are willing to go where the jobs are in US (like here near DC) , where-as the long term unemployed have roots and maybe a house worth less than they bought it for. They wont move till they have to.

[crusher2013]

That needs to be thrown up in their faces, again and again.

Is the stupid party up to that. Based on the past, no.

[dinodino]

I’m opposed to tariffs, but I’d buy American PROVIDED no scum sucking filthy leeching Communist union turds were involved in its manufacture.

[Typical_Whitey]

Republicans must demand approval of keystone pipeline and open up all areas to drilling/fracking etc create thousands of American jobs and deal a severe blow to the Middle East in one fell swoop but Obama and his leftist wackoos will have none of it....