"sharp as a bag full of wet mice"
Posted on 07/01/2010 2:10:01 PM PDT by MissesBush
Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday.
Talking to reporters, the House speaker was defending a jobless benefits extension against those who say it gives recipients little incentive to work. By her reasoning, those checks are helping give somebody a job.
"It injects demand into the economy," Pelosi said, arguing that when families have money to spend it keeps the economy churning. "It creates jobs faster than almost any other initiative you can name."
Pelosi said the aid has the "double benefit" of helping those who lost their jobs and acting as a "job creator" on the side.
"It's impossible to think of a situation where we would have a country that would say we're not going to have unemployment benefits," Pelosi said.
Democrats have been trying for more than a month to pass a bill extending jobless benefits to more than 1 million people. Currently, jobless benefits last nearly two years -- up to 26 weeks paid by state treasuries with federal help for up to an additional 73 weeks.
Of course, those workers could be sending a lot more money into the economy if they had jobs since unemployment benefits generally do not cover the entire cost of lost wages.
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Yes it does inject demand into the economy; demand for higher taxes and more debt. If the government had any money of its’ own Pelosi might have a point. Taking cash out of one person’s wallet, however, and putting it in the wallet of another does absolutely nothing to stimulate anything worth having. Hard to believe this wizard of smart is just two heartbeats away from the Oval Office.
The Communist method of job-creation: throw money at it until you imagine it works.
I have one question, though. The Soviet Union’s fiasco was supported by American money since 1917. Whose going to support the American fiasco?
Sure...give me FREE $$ and I will promise to buy things too. Like fast cars, restaurant outings, massages, etc. Really, just try it, you’ll see. Pleaseee!!
I believe Idiots would be justified if they feel unjustly maligned by your statement, Sir.
"sharp as a bag full of wet mice"
She meant, people have to eat and pay bills so the unemployment money goes into circulation while people tread water waiting for the next brilliant ideas and statements from Congress.
Pelosi is just revealing the next big step in Obama, her, and Harry Reid’s U. S. S. A.
There will no longer be something akin to unemployment. There will only be a guaranteed income.
Ummm... Nancy, where does that money come FROM?
TAXPAYERS, you moron!
So I work for a living, you confiscate my earnings, so I can't spend my money; and you assholes give my money to the un-employed?!
Why Not?
Look how good its worked SO FAR!!!
This lady is as dumb as a box of marbles. Pure psychobabble.
As a citizen of the Kingdom of ID, I can speak for all my fellow Idiots to that point. We do not wish to be associated with anyone as insane as Ms Pelosi. How dare you suggest that she is one of us!
Yeah, unemployment checks sent out to un-American asshole leeches like pelosi, who we’ve, HOPEFULLY, sent packing from their cush jobs in the next election or two.
As a result of Obama-nomics, that's exactly what's happening.
How did she make it so far?
See: “Economies do not grow because consumers spend; consumers spend because economies grow.” here: http://tinyurl.com/StimulationVsAusterity
Her district is in San Francisco. THAT's how.
She says everything with a straight face, Ms Botox that she is...
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