[ex-Texan]

If GWB has good advisors, he will use this opportunity to address the nation and point the finger of blame at the Democrat controlled Congress in what was an evil and obviously ill-advised plan of 'divide and conquer.'

Bush also can issue an Excutive Order to continue to pay benefits until Congress can act immediately to extend them when it returns after January 1st. He ought to excoriate the Dims and Hillary Clinton and Dash-hole pulling the bone-head move, and giving themselves a raise while American suffer. [Also, he ought to laugh at this old, really predictablly dumb play right out of the 'Clinton Playbook.']

[Diana Rose]

I just got turned down by Wal-mart.

Good luck.

[gg188]

I say, extend unemployment benefits indefinitely. Heck---just simply pay us all so we don't have to go through the pain, suffering and humiliation of ever HAVING to look for a job, have a mean boss, get up early in the morning, scrape ice off our car windshields...

[spectre]

Too late.

Queen Hillary gave the Saturday RAT radio address to the Nation, saying "that the cut off in benefits has hurt our economy, especially this time of the year, when people are supposed to be spending the most." (paraphrased)..

She is shameless.

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[RLK]

If GWB has good advisors, he will use this opportunity to address the nation and point the finger of blame at the Democrat controlled Congress in what was an evil and obviously ill-advised plan of 'divide and conquer.'

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The person Bush needs as an advisor is Ross Perot. Everything Perot predicted in '92 has come to pass.

[OldBlondBabe]

"Mrs. Carmichael is now considering returning to work, possibly at night, so she and her husband can alternate caring for their children. "

Seems to me Mrs. Carmichael should have thought about returning to work a while ago. Why is it that everyone looks for a handout when things get tough? Don't people save money anymore for emergencies? Don't people work out "what if" situations in their minds to help prepare for the unexpected bumps in the road?

Trouble is with a lot of these families; they've lived well beyond their means and now that the rug has been pulled out, they've nothing to fall back on.


My husband's still working, thank God, but we've put off purchases and saved. We've discussed what changes we'd make if he were to lose his job to hold us over til he found another. I've considered things I could do to contribute to our family income as well as taking care of the kids.

It's aggravating to live modestly and save, only to see those that have spent all theirs expect some of somebody else's money because theirs is gone.

[MainFrame65]

I'm one of them - and no extension is needed. The part-time consulting that I have been doing since I retired from IBM 7 years ago had been great, but it dried up last March, and I started collecting UI. Then I started collecting social security in September, figuring on full retirement when UI ended. I still do, but if they decide to pay me for another few months, I'll take the money, needed or not. I will accept work from established clients if it is offered, but I am not studying new systems and software like I did when I was actively pursuing new business.

Of course I realize that a lot of people are not as well set as I am, but extended UI is not justified by the current unemployment rate.

[Go Gordon]

Mrs. Carmichael is now considering returning to work, possibly at night, so she and her husband can alternate caring for their children.

Heaven forbid you actually had to work, Ms. Carmichael. I guess the Mrs. thinks the rest of us should be compelled to pay for and her kids while she sits on her arse?

"It's really an act of discrimination," she said, expressing anger at Congress. "They give themselves a raise before they leave and they leave all of us Americans high and dry.

At least they're being paid to work, Mrs. C. Where do people get the idea that its the government's job to feed, house and clothe them, while at the same time providing free medical services?

[Brilliant]

How horrible. Now all those people will have to get jobs.

[dalebert]

Bush has alread ask the Congress to act on this matter just as soon as they return.

[TheEngineer]

Scott Carmichael, 45, of Rowlett, Texas... had counted on an extra 13 weeks of federal benefits...

"Counted on"? I love it when the Democrats and Unions parade around guys like this.... because as soon as they open their mouths, the picture of what we're dealing with becomes much clearer.

BTW, I can't imagine ever having so little pride (or such a high embarrassment threshold) that I would allow a union or political party to hold me up as a posterchild of why unemployment benefits should be extended beyond 6 months.

[Revolting cat!]

So what's the skinny on unemployment insurance? What is it that we and our employers pay for? (I dunno, I'm axing!) What happens to the moolah? It's easy to diss the unemployed while staying silent on the everlasting scandals of food stamps, federal housing, sugar and steel subsidies and all the other subsidies for the veggies and crops you didn't know ever existed and you'll never learn how to pronounce. Outta site, outta mind!

[38special]

I was laid off back in March of last year from an aerospace company that I had worked for 14 years. It was difficult for me at first but it turned into a blessing in disguise. I found a better paying job with better benefits and much nicer people. I was only out of work for two weeks. I had seen the writing on the wall and I busted my ass looking for a job. I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. Of course good luck is when hard work meets opportunity.

[AppyPappy]

13 weeks?? What are you, a chiseler? What about 3 years? Hell, just pay people not to work. That's real compassion.

[PatrioticAmerican]

Meanwhile, illegal Mexicans get free welfare and food stamps. Amerika, go figure.

BTW, where is Bush on the illegal invasion of this country???

[Varmint Al]

Title should have been: 

Millions of Tax Payers get a Break!

Don't have to pay people for not working. Job seekers will have added incentive to take a job, any job.

[maxwell]

"biweekly check of $574"??! Hells bells, that's what I make in half a month...

[Mo1]

Democrats and labor unions, sensing political opportunity,

Oh here is a crazy idea for the Dems, instead of "sensing a political opporuntity" for THEMSELVES .. why not they get off their fat butts and earn the paycheck WE pay them and help get the economy going??

Oh but then I guess the Dems would have to actually care about the American People wouldn't they

[Revolting cat!]

I'm lazy and I still have a job! What's that make me? When I wuzn't lazy some years back, I wuz laid off! Point of this? Barbra Streisand is Barbra Streisand, still cain't sing, emoting like hell ain't singing, and emoting like hell here ain't being right.

Shiite happens, I'm saying, and many lost their jobs, and possessions not due to their own lack of foresight laziness or whatever, but due to, well, shiite happening. They need help more than the sugar growers, ____________________ and ________________ (fill in the blanks) growers and the parasitic classes we send without a complaint to Washington and 52 state capitals!

[eleni121]

Get rid of the capital gains tax!