Obama Gets His Way Regarding Extension Of Unemployment Benefits // Sadly, Millions Of Americans Now Dependent Upon Government To Survive Just a few days ago, President Barack Obama celebrated the passage of H.R. 4213, a $34 billion bill which will extend unemployment benefits for recipients in 2010. I feel terrible for the millions of hard-working people who have lost their jobs through no fault of their own. But the fact is unemployment insurance was never meant to be a federal entitlement. Sadly, there are Americans who will have to collect unemployment insurance far past the time this program was designed...