Blog - Unemployment Benefits Expire; What Will Congress Do?

We are all in the same situation and for those of you who aren’t – hopefully, you never will be BUT I have to say – where were you all on election day??? Lots of blogs spoke about how we needed to keep the democrats in office – how they are literally our life line – yet, the republicans claimed victory in so many elections – sickening. And we have only ourselves to blame.

The Bush era tax cuts have increased overseas investments and outsourced our jobs to the developing nations of China and India without forethought (or any regard) for the Americans that would be displaced. Extending the tax cuts, the war effort and other fruitless government expenses further degrade our society. Are we in a race to be the poorest nation? Are we headed back to the days of feudalism? Our forefathers are appalled at the greed of the elites at the expense of their great experimental society.
Of the thousands of resumes I have sent out, I have had a 5% hit on mostly because I believe that employers do not want to hire the best and brightest to increase their business, they just want to hire the cheapest candidate because they are only thinking of the current bottom line and not the increase in business they would be receiving by hiring from a more intelligent, experienced candidate pool.
Our deficit will never come down with this current mindset!

anyone that expected this bill to pass unpaid for with a unanimous consent vote is an idiot. this was all just a show meant for news paper headlines. It was a waste of time they are simply playing games.

Amen!!!

I cant belive that all the rep. care about is keeping there pockets lined, Screw the people i guess

The onslaught of Bankruptcies and Bad Debt will be more than the banks can handle. I have tried for 18 months, sent out well over 1000 resumes and I have had 6 interviews and no offers in all that time, I have a great job record, I am 48 years old, I was laid off after 10 years on my last job.

Simple as this…. DEMOCRAT OR REPUBLICAN what does that have to do with having a heart? While they are at home cozy and warm with food in the fridge( probably take out) along with a nice great big christmas tree and tons of gifts; Most unemployed people are without. I have been applying for jobs already going on 5 months. Im still unemployed with no typeof income at all! I am willing to except an $8.00 an hr job and cannot even get one… Im starting to think USA= Unemployed Sorry @$$es… sorry just venting!

“Brown delivered the speech as he attempted a compromise on extending unemployment benefits that expire tomorrow. His compromise involved using unobligated federal funds to pay for the cost of extending the benefits
“Are we going to do it from the bank account, or are we going to put it on the credit card?” he added. "I know what I want to do. I’ll use the bank account. Let’s use money that’s already in the system and put it to good use immediately, by 12 o’clock tonight. Let’s do it!”

Under Senate rules, Brown’s proposal would have needed unanimous approval, but it failed because one senator – Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island – objected."

http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2010/11/brown_gives_fei.html

so why do all of the headline read “unemployment extension blocked by republicans”?

My suggestion is that if they can not get an extension passed, then pass a discount or complete eliminated taxes on unemployment. This would help the unemployed out alot with out spending. If you had taxes taken out of unemployment you would get back more money, if you didn’t you would not have to pay taxes on it, last year they had a measley discount of the first 2400 was not taxable, this year they need to up that or not tax it all. That is stimulas money back into the economy for most of us.

Won’t do me and many others any good! I am out of benefits.

“people still losing their homes even though banks were given money to loan to help people keep their homes”
Look up Shared Loss Agreements—- the Government actually made it more profitable to the bank to foreclose on the property than to modify loan agreements or do short sales.

Thanks for serving our country.

It isn’t the fault of the unemployed that jobs are not available. Yet Republicans declare the unemployed are not only lazy but insurance benefits prevent them from looking for a job. Fact is, if the Republicans were doing their jobs, instead of fighting with the Democrats; Republicans would get on the band-wagon to secure jobs for Americans. Why don’t the Republicans do just that. Because they know there are no jobs. It’s easier to blame someone else; point the finger and someone else; accuse someone else and name call someone else. Republicans know full well the economy will remain in the pit throughout 2011. It’s so much easier to finger point than to take the blame where the blame belongs. Repblicans protect their own: business owners, high-rollers, the rich, and the richer. To heck with poor people. To heck with the unemployed. To heck with the underemployed. To heck with Democrats.