U.S. Congress - H.R.589 Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011
H.R.589 - Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011
To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. view all titles (4)
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- Official: To amend title IV of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for additional weeks of first-tier emergency unemployment compensation, and for other purposes. as introduced.
- Popular: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act as introduced.
- Popular: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 as introduced.
- Short: Emergency Unemployment Compensation Expansion Act of 2011 as introduced.
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Is what why?
Just in case the previous reply to this wasn’t understood: What are you referring to as for the reason 43,000 American factories suddenly closed? I expounded on 3 different items in the post you replied to, which one are you claiming caused the closures?
That’s why we need a fair tax…
fakk2 – you’re big on the constitution so try this one on for size – whatever you are taxed today is a fair tax because it is a tax that has been apportioned by our duly elected officals. Our taxes are our own fault because we elected these morons in the first place – this will not change until we stop electing morons and get people into government that match the temperament of the American people today, and I guarantee you it’s not the people that think the rich should get all the benny’s!
Amendment XVI – The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
Don’t like it? Change the Constitution!
I actually agree sclark113, our tax structure has “been apportioned by our duly elected officials” and that they are “our own fault”. we do need to “stop electing morons”. I agree 100%. I think there’s a better tax structure we could have, which is literally called the “Fair Tax”. But I also agree we’re the ones who have allowed our current tax structure to be what it is.
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Hi Was, where you been the last day or two? We’ve got our work cut out for us on this bill, but I think we’ve at least got a chance if they do what they were talking about and come up with a way to offset the costs…hang in their friend – it sounds like you’ve had an even rougher time of it than normal as of late.
Hi Scott,
Between killing myself to try to make a few dollars, and being sick in bed for a day, I didn’t even turn on my computer for a while. I have to split wood tomorrow again.
If they don’t find a good way to pay for it we will never get it passed. We’ve already been through that…a few times.
It seems like some of our bloggers are MIA now from my searches. That’s not good.
I see we have technical problems here again. It is taking forever to get something posted.
2011 unemployment extension for 99ers – has dozens of co-sponsors in House
An unemployment extension for the 99ers is desperately needed as 35,000 unemployed Americans reach the end of their unemployment benefits each week. This is 140,000 people a month that fall into the newest and one of the fastest growing populations in the US. This population is the 99ers, or long term unemployed who have exhausted their benefits. This very frightening, often depression provoking new reality eventually is topped off with a feeling of hopelessness for millions.
http://www.examiner.com/unemployment-in-hartford/2011-unemployment-extension-for-99ers-has-dozens-of-co-sponsors-house
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Wouldn’t it seem that the Demopublicans and Republicrats are in complete agreement when it comes to exporting our jobs and industry for the benefit of the filthy rich?
..Today we must fight as if our lives depended on it because they do…
http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/99ers-break-the-false-left-right-paradigm-push-hr-589-and-eliminate-nafta-cafta-gatt-wto/2332
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OC has been really twitchy as of late with refresh failures and the reply comment box disappearing again as of late…you ain’t the only one having trouble my friend!!!
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wmeyer714- you are exactly right. But far be it a senator come out of their comfy office to walk in our shoes. It just will not happen. Our own President
(who I did not vote for) will never resort or face the fact the common sense
will never be allowed to live in either house. Education they talk about giving a boost does nothing for companies that will not hire individuals with higher education to save a few bucks when they can hire individuals at a lessor rate.
I know at 1500 resumes sent out the common reference in responding to hire me has been “Your over Qualified” another words Your to educated when we are looking for cheep labor. Warning for all, Education does not work when your meeting a labor force that only wants cheep labor.
Wstaff, very true. Education spending has not helped during the last 40 years. Our test scores are exactly the same as when the Department of Education was created. We should stop spending so much of that money on something that doesn’t work and reinvest it.
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This all just a song and dance from the democrats. Keep in mind that I too am a 99er, and need assistance. But this bill does NOT have a means for offset; therefore it is useless. Haven’t we been here before – with Stabenow? She introduced her bill, and then didn’t not even get the bill out of committee. They will not pass this bill because it would greatly increase the unemployment rate – thus making both democrats and republicans look bad. And why in the world haven’t the democrats learned there lesson yet – with spending? The republicans will not allow this bill to pass anyways. This bill is nothing but False hopes. I’m not even excited to hear about this bill. I’m going back to my job hunting…
Just a thought, being that the unemployment rate amongst the veterans of the wars in Irac and Afghanistan is over 14% maybe they could title an unemployment bill “the helping those that fought for our freedom act” No republican could vote no to that, just re title 589 and attach it to the FAA Authorization bill, that is guaranteed to pass, as an amendment.
We can only hope. I am a veteran that goes back 11 years and it has done very little to me now. In fact those of the 50 years or older have been slapped in the face when it comes to honoring its vets. Here is a slip of paper that says thank you now go away and expect nothing else from us. But remember we love those that have served and given of there life so that we all can keep the freedoms (cough cough) we justly can not find the words for in our current state of economic times. “Ask what you can do for your country, but dare not ask anything in return”.
A lie detector test while running for office. It will never happen. Any Senator or Counsel considered for office will never face truth with inept lies. There platform would not exist unless it can be based on falsehoods. Give it to them good and hard and let the chips fall once in office. It has been this way for years.(FACT). I do not want a smaller government if it means we cut our base to just smaller lairs who will do anything to get into office. Agenda ? They all have one and part of it is walk with blind folds and never acknowledge anything that seems out of the box. If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, then it must be a pig. We can never allow ducks in our glass homes with white picket fences, what would our neighbors say.
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I would have thought it much higher in Egypt too !
In our case “The fabric of Liberty must be cleansed in the blood of revolutionaries . . .”
I’ve been reading about all the crap the government has pulled with the immigration and “guest” worker issues and think we may be long overdue ?