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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Notice that Egypt did it with little bloodshed. The only time they fought was when they were attacked first by paid government supporters.
I think they behaved admirably.
Preface: Egypt is it’s own country, and no matter what I think it doesn’t count.
Ok, so now that’s said, they had at most 500,000 protesters in a country of 78 million individuals. This amounts to 0.64% of their population were protesting the government. If 0.0064 percent of our population (1.9648 million people out of 307 million) protested the President, should be step down also? Even if all 14+ million people unemployed right now protested, should he leave office? This would be 3/25ths or 12% or greater than 8 times fewer people as is in the workforce (15 million out of 125 million). I would like to think we have a rule of law instead of a rule of emotions and suppositions.
It’s so nice that some people get paid to screw with the unemployed on the web
You’re not unemployed and I’m not screwing with you and getting paid for it. I actually do like Sclark113’s WPA idea. Paying people to work for new infrastructure (bridges, roads, railways, etc) makes sense. At least it makes more sense than paying them for submitting an application once every 4 weeks.
I’m not unemployed? I suppose killing myself to split fire wood for my landlord to pay for a campsite is not unemployed……
You’re making $12/hr, and not all of that goes to the campsite (why does it have to go to the campsite anyways?). I’m assuming you work 40 hours/week and report it to the government. Is that accurate?
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Well, since you won’t answer the question, I’ll just have to assume that yes, you pay taxes on your $12/hr job.
If you make $12/hr “a couple days a week” and report it to the government, then yes, you are employed.
If you work a few hours a week helping out on a family farm you are “employed” in BLS terms….or should I say BS terms…….
or common sense terms. If anyone reports earnings they receive for working for someone else to the IRS, then I do not think they are unemployed.
Then you do not even know what the official definition of “unemployed” is.
It is determined by questions asked in a phone survey.
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Fakk2: From everything you’ve written here it is abundantly clear that you are indeed a troll.
The same statements and generalizations you are making about 99ers – purely based on your personal experience – would be called bigotry if they were being made about a minority group.
There are millions of 99ers and bullying each and every one of us into agreeing with your biased and distorted view of the world is really not an effective way of solving the real issues facing America.
Go away and don’t come back.
Yeah right!
You just think.. “is it everyone else’s fault they can’t manage money and save up for retirement or being out of work for an extended period of time?”
In other words: It is all the unemployed’s own fault, and they don’t deserve an extension.
Like I said, it’s not 100% their fault, but it is partially their fault.
“their fault “ not our fault.
What are you doing here since you are employed?
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I guess I will have to deploy a little armor.
I’ll be back in a bit…
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Man you’re obvious.
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They get fed well before they come here.