Sorry, Mr. Majority Leader, that more people looking for work weren’t able to lobby you or other members of the Senate to communicate that you should have fought harder for that 13-week extension of unemployment benefits that (according to the New York Times from here) the Repugs opposed because it would “encourage idleness” (as noted here, the economic stimulus passed, but with that notable exception – and for the moment, I’ll disregard that sickening Repug excuse).But see, that’s the point, Mr. Majority Leader; unemployed people can’t do that stuff because they’re looking for work! Perhaps in their naiveté, they expect the Democratic Party to look out for them.
And as noted here, the actual vote in favor of passing the stimulus was 59-41 before Reid changed his vote to No in some kind of “parliamentary maneuver” (don’t ask me for an explanation). And I’ll give you three guesses as to which presidential candidate could have voted Yes to ensure the benefits extension but blew off the vote altogether (for the answer, click here).
And of course, the Repugs continue to claim that a $15 billion extension of unemployment insurance costs too much while the Iraq war continues to cost us $720 million a day with no end in sight (here).
Well, this calls for some more shock reality therapy from none other than Paul Craig Roberts (here). And this is even more motivation to ensure that as many Repugs as possible are looking for new jobs themselves sometime after November 4th of this year.
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