House GOP blocks bill to extend jobless benefits

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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    So has it been verified that only those that have gone 730 days without finding a job are losing their benefits? :?:
    yes.
    Hmm. I'll try not to sound like a cold-hearted W.M.A., but unless you are disabled or providing hospice care to a relative, then you are either lazy or incredibly incompetent if you have not held a job down during a 2 year span.

    (i think i just sounded like a cold-hearted W.M.A. )
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    know1 wrote:
    The majority Senator is using politicspeak. There is no way the sole reason for the tax break is because the company sent some jobs overseas.
    You still haven't posted your source.
  • blackredyellow
    blackredyellow Posts: 5,889
    Jason P wrote:
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    Jason P wrote:
    So has it been verified that only those that have gone 730 days without finding a job are losing their benefits? :?:
    yes.
    Hmm. I'll try not to sound like a cold-hearted W.M.A., but unless you are disabled or providing hospice care to a relative, then you are either lazy or incredibly incompetent if you have not held a job down during a 2 year span.

    (i think i just sounded like a cold-hearted W.M.A. )

    [Sounding like another cold-hearted W.M.A.] I will add to that if you are going 730 days without work, then you must not have a lot of personal pride either...

    I get that if you lose a decently high paying job, you will be selective about finding another job... If I'm making good money and I lose that job, I'm not going to jump into a job making half that if I'm bringing in more in unemployment (I really don't know people make on unemployment). But, after a while, I think that my pride would get me out of the house and would take a couple of retail jobs or something lower paying in my field that could turn into something, or really anything...

    And honestly, two years without some sort of work can't look good when applying for jobs, even in this economy.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,801
    Jeanwah wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    The majority Senator is using politicspeak. There is no way the sole reason for the tax break is because the company sent some jobs overseas.
    You still haven't posted your source.

    My source is common sense.
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  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    know1 wrote:
    Jeanwah wrote:
    know1 wrote:
    The majority Senator is using politicspeak. There is no way the sole reason for the tax break is because the company sent some jobs overseas.
    You still haven't posted your source.

    My source is common sense.
    :roll:
  • Jeanwah
    Jeanwah Posts: 6,363
    Regarding being unemployed, I was without a job last year for 8 months before I got one, & I work in a dying field (publishing & printing). To those here who said that people with 2 years of being unemployed didn't try hard enough -- do you even know how difficult it is to find work in one's field right now (pending on one's field, of course)?
    It's really easy to say such a thing when you haven't experienced being laid off this entire recession...
  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    You’ve seen the commercials.


    Under the new Department of Education rules, the unemployed will be denied federal aid loans to restart their careers because they would fall into this new catch 22 gainful employment rule that requires the DOE to decide if the career you selected would allow you to pay back your loan ‘while ensuring you can earn a living’.

    Those schools that train students for a variety of technical positions, including automotive technician, computer technician, hairstylist, medical assistant, truck driver, a/c repair mechanics, electricians, locksmiths, business management, IT, administrative assistants, etc., etc.

    Programs whose graduates carried debt-to-earnings ratios above 30 percent of discretionary income and 12 percent of total income, and where fewer than 35 percent of former students were paying down principal on their loans, would be ineligible for aid.

    If you look at the current level of college graduates, who are unemployed or who have jobs that are not in their degree field of study, they would/will fall under this rule if they remain unemployed or become unemployed. This rule would also eliminate more than ½ the kids coming out of public school system who rely on technical schools for training, just to qualify for a job.

    This is all based on a political agenda to reduced the federal government. What type of employment is left for these people to obtain? and How?
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  • puremagic
    puremagic Posts: 1,907
    mikepegg44 wrote:
    for two million people to receive benefits for 99 weeks at 310 a wk it comes out to around 61,380,000,000. Seems like they can find that in the budget somewhere to cut, ....


    If they really wanted to cut the federal budget, they'd go after these farm subsidies. I'm not talking about lunch programs.

    http://farm.ewg.org/region.php?fips=00000
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  • Boxes&Books
    Boxes&Books USA Posts: 2,672
    GOP is fighting for extra tax cuts for the rich, but fail to extend benefits for American's. 310 dollars.... for rent, bills, and food..... Fuck that! Let's fight for tax cuts! :roll:

    those of you on this board who support this shit should be ashamed of yourselves.....Sell outs!
  • KDH12
    KDH12 Posts: 2,096
    tonifig8 wrote:
    GOP is fighting for extra tax cuts for the rich, but fail to extend benefits for American's. 310 dollars.... for rent, bills, and food..... Fuck that! Let's fight for tax cuts! :roll:

    those of you on this board who support this shit should be ashamed of yourselves.....Sell outs!


    but remember those cuts are the republicans stimulus plan
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  • gimmesometruth27
    gimmesometruth27 St. Fuckin Louis Posts: 24,424
    KDH12 wrote:
    tonifig8 wrote:
    GOP is fighting for extra tax cuts for the rich, but fail to extend benefits for American's. 310 dollars.... for rent, bills, and food..... Fuck that! Let's fight for tax cuts! :roll:

    those of you on this board who support this shit should be ashamed of yourselves.....Sell outs!


    but remember those cuts are the republicans stimulus plan
    if that is the case, then the republicans stimulus plan is about to fail miserably...
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  • Commy
    Commy Posts: 4,984
    gimmesometruth27 wrote:
    KDH12 wrote:
    tonifig8 wrote:
    GOP is fighting for extra tax cuts for the rich, but fail to extend benefits for American's. 310 dollars.... for rent, bills, and food..... Fuck that! Let's fight for tax cuts! :roll:

    those of you on this board who support this shit should be ashamed of yourselves.....Sell outs!


    but remember those cuts are the republicans stimulus plan
    if that is the case, then the republicans stimulus plan is about to fail miserably...
    the trickle down theory doesnt' work too well. its like the pigs at the feast sometimes deciding to throw the dogs a bone.....that bone is is the trickle down theory.


    it hasnt' worked in the past. for some reason these hardliners stick to it like gospel.
  • Boxes&Books
    Boxes&Books USA Posts: 2,672
    KDH12 wrote:
    tonifig8 wrote:
    GOP is fighting for extra tax cuts for the rich, but fail to extend benefits for American's. 310 dollars.... for rent, bills, and food..... Fuck that! Let's fight for tax cuts! :roll:

    those of you on this board who support this shit should be ashamed of yourselves.....Sell outs!


    but remember those cuts are the republicans stimulus plan



    I don't know what side of the fence you're on, but last I checked these tax cuts have been in play since 2001/2003.... When was the economy stimulated cause I missed it? And so did the company I was working for (cut 10,000+ jobs). Who suffers more, the wealthiest 2% or the folks making $50,000 or less? Who's benefiting from the current economy the 2% of the wealthiest american's or the 2 million still unemployed?

    Tax cuts are good, but don't seem to be benefiting everyone....
  • KDH12
    KDH12 Posts: 2,096
    tonifig8 wrote:
    KDH12 wrote:
    tonifig8 wrote:
    GOP is fighting for extra tax cuts for the rich, but fail to extend benefits for American's. 310 dollars.... for rent, bills, and food..... Fuck that! Let's fight for tax cuts! :roll:

    those of you on this board who support this shit should be ashamed of yourselves.....Sell outs!


    but remember those cuts are the republicans stimulus plan



    I don't know what side of the fence you're on, but last I checked these tax cuts have been in play since 2001/2003.... When was the economy stimulated cause I missed it? And so did the company I was working for (cut 10,000+ jobs). Who suffers more, the wealthiest 2% or the folks making $50,000 or less? Who's benefiting from the current economy the 2% of the wealthiest american's or the 2 million still unemployed?

    Tax cuts are good, but don't seem to be benefiting everyone....


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