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While the GOP fight to keep artificially low tax rates for the top tier, they deny an extension of benefits for those who struggle the most in this country during the holidays. I guess that's "compassionate conservatives" for ya...
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But allowing benefits to expire in the holiday season may draw negative attention to Republicans, especially when measured against their insistence that tax cuts for upper-income taxpayers not be allowed to expire.
"We have never cut off benefits for out-of-work Americans where the unemployment rates have been this high," said Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash. "Without this extension, temporary federal extended benefits will shut down ... denying benefits to two million of our fellow citizens over the holiday season."
House GOP blocks bill to extend jobless benefits - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_jobless_benefits - broken link)
The Republicans have no problem extending the benefits...as long as they are PAID for. Remember PAYGO? So rather than just throw another heap on the deficit, take the money out of the unspent stimulus. Does anyone seriously have an issue with that??
While the GOP fight to keep artificially low tax rates for the top tier, they deny an extension of benefits for those who struggle the most in this country during the holidays. I guess that's "compassionate conservatives" for ya...
House GOP blocks bill to extend jobless benefits - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_jobless_benefits - broken link)
The spending has to stop at some point. You can whine and moan about it all you want, but it's just dumb to think we can keep spending at the level we are.
The Republicans have no problem extending the benefits...as long as they are PAID for. Remember PAYGO? So rather than just throw another heap on the deficit, take the money out of the unspent stimulus. Does anyone seriously have an issue with that??
Thank you for adding that!!! The lefty loonies always want to leave parts of the story out to suit their needs....which are always trying to make the Republicans look bad.
Thank you for adding that!!! The lefty loonies always want to leave parts of the story out to suit their needs....which are always trying to make the Republicans look bad.
I'm more and more convinced that the vast majority are actually unable to get past the first paragraph.
The Republicans have no problem extending the benefits...as long as they are PAID for. Remember PAYGO? So rather than just throw another heap on the deficit, take the money out of the unspent stimulus. Does anyone seriously have an issue with that??
you had to go and ruin the fun didnt you.......it was just to easyto say those mean republicans were stealing Christmas......insert picture of Grinch here.
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