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GOP on Unemployment Issues - Be VERY Careful, or Lose Votes

03/04/10

Permalink 06:58:04 pm, by Bud Email , 263 words   English (US)
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GOP on Unemployment Issues - Be VERY Careful, or Lose Votes

Despite the current excessive Democratic government spending, the conservatives would do well to stay away from one bill - The Jobs Bill. They should tread VERY lightly with any proposition of eliminating (or reducing in any way) extended unemployment benefits for a VERY good reason.

With real unemployment near 17% and well over 11 million people on state and federal unemployment rolls, many Republicans, conservatives, and Tea Party members might vote for Democrats (no matter how much they're hated) just to keep their benefits. It's called survival!

See all my well-researched posts on the current unemployment:

The New Poor - Millions of Unemployed Face Years Without Jobs
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/21/the-new-poor-millions-of-unemployed-face

Government Jobs (Bigger Government) Drive Employment Numbers
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/01/government-jobs-bigger-government-drive

Actual Unemployment in 2010 - Recession Worse than Reported
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/04/actual-unemployment-in-january-2010-rece

Deep Recession Shows No Sign of Letting Up - Maybe Getting Worse
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/24/deep-recession-shows-no-sign-of-letting

Largest U.S. Labor Union: AFL-CIO says Jobs Won't Return
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/01/07/largest-u-s-labor-union-afl-cio-says-job

More Bad News for the Unemployed in 2010 - and Beyond
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/02/23/more-bad-news-for-the-unemployed-in-2010

Almost 1 out of 5 People are Out of Work in the U.S.A.
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2009/12/31/unemployment-december-2009-new-release

FOX News Wages War on Unemployed - Thinks They're Lazy
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog1.php/2010/03/02/real-reason-why-extended-unemployment-be

Tea Party, Fox News, and Conservatives Attack the Unemployed
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/03/04/tea-party-gets-in-wrong-on-unemployment

Extended Unemployment Benefits in 2010 - Fully Explained
http://tobuds.com/blogs/blog3.php/2010/02/16/extended-unemployment-benefits-in-2010

1 comment

Comment from: Kasha [Visitor]

----- Original Message -----
From: Kasha
To: Glenn Beck
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 12:06 AM
Subject: I love you Glenn, but...

For the past year I've agreed with you on almost everything, but not for defending Senator Bunning. Please let me tell you why:

The Jobs Bill, and more specifically, the extended unemployment provision, is the most volatile to debate. With real unemployment near 17% and well over 11 million people whose families depend on state and federal unemployment benefits, it was a cheap shot at the suffering.

Why did he choose a bill that directly affects the unemployed, the ones who are suffering the most during this recession?

People are living week to week, hand-to-mouth on those benefits. There were many other spending bills, costing billions of dollars more, that benefited the banks and other special interests. So rather than make his political point by attacking the tiny Jobs Bill (that DIRECTLY affects the common folks), Bunning should have ravished the likes of TARP with as much enthusiasm.

But (as Pelosi would say), a little itsy-bitsy Job Bill should not have been the example the Republicans want to use.

Sure, draw a line in the sand, but don't start with the little people, they suffer enough.

Thanks,
Kasha
03/05/10 @ 00:15

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