Rand Paul: Unemployment benefits program is a ‘disservice’ to black workers
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Sunday said that he opposed extending a program to for emergency unemployment benefits because it did a “disservice” to African-American workers.
During an interview on Fox News Sunday to hype Paul’s “Economic Freedom Zone” plan for lower taxes in Detroit, host Chris Wallace noted that President Barack Obama had called out the Republican Party for refusing to renew the Emergency Unemployment Compensation program while the black unemployment rate was still over 12 percent.
“I do support unemployment benefits for the 26 weeks that they’re paid for,” Paul insisted. “If you extend it beyond that, you do a disservice to these workers.”
The Kentucky Republican argued that companies were more likely to hire workers who had been on unemployment for less than 26 weeks.
“When you allow people to be on unemployment insurance for 99 weeks, you’re causing them to become part of this perpetual unemployed group in our economy,” Paul remarked. “And while it seems good, it actually does a disservice to the people you’re trying to help.”
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/08/rand-paul-unemployment-benefits-program-is-a-disservice-to-black-workers/
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If companies were willing to hire people who have been unemployed less than 26 weeks, nobody would be unemployed for 27 weeks. Could it be that people are still unemployed because the jobs are not there? 
He knows all about what's best for people I'm sure.
