Unemployed Workers Need Benefits, but Republicans Still Say “No

[discocrisco01]

Unemployed Workers Need Benefits, but Republicans Still Say “No.” - The Daily Beast http://thebea.st/1f8EkIl

[yeoman6987]

1. Unemployment

I don't understand this. I thought unemployment was for 99 weeks. Why suddenly are they cutting it? I think they should keep it 99 weeks until we are down to around 5 percent unemployment.

[badtoworse]

2. State unemployment benefits run for 26 weeks. Normal federal unemployment runs an added 13 weeks

The normal total is 39 weeks combined. Federal unemployment benefits have been extended past 13 weeks during periods of high unemployment, but those are temporary and need to be reauthorized. Unemployment has been coming down - that is the likely reason why the extended federal benefits are being cut back or not reauthorized.

[Vincardog]

3. They are cutting it because they hold as an article of faith that NO GOOD for the PEOPLE can be all

to come from the government.

To allow the people to have any benefit from the government
puts the lie to St. RayGun's statement
"The Government can not solve any problem, the government is the problem".

[Ed Suspicious]

4. Yeah the puke civilians I know are calling it a 99 week vacation. They state how it demotivates

and are comparing it to feeding wildlife and the wildlife becoming dependent upon the hand out.

They make me want to fucking scream.

[alarimer]

5. I saw someone on Twitter parrot the RW talking point that UI leads to "dependence"

Seemed to imply that long-term unemployed were lazy and not looking for work.

Some people have given up. If the numbers actually counted those people, the rate would be much higher. No, they've given up but are not on UI, probably and subsisting by some other means.

The right wing talking point seems to be that taking unemployment means people quit looking and decide, what, to just live high off the hog on their $200 a week? It makes no sense and is a disgusting attitude no matter how you look at it. Rightwingers are cold, unfeeling assholes. I'm convinced they're all sociopaths incapable of empathy.