Paul May Support Unemployment Insurance Extension
Source: TPM
CAITLIN MACNEAL JANUARY 5, 2014, 10:39 AM EST
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) on Sunday said he could support extending the longterm unemployment benefits that expired at the end of 2013 if the program is paid for.
"I'm not against having unemployment insurance," he said on ABC's "This Week." "It needs to be payed for."
Paul has previously expressed caution about extending the longterm benefits. But he said that if Congress came up with a way to pay for the benefits, and if Paul could add a provision about economic freedom zones, he may support reinstating the benefits.
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marble falls
(57,355 posts)merrily
(45,251 posts)That's a bullshit requirement.
BenzoDia
(1,010 posts)OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)otherone
(973 posts)Great post!
GoneFishin
(5,217 posts)Earlier, a reference to "fast-tracking" an unemployment benefits extension, and now a reference to "economic freedom zones" as a precondition to extend the benefits.
It's a stretch I know. But I'm just saying.
stillwaiting
(3,795 posts)mitty14u2
(1,015 posts)Rand Paul spreads lies about unemployment insurance
Logic does not seem to be Sen. Rand Paul's friend. Opposing an extension of emergency unemployment benefits that go beyond 26 weeks, he:
... pointed to a study that showed employers are less likely to hire the long-term unemployed.
"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. And it really - while it seems good, it actually does a disservice to the people you're trying to help," Paul said.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/09/1261299/-Rand-Paul-spreads-lies-about-unemployment-insurance
gussmith
(280 posts)Hey Rand Paul get behind a policy. You would deny further unemployment benefits because they are 'a disservice' or you would support them if paid for elsewhere in the budget. Find a principle to hang your mop on.
merrily
(45,251 posts)ucrdem
(15,512 posts)by helping big boxes drum out established tax-paying businesses. Very bad idea as cities lose twice.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)unemployment insurance benefits! Yikes! That's money that the umemployed spend right away! Not doing it could also CAUSE more unemployment among workers who provide the needed food and services that the unemployed need in order to live in their daily lives! It will only WORSEN our economy!
winter is coming
(11,785 posts)in an effort to keep his name in the news? As if someone out there is hanging on his every word?