GOP Obstructs Unemployment Benefits extension

[judyd]

I lost my job in July 2008, have NOT been on unemployment, and have been actively looking for work. THERE ARE NO JOBS. I wouldn't wish bad on anyone, but it does seem like some of you really need a wakeup call as to the situation in most areas of the country. And it's even worse for older citizens like myself, who are looking for work. I really hate having to go through my savings because I can't find a job, with over 25 years of solid, steady work experience. At this point, I don't care if it's minimum wage, parttime, or whatever, as long as it's something. There are millions of others in the country in similar situations who are in worse shape than me, and who are losing their homes, cars, credit, etc.

But just go ahead and be a smug ignoramus when you don't know what you're talking about.

Please let us know what city and state you live in. I will provide you with a list of potential jobs showing that there ARE JOBS. Hopefully we can help you get employed again.

I'm on the Maryland shore, right at the beach area, and can travel between the Maryland and Delaware beach areas.

If you think you can look at the job listings and find all sorts of jobs, you're wrong. Most of them are actually scams, trying to get you to buy their employment services, get your personal information, or worse. There may be a couple a week that are legitimate. I apply for everything that would be possible for me, but if you don't have the exact skills they are looking for (and this could be as simple as a different software version), they won't consider you. Most positions advertised receive several hundred responses, so you rarely hear anything back from them.

 

[Single Dad]

Would that consist of the following areas?

Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County.

 

[judyd]

Would that consist of the following areas?

Caroline County, Cecil County, Dorchester County, Kent County, Queen Anne's County, Somerset County, Talbot County, Wicomico County, Worcester County.

Worcester County, and Salisbury in Wicomico. Anything else would be too far to drive, especially with the salaries in those areas (usually $8.00/hr), I wouldn't make enough to justify the drive, the gas, and the wear and tear on the car.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

I just love how the republicans are now concerned over Medicare, if hypocrisy were water they'd be an ocean.

I just love how Libruls Programs always run up multi-TRILLION deficit

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

I see the arguments are repeating themselves once again.

In case you missed it before.....

You do realize the republicans DO NOT have a majority and the democrats have enough votes to PASS ANY BILL without republican support, dont you?

God ignorance will be the death of our great nation I swear.


Now that I got the obvious out of the way did you actually read the bill the republicans are complaining about? Do you see WHAT ELSE is in the bill besides the unemployment thing? Seriously people WAKE UP!!!

 

[Bfgrn]

Under normal circumstances, 26 weeks is enough... THESE are not normal circumstances...

During the Great Depression, right wing pea brains of that era chided FDR for trying to help fellow his Americans...he was roundly criticized for excessive spending by conservative members of Congress, who claimed that the economy would sort itself out "in the long run". Prompting Commerce Secretary Harry Hopkins to reply, "People don't eat in the long run, they eat every day."

Right wing solutions are FANTASTIC...if ONLY human beings would evaporate...

"Have you ever heard of a bleeding heart Republican?"
Paul Craig Roberts - the father of Reaganomics

"We have all made mistakes. But Dante tells us that divine justice weighs the sins of the cold-blooded and the sins of the warm-hearted on different scales. Better the occasional faults of a party living in the spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a party frozen in the ice of its own indifference."
President John F. Kennedy

You may want to check your facts, During FDR's time, the Republicans were considered Liberals and the Democrats were considered conservatives.

BUT back to the point. The Senate has 60 Democratic votes and it only takes 51, the House has 265 democratic votes and it only takes 218. Remind us again how Republicans are blocking ANYTHING.

Now you're asking a left wing neutron brain to do some fancy cyphering.....Good luck.

Yea ...and black people were white back then... and cats barked...

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

 

[Oddball]

You forgot to say "pea brain", Jethro.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

You may want to check your facts, During FDR's time, the Republicans were considered Liberals and the Democrats were considered conservatives.

BUT back to the point. The Senate has 60 Democratic votes and it only takes 51, the House has 265 democratic votes and it only takes 218. Remind us again how Republicans are blocking ANYTHING.

Now you're asking a left wing neutron brain to do some fancy cyphering.....Good luck.

Yea ...and black people were white back then... and cats barked...

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

"A Socialist is a President who ruined the US economy for his whole tenure, lied to get us into WWII, shat on the tradition of only serving for 2 terms, threatened to pack SCOTUS but thankfully died before he could do any more damage" -- CF

 

[Emma]

I see the arguments are repeating themselves once again.

In case you missed it before.....

You do realize the republicans DO NOT have a majority and the democrats have enough votes to PASS ANY BILL without republican support, dont you?

Senate rules allow for any Senator to block and/or delay votes. I posted examples above.

 

[Bfgrn]

Once again, for all you blame-shifting retards out there:

The Republicans cannot stop anything the Dems want to do. They have neither the power or the votes to do so.

They cannot even hinder, obstruct or in any way even slow down the Dems.

The Dems do not need ANY Republican support or votes whatsoever, to do anything they want to do.

How long do you think this mindless blame-shifting is going to work?

Hey pea brain...ANY Senator CAN hinder, obstruct or in any way even slow down legislation... Kyl and Hatch DID on this Bill...

Scumbag Republicans can only delay passage... It WILL pass eventually, after millions MORE Americans are forced to needlessly suffer...

Thanks for the info Emma...
http://www.usmessageboard.com/1634100-post68.html

"Have you ever heard of a bleeding heart Republican?"
Paul Craig Roberts - the father of Reaganomics

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

I see the arguments are repeating themselves once again.

In case you missed it before.....

You do realize the republicans DO NOT have a majority and the democrats have enough votes to PASS ANY BILL without republican support, dont you?

Senate rules allow for any Senator to block and/or delay votes. I posted examples above.

Emma they can slow it down but they republicans lack the ability to block the measure.

But thank you for trying to keep me honest

 

[Ame®icano]

Let's say stimulus is not working and unemployment keep rising for next year or two.

Should we keep extending unemployment benefits and for how long?

 

[Emma]

I see the arguments are repeating themselves once again.

In case you missed it before.....

You do realize the republicans DO NOT have a majority and the democrats have enough votes to PASS ANY BILL without republican support, dont you?

Senate rules allow for any Senator to block and/or delay votes. I posted examples above.

Emma they can slow it down but they republicans lack the ability to block the measure.

But thank you for trying to keep me honest

I need to get some input from someone more familiar with all the procedural mumbo-jumbo, but it can be blocked for a time in any case.

 

[PLYMCO_PILGRIM]

Let's say stimulus is not working and unemployment keep rising for next year or two.

Should we keep extending unemployment benefits and for how long?

Actually they have barely released any of the stimulus funds. They are scheduled to start releasing it 9 months prior to the 2010 elections. Then each month ongoing they will release more and more stimulus right up through the election day.

not that im saying anyone is trying to buy votes or anything .

i'll find the chart I saw....Economist Charles Payne is the guy who I got the information from I just have to find it online for you.

 

[Midnight Marauder]

Once again, for all you blame-shifting retards out there:

The Republicans cannot stop anything the Dems want to do. They have neither the power or the votes to do so.

They cannot even hinder, obstruct or in any way even slow down the Dems.

The Dems do not need ANY Republican support or votes whatsoever, to do anything they want to do.

How long do you think this mindless blame-shifting is going to work?

Hey pea brain...ANY Senator CAN hinder, obstruct or in any way even slow down legislation... Kyl and Hatch DID on this Bill...

Scumbag Republicans can only delay passage... It WILL pass eventually, after millions MORE Americans are forced to needlessly suffer...

Thanks for the info Emma...
http://www.usmessageboard.com/1634100-post68.html

Moron.... The Senate rules can be bypassed by the super majority. That they choose not to do so still places the blame squarely on them.

Peoooooople needlessly SUFFERING wahhhhh.... That's rich.

 

[Midnight Marauder]

They cannot even hinder, obstruct or in any way even slow down the Dems.

Sure they can. Just as the Dems did it when the Rs were majority

You don't actually believe there is a comparison between what the Dems have now and the very slim majority the GOP had. I know you're not blind, dumb or willfully dishonest.

The Senate rules can be bypassed, as I said before.

 

[Emma]

They cannot even hinder, obstruct or in any way even slow down the Dems.

Sure they can. Just as the Dems did it when the Rs were majority

You don't actually believe there is a comparison between what the Dems have now and the very slim majority the GOP had. I know you're not blind, dumb or willfully dishonest.

The Senate rules can be bypassed, as I said before.

Not without unanimous consent

 

[Single Dad]

Please libs...... Can any one of you offer an answer to my question? You are all trying so desperately to avoid being honest.

How many weeks is TOO MUCH for unemployment benefits to be extended?

Is 100 weeks too much?

Is 75 weeks too much?

If you do not answer than you are admitting that you want benefits extended infinitely as long as it buys Dem libturd votes. Will any of you honestly fess up as to how much socialism you want to have?

 

[Bfgrn]

Once again, for all you blame-shifting retards out there:

The Republicans cannot stop anything the Dems want to do. They have neither the power or the votes to do so.

They cannot even hinder, obstruct or in any way even slow down the Dems.

The Dems do not need ANY Republican support or votes whatsoever, to do anything they want to do.

How long do you think this mindless blame-shifting is going to work?

Hey pea brain...ANY Senator CAN hinder, obstruct or in any way even slow down legislation... Kyl and Hatch DID on this Bill...

Scumbag Republicans can only delay passage... It WILL pass eventually, after millions MORE Americans are forced to needlessly suffer...

Thanks for the info Emma...
http://www.usmessageboard.com/1634100-post68.html

Moron.... The Senate rules can be bypassed by the super majority. That they choose not to do so still places the blame squarely on them.

Peoooooople needlessly SUFFERING wahhhhh.... That's rich.

Hey pea brain, do you have a family to support, or are you just some snotty nosed kid with no responsibility? YES, people are suffering because of the current economic and employment situation...many are losing their homes...

The right wing scum bag answer to fellow Americans suffering is PUNISH 'em, THAT'LL teach 'em!!!

BTW, WTF do you Anti-AmericAN right wing pea brains BASE your patriotism ON??? Pieces of paper, flags, buildings??? Is there ANY room for the American PEOPLE? You screech that 3,000 Americans died on 9/11, so we go out and kill thousands of Iraqis that LOOK LIKE the people that attacked us, WASTE TRILLIONS of taxpayer's dollars on the Devil's work...but HERE, over 40,000 Americans die because of the corporate cartel deathcare ponzi-scheme, and you morons blame the victims and want them punished!

You scum bags are PROOF some women should NEVER be allowed to raise children...



"Our children are not born to hate, they are raised to hate."
Thomas della Peruta

 

[editec]

Let's say stimulus is not working and unemployment keep rising for next year or two.

Should we keep extending unemployment benefits and for how long?

Good question, Ame®icano

Only until the presses run out of ink to print up more money.

That or until the USD isn't worth a Continental.

Whichever comes first.