I haven’t read what he’s proposing blocking, but in California it’s amazing. A friend of mine just received another extension – which will take her to 2 years of unemployment benefits. She loves it. They file the extensions automatically for her. Until the benefits come to an end, she has no reason to find a job. If they decided to block her extension of benefits, I don’t see how she could argue that she was being thrown under the bus.[/quote]
She loves it? Really? Somehow I doubt that. I don’t know anyone who would rather be receiving unemployment benefits as opposed to having an actual job.
Not sure if you’ve heard, but unemployment is around 10% (~20% for U6), so it’s not like there are just jobs out there for the taking. Most likely, unless your friend is independently wealthy, she is probably stressed because she doesn’t know when the government is going to cut off her unemployment benefits and there is no work to be found.
If the U.S. government can spend trillions bailing out the crimninal banker class, surely it can spend a few billion to make sure those who can’t find jobs are able to eat.
