The economic news isn’t getting any better, and yet the 2010 unemployment extension is not only languishing because Congress is on vacation, but because there is no particular drive to get it onto the agenda quickly before Congress departs for midterm elections. Legislators apparently aren’t able to figure out who in this country needs government assistance — the rich, or the poor. Congress doesn’t understand that helping the rich only helps the rich, because they take the money and park it — but helping the poor helps everyone because the poor actually spend their money. For anyone who still doesn’t get it, a very useful analogy can be made with an ecological disaster. Let’s start with the basic idea that the economy sucks, and go from there.
Three Signs that The Economy Isn’t Improving
The Labor Department’s jobs report showed a record high for first-time unemployment claims: half a million people went on unemployment last week alone. The United States only has about 300 million people in it — so that means that literally one in every 600 people country-wide went on unemployment last week.
48 out of 50 states have lost jobs over the last three months, despite a stimulus bill to the tune of $26 billion that we called the House of Representatives back from their vacation to pass. (Only Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi have the authority to perform such a recall, by the way — so if you want Tier 5 before the end of the August recess, that’s who to harass.)
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Charles Johnson says:
August 22, 2010 at 11:58 am
Greed envy and class warfare – the very staple of Obamanomics being promoted on this website every single day!
99ers are lowlife people who suck the wealth from the pockets of the taxpayer. They actually feel entitled to free money and this makes me sick.
Look at this website that appeals to these “99ers” and anyone with a brain cell can tell that this website owner is making money off the 99ers ridiculous views. See all the ads? Keep making money for a true capitalist while begging for money, 99er welfare riders.
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Angel says:
August 22, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Your life is a joke, got nothing better to do than kick ‘em when they’re down. Your ignorance is astonishing, but not as astonishing as the fact that you willfully keep your blinders on & spout lies & bull*##% enough for several bulls. (No offense to the Bulls)
We are the TAXPAYERS! WE PAID THE TAXES FOR YEARS! IT’S OUR MONEY WE NEED! That’s what governments are supposed to do, tax people for times of need, & there is no greater time of need than now! Instead, the government sees fit to give “our” money to fools & unscrupulous corporations that got us into this mess in the first place. Fools like the wars being fought for no good reason, congressmen that don’t do their jobs, government officials that turn a blind, deaf & dumb ear/face to the needs of millions of it’s taxpaying citizens!!!!
Just because you like to show your stupidity doesn’t mean that we want to see it. Administrator, please BAN this troublemaking ignorant troll from your website, his rants are getting tiresome, he’s everywhere saying the same vacuous, stupid, robotic, drone type, imbecilic crap daily.
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