Yusuf06
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Way off topic but this is a case where Obama is just wrong and the GOP is right, even though I think it's more about obstructionism with them than doing the right thing...."Lately we've been having to wrangle around what used to be pretty noncontroversial things -- providing loans for small businesses, extending unemployment insurance when 8 million people lost their jobs during the recession. But lately there's a minority of Senators from the other party who've had a different idea. As we speak, they are using their power to stop this relief from going to the American people. And they won't even let these measures come up for a vote. They block it through all kinds of procedural maneuvering in the Senate."
I get that the liberal in Obama wants to help people get over this tough patch and in fact, the extension in unemployment benefits was much needed...once or twice. However, at this point I think the continually extended unemployment benefits are keeping people on the sidelines that would have otherwise been forced to take some job, anyjob to maintain some level of income in the short term. In turn, that's hurt Obama's unemployment numbers.