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Post by drew1980 on Mar 1, 2010 14:36:38 GMT -5
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Post by bill on Mar 1, 2010 14:43:06 GMT -5
You can thank your fellow kentuckians who have voted the s.o.b. back in office time & time again!!! Wake up Kentucky!!!!!
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Post by drew1980 on Mar 1, 2010 14:44:28 GMT -5
your right bill, i never voted for the s.o.b.!!
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Post by TonyV on Mar 1, 2010 16:18:02 GMT -5
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Post by hotcarl on Mar 1, 2010 21:17:40 GMT -5
You socialists who are begging for more handouts of my taxes crack me up.
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Post by Wolverine on Mar 1, 2010 22:22:56 GMT -5
We all pay taxes. The government is not giving you shit! I work and pay taxes. I will definitely take my check if I get one!!
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Post by lap@lap on Mar 1, 2010 22:35:32 GMT -5
hotcarl, are you presently working?? ( feel blessed) You may have something different to say if you were on the other side of the fence. I am not looking for any hand outs! I am looking for a job, that is not out there. I would much rather be working.
Yet someone with 3 yrs less seniority IS working!!
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Post by rukus on Mar 2, 2010 0:34:33 GMT -5
Hotcarl would be singing a different tune if feeding his family depended on that ui check...people like him crack me up
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Post by hotcarl on Mar 2, 2010 16:50:12 GMT -5
Lighten up guys, my reply was tongue in cheek. Check my earlier posts on the political board. I am a lifetime Democrat who is disgusted by the out of touch republican party and the republican UAW members who now call themselves libertarians. They want to call everything "socialism" unless it is something that they get.
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Post by ScottR@KTP on Mar 2, 2010 17:34:12 GMT -5
There is only one thing to know about Bunning...he is retiring. He does not care about your emails, future elections (because he's retiring)...so he is able to take this stance without future repercussions. The spending has to stop somewhere. CNBC did a story on the opposing sides of UI. One guy filled out over 300 applications last year without success of finding a job. What is the problem? If I needed a job, I could find ten of them today. They may not be the best jobs, but they would be jobs.
The other side of UI...a couple in Michigan was interviewed on CNBC...he receives almost $30,000 a year in UI...his wife receives almost $30,000 a year in UI...they are receiving food stamps...and god knows what else. They both said, "as long as the government keeps extending my unemployment, I will not go to work anywhere. I will not work until they cut off my benefits." So what do we do? Continue to provide them with benefits so they can feed their family...or do we cut their benefits off so they go out and become a productive member of society to feed their family? This government is so set on having the people depend on them...that is the idea of socialism. Dependent on government for survival. Once they get used to the free money, they lose any desire to find a job.
There are always opposing sides to all matters, but I am starting to believe with all the extensions, no one will seek out a job when they keep getting free money.
You guys are in an entirely different boat...you wanna work, but your employer does not have a spot for you currently.
On the flip side, the monies (TARP) left over for other bills which was not needed was sought out by the senate to put towards the JOB BILL. One senior democratic senator is keeping the leftover TARP money from being touched while all the republicans want access to the money to aid in the economy. So as I always say, both sides are garbage.
There is only one thing our government should be doing right now...getting people back to work. Wean them off UI and MAKE them go to work.
Obama needs to get off the health care kick and focus on our failing economy first and foremost.
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Post by ScottR@KTP on Mar 2, 2010 17:39:24 GMT -5
Here is Bunning's angle:
Is there a problem using money already available to fund this vs. adding to our deficit?
Jim Bunning Stops Unemployment Extension
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Written by Ron Sanders Sunday, 28 February 2010 21:46
altPADUCAH, KY - US Senator Jim Bunning (R) Kentucky has created a firestorm of controversy by single handedly stopping a $10 Billion bill that was a conglomeration of spending and extensions.
In after-hours session last Thursday, Bunning objected to the bill because there was no money to pay for the spending - thus adding to a record federal deficit. Bunning asked that the money be taken from unspent TARP funds; but, Democrats would not agree to any provision to fund the bill. Bunning stood fast; and, since there were few senators on the floor, Bunning's objections stopped the bill. Within the bill, was a provision for extending unemployment and cobra benefits for those whose benefits expire Sunday, February 28. Bunning said that he supported the extension of benefits; but, not without a provision to pay for it.
When the full Senate convenes on Monday, action can be taken to restore benefits without loss to the unemployed. Don't expect Bunning to support any bill without funding. Bunning is a "lame duck" Senator due to his retirement. There are a lot more "lame duck" Senators and Representatives that don't know it yet.
Here are Bunning's statements: "It seems to me people have not been listening, particularly the Senator from Illinois. He has been through two of these with the leader. He heard the arguments on both sides. Unfortunately, he has a one-side-only view of this situation. I have offered the same COBRA, flood insurance, unemployment insurance, Satellite Home Viewing Act, highway funding, SBA loans, small business provisions--I have offered to do the same thing for the same amount of time. The only difference I have, and some of my good friends from the other side of the aisle, is that I believe we should pay for it. There is a right over the last 3 years of the Democratically controlled Congress. We have run up $5 trillion in debt. There has to be a time to stop that." (2/25/10)
"Well, we have tried to work this out with the majority, particularly after the pay-go vote last week. When 100 senators are for a bill and we can't find $10 billion to pay for it, there's something the matter, seriously the matter with this body. I've said that last night. I don't want to repeat myself. I have offered several ways to pay for it. If everybody in this chamber -- and there is no senators except me here right now, but there are 100 members of this body -- believes as the senator from Illinois does that this is essential and we should pass it, then we should pay for it. There are going to be other bills brought to this floor that are not going to be paid for, and I'm going to object every time they do it. I don't much agree with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, but it was striking yesterday when he said if at the present level of debt and the present administration's budget is passed, that the debt of the United States will be unsustainable, unsustainable to me means that there is a chance of one of the rating agencies downgrading the rating on our debt. We cannot allow that to happen. Because I have got too many young grandchildren that want America to be the same America that I grew up in. And I'm worried to death that that's not going to be the case." (2/26/10)
Ron Sanders
iSurf News
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Post by justaworker on Mar 2, 2010 17:40:47 GMT -5
There is only one thing to know about Bunning...he is retiring. He does not care about your emails, future elections (because he's retiring)...so he is able to take this stance without future repercussions. The spending has to stop somewhere. CNBC did a story on the opposing sides of UI. One guy filled out over 300 applications last year without success of finding a job. What is the problem? If I needed a job, I could find ten of them today. They may not be the best jobs, but they would be jobs. The other side of UI...a couple in Michigan was interviewed on CNBC...he receives almost $30,000 a year in UI...his wife receives almost $30,000 a year in UI...they are receiving food stamps...and god knows what else. They both said, "as long as the government keeps extending my unemployment, I will not go to work anywhere. I will not work until they cut off my benefits." So what do we do? Continue to provide them with benefits so they can feed their family...or do we cut their benefits off so they go out and become a productive member of society to feed their family? This government is so set on having the people depend on them...that is the idea of socialism. Dependent on government for survival. Once they get used to the free money, they lose any desire to find a job. There are always opposing sides to all matters, but I am starting to believe with all the extensions, no one will seek out a job when they keep getting free money. You guys are in an entirely different boat...you wanna work, but your employer does not have a spot for you currently. On the flip side, the monies (TARP) left over for other bills which was not needed was sought out by the senate to put towards the JOB BILL. One senior democratic senator is keeping the leftover TARP money from being touched while all the republicans want access to the money to aid in the economy. So as I always say, both sides are garbage. There is only one thing our government should be doing right now...getting people back to work. Wean them off UI and MAKE them go to work. Obama needs to get off the health care kick and focus on our failing economy first and foremost. well said scott. |
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