Unemployment Extension 2010: 99ers, Senate Vote, and Tier 5 Dreams
Today's the Day the Jobless Could Be Vindicated!
The Senate has had enough difficulty with the bill going through Congress right now. It's said to cost some $33 billion, and will add to the nation's $13 trillion deficit. Republicans said that they wanted to "trim the fat" and try to stop overspending, and therefore are voting against the bill.
However, Senate democrats are expected to push the measure through today, as the addition of Carte Goodwin will give them the 60th vote needed to secure a victory. This is assuming that Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins from Maine don't flip flop and go back with their party and vote against the bill.
The 99ers are watching closely, and any politician who stands in the way of passing the measure could pay a hefty price come November. This group wants to make sure that eventually legislation is passed that will give them another lifeline.
The job market is tough out there. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 6.8 million LONG TERM unemployed individuals alone in the United States. Also, 8.6 million Americans are involuntarily part time workers. Discouraged workers, or those who have stopped searching for a job only because they think that nothing out there is available to them, stands at 1.2 million.
In June, it was also announced that 313,000 non-farm jobs were added to the payrolls, and this was touted as a really good thing. However, considering the MILLIONS of Americans in need of work, the number just doesn't seem as rosy.
Numbers don't lie. As you can see our nation is in quite a predicament. Since those with jobs are taxpaying citizens, they should consider this: would you rather your hard earned tax dollars be used on Americans, or do you prefer that they be used on something else such as aid to another country? Passing the legislation is crucial, and will do a lot to help our economy survive.
Sources:
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Huffington Post: Unemployment Extension: The GOP's Unprecedented Deficit Demands
Fox News Congressional Calendar July 20, 2010
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Post a CommentWe need a tier 5...
Ben Nelson will not be re-elected. He can go to HELL!!!!!
where/whatdothe99ersgowithouttier5?Itisamandatoryyesvote.Americayouhelpedcountriesinneedallovertheworld,nowhelpusAmericansinneed!
Good News 99'ers a Tier 5 is in the works!
http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/2007-Schumer-Promises-Help-for-99ers-But-Skips-the-Details
keep sending letters and calling your reps and senators!!!!!!
This picking and choosing who gets money and who does not is UN-Amerian!Can't All You SEE! That Their are NO jobs at all!!We 99er's are applying and applying for any job But! As you know we are just chasing our own tail!!You MUST GIVE US OUR FITH TIER!!!You Need to Stop giving to other countries and help your own people!!!OPEN YOUR EYES!!
IM A SINGLE MOTHER I NEED MY UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS I THINK IT SHOULD BE PASSED FOR A TIER 5 PEOPLE ARE HURTING THERES NO WORK
KEEP FIGHTING 99ERS WE WANT A TIER 5 AND WE WANT IT NOW IF NOT REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER DONT VOTE
i have been asking this question all the way up to the president. why is there no money for tier5 but always an abundance for welfare recipients and illegals?????
too many of us worked many years busting our butts to build this country. we are in need of a tier 5 not to live high on the hog like the politictans have on the taxes we have paid over the years but just to afford the basics to survive. if they are so worried about the deficit make all the foriegners that enjoy our tax free hospitality to pay right off the bat.what pisses me off is that we all have to bear the brunt of it when things go awry. thing is that we are all unemployed and looking for jobs that have been taken overseas or where employers pay a fraction of what they would pay in this country. illeagles are another problem we need the tier 5 to survive.
don't give up the fight 99er's. come visit:
http://www.tier5tostayalive.blogspot.com/