(2 pm. – promoted by ek hornbeck)
They have “souls”?
“The Republicans are thinking, why don’t they just sell some of their stock? If they’re in really dire straits maybe they can take some of their art collection and send it to the auctioneer. And if they’re in deep deep trouble maybe the unemployed can sell one of their yachts. That’s what the Republicans are thinking right now. But that’s not the life of ordinary people…”
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“I will say to the Republicans who have blocked this bill for months, to those who have kept food out of the mouths of children, I will say to them now, may God have mercy on your souls”
h/t Blue Texan @ FDL and digby
Up Date: From David Dayen @ FDL:
Senate Invokes Cloture on Unemployment Insurance Extension
But let’s actually look at what the Senate passed.
It does not include any of the other elements of the tax extenders bill, include state fiscal aid or tax extensions of key business credits or job creation measures like a summer youth jobs fund or increased infrastructure bonds.
It does not include the extra $25 added to unemployment benefits for the last year-plus through the Recovery Act.
It does not include a fifth tier of benefits, so anyone who has exhausted 99 weeks is out of luck.
It does not include anything for anyone out of work in a state with lower than an 8% unemployment rate.
This extends benefits through November, only four months away. The White House has said they would fight for an additional extension if, as expected, unemployment does not recover significantly. So we’ll have this fight all over again soon. But Democrats basically lost this round by not engaging until it was too late, and only engaging on the bare minimum of what would be tolerable.
Too little, too late for too many. We are still facing a double dip recession which some people believe is just a deepening of the so-called “Great Recession” that has never ended.
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their year end bonus? Or cash in some of their stock options?
I’m sure that Grayson is being criticized as I type for launching the “class war.” Why, it’s socialism!! /snort
but Grayson is a phony! 😉 Sorry.