Senatorial right-wing politicians have done their best to kill extension of unemployment benefits. This group, with their 'ultra-conservative tagalong' cohorts, are bent on crippling the middle class citizens, keeping people from paying mortgages and supporting their kids. These Senators don't understand that unemployment benefits are immediately spent right back into the economy and will help keep the economy rolling. They will buy kids clothes, pay mortgages, buy food putting their benefits right back into the economy.
The Party of NO and their “fringe followers” should remember just who got us into this mess in the first place. THEY DID - removing regulations on Wall Street which contributed to this economic mess. “Obstructionism” has DIRE consequences. The great American middle class is feeling those consequences.
“Tea-baggers” claim Congress does not read bills before they vote. This is not true. Congress not only reads the bills, they write the bills and offer amendments to the bills before they vote on them. In the Senate bills are read twice before the bills are sent to the appropriate Senatorial committees for review.
Tell the 'nay-saying' Senators to get back to work; to provide investment in non-fossil fuels power; to concentrate on progressing instead hanging onto the past failures. The former president allowed too many jobs to be sent overseas, too much deregulation of Big Oil, Big Banks, Wall Street and too much pandering to the Huge Insurance Industry.
Investments in solar power, wind power, natural gas power will certainly bring more new jobs to America. Cutting out the perks now being given to Big Oil will help pay for tax benefits for new environmental jobs. Investment in the environment will provide thousands of new jobs for the American middle class to move the economy forward.
Demand that the 'nay-saying' Senators get back to work and start working for progress instead of hanging onto the unworkable past. We have seen what Big Oil can do to our environment.
B. Jean Mohr
