Democrats Push for Unemployment Benefits Extension
Bob Geiger reports:
The United States Senate will vote
this week -- and very likely today -- on a bill that will extend
unemployment insurance benefits by seven weeks for the jobless whose
benefits have run out and a total of 13 weeks for those in states with
an unemployment rate higher than six percent.
The bipartisan
legislation -- cosponsors include Republicans Coleman, Smith, Snowe and
Specter -- passed the House in October and will go immediately to
President Bush's desk for his signature if passed this week.
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Unemployment Benefits??... Oh No!... We can't have that!
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"Their timing was exquisite. The AIG folks and their guests hit the spa just days after the insurance behemoth grabbed an $85 billion bailout package from U.S. taxpayers. They needed it because AIG piled up net losses of $18.5 billion in the past three quarters on write-downs tied to the collapse of the U.S. subprime mortgage market.
Wheeee! Party on!"
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I ask again... When the fuck do we start putting these motherfuckers in prison??
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chi-1009edit2oct09,0,4386282.story
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By A GNovember 20, 2008 - 1:39pmUm...I'm no math wiz, but
Um...I'm no math wiz, but why should a company in the hole for $18.5 billion get an 85 billion dollar bailout? No wonder they were partying!
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By MichtouNovember 20, 2008 - 9:10pm