danielsenhwong.com » senate http://blog.danielsenhwong.com Tue, 22 Feb 2011 01:54:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 On Jim Bunning (R-KY) and his block of an Unemployment Benefit Extension http://blog.danielsenhwong.com/2010/02/on-jim-bunning-r-ky-and-his-block-of-an-unemployment-benefit-extension/ http://blog.danielsenhwong.com/2010/02/on-jim-bunning-r-ky-and-his-block-of-an-unemployment-benefit-extension/#comments Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:03:52 +0000 dan http://blog.danielsenhwong.com/2010/02/on-jim-bunning-r-ky-and-his-block-of-an-unemployment-benefit-extension/ Building off of this New York Times Editorial:

If stimulus funds are used for the extension of unemployment benefits, then they’ll be unavailable for additional stimulus programs down the line. So far, the fiscal stimulus from the bank bailout is being replenished over time by repayments from banks, and this will be repeated if the jobs bill passes and low-interest loans are made to small businesses. If we use this money to pay out unemployment benefits, they’re not coming back.

For all the crying being done by conservatives declaring the Obama Administration anything other than democratic, they’re engaging in some really un-democratic tactics.

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