Democrats refuse to extend Job benefits

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Dems refuse compromise to extend unemployment benefits:

Congress adjourns this week for the July Fourth recess without having passed a bill to extend unemployment insurance benefits to 1.3 million people who started losing them this month.

Democrats have been painting Republicans as unsympathetic to the long-term unemployed who will be unable to collect benefits, but Democratic leaders have rejected several offers by the GOP to vote for the bill if at least some of it is paid for.

“My concern is that the Democrats are more interested in having this issue to demagogue for political gamesmanship than they are in simply passing the benefits extension,” said Sen. George Voinovich, R-Ohio, who offered a deal that was rejected by Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev.

Democratic leaders were quick to attack Republicans for opposing the benefits, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., calling their opposition “just cruel” and “contrary to what our country is about.”

Republicans, meanwhile, stood firm in their argument that extending benefits should not add to the deficit.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: Dems Refuse to Compromise to extend Unemployment Benefits

Evidently the Democrats just don’t get it. They are about to be unemployed because of this type of “Legislation.” At least 2 Republicans should have their heads on sticks because of this too. Olympia Snowe (R-idiculous) and Susan Collins (R-ino) both threw their party under the bus by voting FOR this without paying for it.

Basically, what we have here is a battle between fiscal responsibility and disregard for other peoples money. The Democrats want to paint the Republicans as the bad guys for denying the benefits but it is a very sad ploy. The truth is Republicans are happy to continue those benefits, they just think we should pay for it rather than add to the deficit. MY GAWD HOW EVIL!!!!

The real reason the Democrat’s do not want to use the UNUSED stimulus funds to pay for this is: They are planning on releasing that money in late August or early September. IF they use it before then, they will not have enough “FAKE” recovery money in the pot to use the magic accounting they are so good at. They need that “Magic” accounting and “Job Growth” shell game to be able to say “Look, what we did is working”….This is all in an effort to keep the bloodbath to a minimum come November.

Little do the Democrats realize it’s already too late. Most Americans have already determined what kind of leaders the Democrats are. We have seen it from the unemployment line to the Gulf.