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Tag: unemployment benefits

Nov 14
2011

Raging Liberal Senator Tom Coburn, Provocateur Of Class Warfare!

Politics

Wow: A leading Senate conservative is taking aim at tax breaks that he says amount to welfare for millionaires, a line of critique that usually comes from liberal Democrats. Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) released a report detailing special tax breaks for wealthy income earners that could give members of the supercommittee common ground for raising […]

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Oct 6
2010

Dipping The Tea Bag In A Steaming Hot Cup Of Hypocrisy

Politics

Rand Paul claims to be this “small government’” Libertarian, the kind of person almost synonymous with “Tea Party”, but when it comes to Medicare, that’s a different story. It turns out Paul is now framing himself as the savior of Medicare and Social Security in a new ad: Imagine that – a doctor who relies […]

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Aug 11
2010

Anti-Stimulus Mark Sanford Takes Stimulus Money

Politics

Well imagine that. S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford was out for months blasting the stimulus. All the media covered it and his declarations of not taking any stimulus money almost nonstop. Well that has changed: Two months ago, however, with the bright lights of political promise dimmed by a scandal involving an extramarital affair, Mr. Sanford […]

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Jul 23
2010

John Boehner’s Unemployed Brother Has No Problem With His Brother’s Vote

Economy

This is an interesting article from the AP: A brother of U.S. House Republican leader John Boehner (BAY’-nur) would have seen his unemployment benefits dry up if the congressman had succeeded in his push to defeat an extension-of-benefits bill passed this week. Boehner and most fellow Republicans opposed the measure Thursday, but 61-year-old Bob Boehner […]

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Feb 24
2010

Summing Up The “Puny” Jobs Bill

Society

John Cole reminds us of a harsh reality when it comes to the little $15 billion jobs bill: What is fifteen billion? A couple weeks of unemployment benefits? Not to go all Everett Dirksen and everything, but we ***LOST*** almost that much in Iraq, and no one flinched. But $15 billion is going to remedy […]

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Feb 21
2009

Right Wing Extremist Trying To Starve Citizens

Misc

Or Republican Governor refuses stimulus money because of some failed far right ideology: When President Obama signed the Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act last week, it included three different provisions to benefit unemployed workers. The first provided funding to states that allowed for a $25 per week increase in benefits. The second extended the Emergency […]

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