25,000 Nevadans to lose unemployment benefits without budget deal

Las Vegas Sun ^ | Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 | 11:42 a.m. | By Cy Ryan (contact)

[redreno]

CARSON CITY — An estimated 25,000 Nevadans will lose their unemployment benefits on Jan. 2 if Congress fails to reach a deal on the federal budget, state officials said.

The state Division of Employment Security said today those people are receiving benefits under a federal program that extends state payments. Another 1,000 jobless will exhaust their regular state benefits each week thereafter and not be eligible for the extension, division Administrator Renee Olson said.

[Bernard Marx]

Just more media ammo to pound the "do nothing" Republican House with. The meme is being carefully developed to make sure anyone who loses government benefits or pays higher taxes will only blame Republicans for taking them "over the cliff."

Masterful propaganda; completely untrue but incredibly effective. Republicans have never mastered Realpolitik. They sit like deer in the headlights as if waiting for the fatal blow.

[Neu Pragmatist]

Exactly . The victor defines his opponents early, often, and harshly .. Republicans need to learn this or face extinction