Very true! I agree 100%.
But, from a political perspective, if they don't pass it (which I think is what Obama really wants to see happen)millions of legitimate unemployed Americans will pay the price because this week is their last unemployment check.
Obama wants to see those legitimate unemployed Americans suffer so that he can blame Boehner and the Republican controlled House for it. Obama and the democrats are looking ahead to Nov 2014, not to a prosperous America.
John Boehner should have offered a bill to extend the emergency unemployment back in the late summer / early Fall and offsetting the cost with cuts in other places. This would have been put in Harry Reid's lap before the election and he would be the blame for the fate of the legitimately unemployed Americans without it having to be part of the bill being discussed today.
Harry Reid's actions could have been what would have helped the GOP win the Senate in 2012.
A bunch of us had called Boehner's office and other republicans back in sept/oct 2012 with this idea. As you can see, the calls were ignored.
Today it's in Boehner's and the GOP's lap.
“John Boehner should have offered a bill to extend the emergency unemployment back in the late summer / early Fall and offsetting the cost with cuts in other places. This would have been put in Harry Reid’s lap before the election and he would be the blame for the fate of the legitimately unemployed Americans without it having to be part of the bill being discussed today.”
Absolutely; the extended unemployment benefits only kept Obama in power. If people had to suffer real consequences for this economy/job market, Obama wouldn’t even have won Illinois.
So? Let it come to pass - those in DC are so disconnected that one of them will say "let them eat cake."