Anticipating reaction to my proposal that's it's wrong, undo-able, and loony, here's what I'd say: during the past ten years we have asked men and women who were otherwise employed to leave their jobs and families to serve in the military and our actions in Iran and Afghanistan. This was their patriotic duty. No less, now is the patriotic duty of employers and employees to take temporary leave of their jobs in order to secure Obama’s defeat.
Lest anyone think that these furloughed employees would starve, there is 99 weeks of unemployment benefits. They would only need 8 weeks. Unless, of course, Obama is re-elected and the economy further tanks, they will need every bit of that 99 weeks unemployment insurance. Think about it.
99 weeks is over. No EUC after January 2013. Eligibility date for benefit extensions expire. EB is toast and ain’t coming back. 73 weeks now and that will be reduced down another tier in September. The free ride is over. There is no more money.