With all due respect Diana, why the snarky comment about our intelligence? The topic under discussion is the effect of removing the 99 weeks of UI, and not the intentions of Democrats in putting the 99 weeks in place in the first place.
I’d guess that most people here understand that President Obama has always had every intention of getting as many Americans dependent on government as he possibly can. We also understand that he’s been wildly successful in his efforts so far. But that’s not the topic under discussion here.
As for that topic at hand, the number of people employed will take a huge jump over the next two months as people make the choice between working and going on welfare.
While some of you posting have had trouble finding a job you’ll actually take, jobs are out there and the prospect of applying for welfare will focus a lot of minds. It’s human nature, unfortunately, to take it easy when someone is being paid to do so.
You get what you pay for, and if you pay people not to work, you’ll get exactly that. This doesn’t apply to everyone, of course, but it does apply to the majority of those drawing more than 20 or 30 weeks of unemployment, in my opinion. I guess we’ll see when they report Feb and Mar employment numbers. I think they’ll jump significantly.
Wasn’t being snarky.
NOW the CORE issue has been addressed, so THANK YOU! :)