Clinton pushes for jobless aid extension

The Hill ^ | January 1, 2014 | Mario Trujillo

[yoe]

Hillary Clinton on Tuesday urged Congress to quickly pass an extension of federal jobless aid.

The former New York senator took to Twitter to reflect on her part in helping to extend a similar program a decade ago.

[snip] Clinton has sporadically weighed in on the news of the day since leaving the State Department. During the government shutdown in October, she criticized lawmakers who govern by ideology for pushing the government from crisis to crisis. ,p .

Jobless benefits for nearly 1.3 million people expired Saturday after Congress left the extensions of long-term unemployment aid out of a budget agreement reached earlier this month.

[EQAndyBuzz]

“Hillary actually criticized politicians who govern by ideology, and push government from crisis to crisis? She actually criticized Obama and Democrats??? I missed that one..........”

Here is the difference between Hillary and Obama. Obama is an ideologue pretending to be a crook. Hillary is a crook pretending to be an ideologue.

But one thing they have in common. They are both incompetent boobs.

[IMR 4350]

For her “Third Way” campaign to work she needs to criticize both sides.

[Coldwater Creek]

There is always job for those willing to do them. My son's longtime business was really taking a beating. My dil discovered a job that no one wanted to take on. In our town there has been an epidemic of head lice among the very rich. They are embarrassed, so they contact a doctor and he calls my DIL. She makes close to 100.00 an hour to do the treatment, and everyone is happy.

[blueunicorn6]

The first step to produce more jobs in this country is a top-to-bottom review of every rule, regulation, job and government organization to see if it’s needed. And not just for some damn show. I mean actual elimination of useless impediments to American business.

[Windflier]

Excuse me, but why should anyone care what this unelected, overrated, ne’er do well has to say about anything? The article speaks of her as though she’s something more than a mere private citizen - which she isn’t.

[faithhopecharity]

Every second or third merchant or restaurant or service station has jobs open right now. Some pay low but have tips or bonuses or commissions that can more than double the pay. One motorcycle shop was offering to both pay and train a mechanic apprentice to work there and get certified so he could go anywhere and get good paying jobs. No takers. The merchants all complain nobody wants to work anymore since they can sit home and collect various types of welfare. ( including of course all these “ extended unemployment benefits” and the new “ stomachache qualifies” disability dole ripoff deal). Every one of these jobs is far better than a few of the kinds of work I’ve done and I know many many other folks have had even more difficult jobs than I ever did. We are paying people to watch judge Judy and Gillian’s island reruns all day. UN- good.

[blueunicorn6]

Are these “working-age” unemployed? If they are “working-age”, then, according to the Democrats, their money is free game.

[Theodore R.]

For some unexplained reason, the American people will do nearly anything Hillary asks.

[Theodore R.]

The pair may be incompetent, but what does that say about their diehard supporters? And they are legion.

[Theodore R.]

The scenario you describe is most pleasing to the American people, and so shall it continue. At some point presumably the floor will fall beneath it all.

[morphing libertarian]

No standing

[Bluestocking]

Obama and his MSM propagandists have devoted the past few months to hailing what they assure us is a wonderful economic recovery, with falling unemployment numbers, a rising GDP, etc., while suppressing any indications to the contrary.

So why should Hillary be worried about unemployment payments being curtailed when, according to her fellow Democrats, so many new jobs will be opening up to help the unemployed?

In any case, if Hillary were president now and she vetoed the bipartisan budget bill containing the end of unemployment benefits, as she implies she would do, her veto would be overridden because the bipartisan vote was large enough to override a veto.

Why would Democratic voters want to elect a president like Hillary whose views are opposite to those of the majority of Democratic Congressmen and Senators whom they voted to represent them?

[SunkenCiv]

The perfect logrolling would be a bill to extend the unenjoyment benefits while eliminating the federal minimum wage, leaving it up to the states (Article X), and declaring Hitlerly an enemy of the US, with a price on her head.