[jerry557]

Im not so sure on this...

My company recently held a job fair and we got over 400 applicants. Most were unemployed and many even had college degrees, some had graduate degrees.

Its a sad situation out there for a lot of people. It’s part of the reason why there is so much hate for the government right now.

I dont buy into the idea that people on unemployment want to stay unemployed. There are just no jobs out there.

[Persevero]

“Unemployment” is unemployment INSURANCE, as I understand it, and since we get the premiums taken involuntarily out of our paycheck, I think the paid-for benefits should be paid.

I don’t know exactly if Bunning is holding out against unpaid extensions or first time benefits or what. I’ll have to read up on it more closely.

[re_nortex]

I dont buy into the idea that people on unemployment want to stay unemployed. There are just no jobs out there.

I think that anyone with enough gumption and drive can usually [emphasis intentional] find rewarding work. There are nearly always opportunities in sales. Any business is eager to hire someone who can bring in money. Moreover, there are also options for self-employment (such as those advertised on Laura Ingraham's program).

That said, the Obama Economy (TM) has certainly made the going rough even for the new generation of Horatio Algers.

...and BTW, I did botch the ``Rep'' vs. ``Sen'' in an earlier post. My apologies for that goof since I do know better and have followed his career since his baseball days.

[Need4Truth]

Bunning isn’t opposed to the unemployment compensation extension, he’s opposed to it being unfunded.

Bunning said: “”If we can’t find $10 billion somewhere for a bill that everybody in this body supports, we will never pay for anything,” he said.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2460320/posts

[arista]

There are just no jobs out there.

There are no jobs being created because the government is borrowing so much.

The only way to get more jobs out there is for the government to cut spending. Right now the government is borrowing $1.5 trillion per year to finance deficit spending. This borrowing "crowds out" private investment. Every dollar the government borrows from investors is a dollar that otherwise would have been invested in the private sector and would have created jobs there.

[Red in Blue PA]

I dont buy into the idea that people on unemployment want to stay unemployed. There are just no jobs out there.

The average number of unemployed people to every job opening was 6.1 about a month ago. It is probably much higher now. I recently had an interview where I was 1 of 14 being interviewed.