tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post1491091382829606803..comments2023-09-16T13:22:55.052-04:00Comments on freefromeditors: The "Summer of Recovery" fizzles, both parties get the blameJim of L-Townhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-22558268910910315692010-08-13T20:10:11.747-04:002010-08-13T20:10:11.747-04:00It would be preferable for the government to actua...It would be preferable for the government to actually get out of the way of business so new jobs could be created so people like you could have a job and not gov't benefits.<br /><br />That said we have sons who are in exactly the same predicament right now. <br /><br />What the country needs is jobs, not more unemployment benefits. <br /><br />A nearly trillion dollar stimulus program (only a small part of that was for unemployment benefits) did little to create new jobs. It is that money I'm talking about.<br /><br />Unemployment benefits are only a small part of the problem and at least folks, mostly businesses, have been paying into those accounts for years.<br /><br />I hope you find a job. Pending that I hope you get more unemployment.Jim of L-Townhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03941398804273985677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8086537183354417004.post-78315155329602297562010-08-13T19:17:41.138-04:002010-08-13T19:17:41.138-04:00The sad truth is that too many of us are living da...The sad truth is that too many of us are living day to day or paycheck to paycheck to worry about the deficit for future generations. I should probably be worried about how they will pay for extending unemployment benefits, but i'm not. I'm more worried about getting them extended so that me, and dozens more like me, who have been out of work for more than 12 months, can pay our bills. I didn't take out a mortgage I couldn't afford, I was making enough to make the mortgage and the other bills. I now make $362 a week in unemployment, exactly...almost to the dime, 1/4 of what I made more than a year ago. I know I should care...but right now I care about hanging on to my house, which is worth a lot less than it was and won't see if I wanted to. I'll take the health care, whatever it is and whatever it costs, because I no longer have any. I can't worry about the next generation. I'm not being sarcastic when I say I'm sorry...but it's true. I gotta get through this month.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com