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butterfly77

(17,609 posts)
Wed Feb 5, 2014, 05:56 PM Feb 2014

Sessions says its immoral to pay unemployment.. [View all]


I have been wondering why I haven't heard anything from this asshole..


It is immoral to extend a meager monthly allowance to unemployed Americans still looking for work more than six months after losing their jobs, according to Rep. Pete Sessions (R-TX), which is why he and his fellow House conservatives are blocking Democrats’ efforts to reinstate the safety net program.

“I believe it is immoral for this country to have as a policy extending long-term unemployments [benefits] to people rather than us working on the creation of jobs,” Sessions said Tuesday on the House floor in response to questions about his party’s refusal to allow a vote on reinstating the Emergency Unemployment Compensation (EUC) progra


Congressman: Extending Safety Net For Long-Term Unemployed Is ‘Immoral’

http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/02/05/3252031/sessions-unemployment-benefits-immoral/













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