I'm sure the unemployed enjoyed being used as a bargaining chip

[Canuckistanian]

To let the top 2% keep their beloved tax cuts.

[Ozymanithrax]

1. We enjoy seeing a fight over extending it..

Most of us figure that we are just SOL.

[jaxx]

2. I just had 3 phone calls from people on unemployment.

They're happy as hell. One said they're getting the kids each one present for xmas and can now fill the stockings.

Please don't use them for politics, they're people too.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

3. I'm sure you did.

:eyes:

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. I'd Call Her But Unemployment Only Covers The Essential For My Girlfriend And Me

I have spent seventy five dollars on non-esentials since April.

[doc03]

8. Well that one Rethug said you don't spent that unemployment

unless you have to. Are you calling him a liar?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. We Spend Every Cent Of It And Then Some

~

[jaxx]

5. Are you calling me a liar?

One is family.

One is a former coworker.

One is a friend.

Careful there.

[bahrbearian]

9. I have friends that ( I talked to yesterday) have been unemployed a little to long that

can't buy presents, and they hate being used as a pawn too the Rich. They thought giving in was a grave mistake.

[jaxx]

12. People look at things differently. They aren't pawns.

I'm glad for all of them who will get the extensions.

[doc03]

6. Well you know the media is spinning that as the Republicans

wanted to extend the unemployment too. So there you go the Republicans saved you all from a tax increase and got the unemployment extended in spite of the Democrats. How in the f--- do the Democrats always come out looking like the a--holes? We could have used the the tax cuts to our advantage and ended up letting the Republicans off the hook and coming out smelling like a rose.

[Canuckistanian]

11. The Dems should have drafted a bill in October

That would have extend the cuts to the middle class ONLY.

It might even have helped them in November.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

7. As An Unemployed Person You Can Use Me Anyway You Want As Long As You Leave The Money On The Dresser

I don't want to starve.