Re: Obama Understands Economics in Spite of Himself

On Dec 13, 2010, at 12:01 PM, Karl wrote:

> I cannot support the SS cut.
>
> SS is already in the red and they want to reduce the contributions?   
> Good move.
>
> And I am fine with unemployment, but when is enough?  Adding two  
> more years to aid people on it for two years?  Really?
>
> I would support it if it had an expiration or even a phase out  
> (after x weeks the benefits diminish gradually). Permanent UI means  
> a permanent dependency.
>
> And having been on unemployment, I can tell that it IS a  
> disincentive.  When I was on UI, I knew I had 26 weeks.  For the  
> first 2 months, I was picky.  After the 3rd month I was less so.

When the gov't ends the unlimited bailout of the too big to fail  
banks, then I will advocate the ending of unlimited UI, but not a day  
before.

regards,
-Lance

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