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House GOP blocks bill to extend jobless benefits

Where's the penalty? How much money could rich people make without all the government largesse and governmental protections they are receiving?



It could go a long way toward balancing the budget, for one thing.

that has to be one of the most stupid claims I have ever seen. no one argues that the tax hike on the rich (assuming it even generates as much revenue as the parasite pimps claim) will come anywhere near making up for the massive spending Obama has run up. Its just a ploy to convince the weak minded that the dems are not completely irresponsible while pandering to the class envy that you and others are infected by
 
This thread has gotten waaaay off track and has apparently lost it's value.
 
People have a choice where they live, different communities have different property taxes so you have the choice, something you don't have with Federal Taxes. You see, in TX people decide where they want to live thus how much they want to pay in taxes. Novel idea, isn't it? Seems that personal choice to a liberal only matters when it has to do with abortion. On financial matters it is always someone else's issue?

Sounds like you chose one of those really "mobile" communities where they all live in houses with wheels.
Now, what does abortion have to do with this thread ????
 
Randel?

*crickets*
 
Sounds like you chose one of those really "mobile" communities where they all live in houses with wheels.
Now, what does abortion have to do with this thread ????

I used abortion to make a point, liberals seem to be concerned about choice only when it comes to abortion, not when it comes to financial issues and poor choices that they made. I live in The Woodlands, TX, look it up.
 
Since you're a centrist, let's see you argue the other side of the issue.
why? what i said is true, the recession isnt considered over by those still looking for work...i've said it a thousand times, things are starting to improve, but not at the speed most people would like, and that is what cost the democrats....if the news prior to the election were how businesses were planning to hire/were hiring, and how the unemployment rate was dropping at a quick pace, this last election would look a whole lot different. the American mindset is 'we want it, and we want it NOW'... we want an overnight recovery for an economic mess that took 5+ years prior to Obama to get into. conservative likes to crow about the recent election results, and he believes them to be a mandate for his party of choice, the republicans. nothing could be farther from the truth.
 
I live in The Woodlands, TX, look it up.

Finally, an explanation for your tenuous grasp of reality.

BTW, lived in Spring, TX for 10 years so I know what most of Houston thinks of The Woodlands.
 
Moderator's Warning:
Lets get back on topic, and the topic isn't "conservatives suck" or "liberals suck". Reign it back in people and return to the subject of the thread
 
why? what i said is true, the recession isnt considered over by those still looking for work...i've said it a thousand times, things are starting to improve, but not at the speed most people would like, and that is what cost the democrats....if the news prior to the election were how businesses were planning to hire/were hiring, and how the unemployment rate was dropping at a quick pace, this last election would look a whole lot different. the American mindset is 'we want it, and we want it NOW'... we want an overnight recovery for an economic mess that took 5+ years prior to Obama to get into. conservative likes to crow about the recent election results, and he believes them to be a mandate for his party of choice, the republicans. nothing could be farther from the truth.

First of all, it isn't "my" party, but it is the party closer to my ideology. Second, it is the Obama economic policy that the people rejected in 2010. You seem to think because some perceive that things are getting better the facts simply don't support that contention and if the economy is getting better the question is at what cost? This President is the most leftwing President in U.S. history spending more money to grow the govt. than any other President in U.S. history. It is the direction and cost of this economic policy that is turning people off. Most people are smart enough to understand that you cannot spend the kind of money Obama has spent and get the results he has gotten then claim things are better and we have really turned the corner. All that spending did was generate 4 million more unemployed and added 3 trillion to the debt. Wouldn't you have expected less employment today? If not why spend all that money? Now the Democrats want to continue that economic policy, extended unemployment benefits well beyond two years and ignore the will of the people which is "stop the spending."

Tell me what economic results justify what Obama has done in the past two years? You think things are getting better? Where? Why extend unemployment benefits? Why implement Obamacare? Why bailout unions? Tell me what Obama has done that has made anything better? The answer is the reason that he lost in historic proportions on Nov. 2
 
First of all, it isn't "my" party, but it is the party closer to my ideology. Second, it is the Obama economic policy that the people rejected in 2010. You seem to think because some perceive that things are getting better the facts simply don't support that contention and if the economy is getting better the question is at what cost? This President is the most leftwing President in U.S. history spending more money to grow the govt. than any other President in U.S. history. It is the direction and cost of this economic policy that is turning people off. Most people are smart enough to understand that you cannot spend the kind of money Obama has spent and get the results he has gotten then claim things are better and we have really turned the corner. All that spending did was generate 4 million more unemployed and added 3 trillion to the debt. Wouldn't you have expected less employment today? If not why spend all that money? Now the Democrats want to continue that economic policy, extended unemployment benefits well beyond two years and ignore the will of the people which is "stop the spending."

Tell me what economic results justify what Obama has done in the past two years? You think things are getting better? Where? Why extend unemployment benefits? Why implement Obamacare? Why bailout unions? Tell me what Obama has done that has made anything better? The answer is the reason that he lost in historic proportions on Nov. 2
first of all, yes, its your party, the party whose policies you support, own up to it ....second, i believe i'm spot on, people want recovery, and they want it NOW....sad fact of life is you don't get out of mess in 2yrs when the mess was over 5 years in the making, sorry, you don't. why implement obamacare? because by god this is America, and every citizen deserves basic healthcare, whether they be rich, or poor.

Bailing out unions? good grief , get a damn clue already, i've already explained this to you, you were comfy just letting the economy totally collapse because it would have served your purposes, to have an all republican government, never mind all the people, OTHER THAN THOSE 'UNION' JOBS you like to cry about, who would have been out of work because those companys, members of the 'big three' went belly up. UNION JOBS would not have been the only jobs lost, a fact you can't, don't, don't want to, grasp. If it hurt the democrats, hurt the unions, then apparently everyone else be damned who would have been hurt by the fallout.
extended unemployment benefits? YOU YOURSELF LIKE TO BANG THE DRUM ABOUT HOW MANY 'MILLIONS' OF PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED, but claim that, apparently, all these unemployed people are lazy bums, wanting to live off the government teat, and are all happy servants of the democratic party. so explain something to me....you don't see any need for unemployment benefits for these people? how do you expect them to eat? pay their rent? have gas money to look for a job? what do you expect these people to do? i've read some of your posts that say perhaps they need to move...hey genius, where are they supposed to get the money to move on?
 
why? what i said is true, the recession isnt considered over by those still looking for work...i've said it a thousand times, things are starting to improve, but not at the speed most people would like, and that is what cost the democrats....if the news prior to the election were how businesses were planning to hire/were hiring, and how the unemployment rate was dropping at a quick pace, this last election would look a whole lot different. the American mindset is 'we want it, and we want it NOW'... we want an overnight recovery for an economic mess that took 5+ years prior to Obama to get into. conservative likes to crow about the recent election results, and he believes them to be a mandate for his party of choice, the republicans. nothing could be farther from the truth.

I guess you missed the protesting that went on over every major Obama initiative.
 
I guess you missed the protesting that went on over every major Obama initiative.

Every Obama initative? Surely you can source your claim?

Who was doing the protesting?

Yeah, you stick a knife in a pig, and he will squeal...and most of the GOP politicians are obstructionist pigs...
If the GOP had any ideas of their own, when will we hear them? SO far all I hear from them is the undoing of what Obama did, at the same time many of the GOP want us to believe Obama has done nothing, now expain how we have to undo the nothing that Obama did so far...
 
first of all, yes, its your party, the party whose policies you support, own up to it...

Yep, it is my party that was in control, and let the pests in their ear, namely liberal demo's deceive them into thinking that the progressive outlook was the way to go.

America has now unmasked the lies associated with that and is in the process of purging those that took that road. This past election was only the start.

Sad fact of life is you don't get out of mess in 2yrs when the mess was over 5 years in the making, sorry, you don't.

You are absolutely correct on this point as a stand alone. However, I would contend that it was far longer than the 5 years of the previous Bush administration that drove this mess. I know it is convenient for you progressives to continue the lie that only paints your ideological opponents as the problem but it is just that, a lie.

Why implement obamacare? Because by god this is America, and every citizen deserves basic healthcare, whether they be rich, or poor.

Yep, it is a shame that after the long "War on Poverty" devised by progressives that they have done little to actually address and solve that problem. But, you are correct in saying proudly 'This is America' and as such, I don't believe that person B is entitled to services paid for by person A simply because they will not work to pay for it themselves.

Bailing out unions? good grief , get a damn clue already, i've already explained this to you, you were comfy just letting the economy totally collapse because it would have served your purposes, to have an all republican government, never mind all the people, OTHER THAN THOSE 'UNION' JOBS you like to cry about, who would have been out of work because those companys, members of the 'big three' went belly up.

Come on man, I know for a fact you are much smarter than this tripe. This is simply not how things work. Sure there would have been pain, and when the dust settled speculation of how many would have been out of work is debatable, what isn't debatable is the action that would have been undertaken by those bailed out, which is a BK. Reorganization, and continued business. Would some have lost? yes. But what are we doing now except for putting off the inevitable at a higher price?

extended unemployment benefits? YOU YOURSELF LIKE TO BANG THE DRUM ABOUT HOW MANY 'MILLIONS' OF PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED, but claim that, apparently, all these unemployed people are lazy bums, wanting to live off the government teat, and are all happy servants of the democratic party. so explain something to me....you don't see any need for unemployment benefits for these people? how do you expect them to eat? pay their rent? have gas money to look for a job? what do you expect these people to do? i've read some of your posts that say perhaps they need to move...hey genius, where are they supposed to get the money to move on?

Necessity is the mother of invention. My guess, as well as studies on the subject shows that when you start saying that the gravy train is done, then people magically go find work. Imagine that? 2 plus years isn't unemployment anymore, it is welfare.


j-mac
 
Every Obama initative? Surely you can source your claim?

Who was doing the protesting?

Yeah, you stick a knife in a pig, and he will squeal...and most of the GOP politicians are obstructionist pigs...
If the GOP had any ideas of their own, when will we hear them? SO far all I hear from them is the undoing of what Obama did, at the same time many of the GOP want us to believe Obama has done nothing, now expain how we have to undo the nothing that Obama did so far...


It's not that he has done nothing, it is just that what he HAS done is harmful.


j-mac
 
Yep, it is my party that was in control, and let the pests in their ear, namely liberal demo's deceive them into thinking that the progressive outlook was the way to go.

America has now unmasked the lies associated with that and is in the process of purging those that took that road. This past election was only the start.



You are absolutely correct on this point as a stand alone. However, I would contend that it was far longer than the 5 years of the previous Bush administration that drove this mess. I know it is convenient for you progressives to continue the lie that only paints your ideological opponents as the problem but it is just that, a lie.



Yep, it is a shame that after the long "War on Poverty" devised by progressives that they have done little to actually address and solve that problem. But, you are correct in saying proudly 'This is America' and as such, I don't believe that person B is entitled to services paid for by person A simply because they will not work to pay for it themselves.



Come on man, I know for a fact you are much smarter than this tripe. This is simply not how things work. Sure there would have been pain, and when the dust settled speculation of how many would have been out of work is debatable, what isn't debatable is the action that would have been undertaken by those bailed out, which is a BK. Reorganization, and continued business. Would some have lost? yes. But what are we doing now except for putting off the inevitable at a higher price?



Necessity is the mother of invention. My guess, as well as studies on the subject shows that when you start saying that the gravy train is done, then people magically go find work. Imagine that? 2 plus years isn't unemployment anymore, it is welfare.


j-mac
tripe? hardly, as conservative's posistions would have led to just that. letting the 'dust' settle? how many millions of people would you/ are you willing to see out of work, j? really how many? and for what? to try and pin it on the dems and to destroy the unions? good grief. and please explain how 'magically' these people are all going to find jobs, if, at this moment, there are not enough jobs to go around?
 
Yep, it is my party that was in control, and let the pests in their ear, namely liberal demo's deceive them into thinking that the progressive outlook was the way to go.

America has now unmasked the lies associated with that and is in the process of purging those that took that road. This past election was only the start.



You are absolutely correct on this point as a stand alone. However, I would contend that it was far longer than the 5 years of the previous Bush administration that drove this mess. I know it is convenient for you progressives to continue the lie that only paints your ideological opponents as the problem but it is just that, a lie.



Yep, it is a shame that after the long "War on Poverty" devised by progressives that they have done little to actually address and solve that problem. But, you are correct in saying proudly 'This is America' and as such, I don't believe that person B is entitled to services paid for by person A simply because they will not work to pay for it themselves.



Come on man, I know for a fact you are much smarter than this tripe. This is simply not how things work. Sure there would have been pain, and when the dust settled speculation of how many would have been out of work is debatable, what isn't debatable is the action that would have been undertaken by those bailed out, which is a BK. Reorganization, and continued business. Would some have lost? yes. But what are we doing now except for putting off the inevitable at a higher price?



Necessity is the mother of invention. My guess, as well as studies on the subject shows that when you start saying that the gravy train is done, then people magically go find work. Imagine that? 2 plus years isn't unemployment anymore, it is welfare.


j-mac
Your guess and what studies? 7 years ago I was 57 and "retired" by my company. A layoff by any other name, etc...
From all my evals on the job, I was an excellent technician and was not only able, but willing to do repairs that others in the shop either could not, or would not. But I found no job. Long story short, I didn't need the job, the wife still had a good job as a teacher, so I just worked part time here and there except summers, when she wasn't working.
A very large number of people are in a similar situation, old and ignored when it comes to getting a job. It isn't their fault....
Not to dismiss your opinions entirely, tho. I know people who suckle from the govt teat and call the funds received their salary. I am related to several of them, siblings in fact.
Don't be using your broad brush on the unemployed, many of them don't want to be.
 
randel;1059117843]first of all, yes, its your party, the party whose policies you support, own up to it ....second, i believe i'm spot on, people want recovery, and they want it NOW....sad fact of life is you don't get out of mess in 2yrs when the mess was over 5 years in the making, sorry, you don't. why implement obamacare? because by god this is America, and every citizen deserves basic healthcare, whether they be rich, or poor.

Why don't you own up to the failure of liberalism like the majority in this country. I am a Conservative and proud of it as it is the only economic policy that makes any sense. Yours sure doesn't. Healthcare insurance is a personal responsibility and not a govt. responsibility. Why did MA implement Universal Healthcare but Ohio didn't? Why is it a bureaucrat in D.C. that you believe can administer healthcare insurance for you in Ohio? If you want healthcare then let Ohio or your community provide it not D.C.

Bailing out unions? good grief , get a damn clue already, i've already explained this to you, you were comfy just letting the economy totally collapse because it would have served your purposes, to have an all republican government, never mind all the people, OTHER THAN THOSE 'UNION' JOBS you like to cry about, who would have been out of work because those companys, members of the 'big three' went belly up. UNION JOBS would not have been the only jobs lost, a fact you can't, don't, don't want to, grasp. If it hurt the democrats, hurt the unions, then apparently everyone else be damned who would have been hurt by the fallout.

You are an absolute waste of time. Facts mean nothing to you as yo ucontinue to buy the rhetoric you are told. I do feel sorry for people like you. Get off your knees, Obama doesn't deserve the treatment you are giving him.


extended unemployment benefits? YOU YOURSELF LIKE TO BANG THE DRUM ABOUT HOW MANY 'MILLIONS' OF PEOPLE ARE UNEMPLOYED, but claim that, apparently, all these unemployed people are lazy bums, wanting to live off the government teat, and are all happy servants of the democratic party. so explain something to me....you don't see any need for unemployment benefits for these people? how do you expect them to eat? pay their rent? have gas money to look for a job? what do you expect these people to do? i've read some of your posts that say perhaps they need to move...hey genius, where are they supposed to get the money to move on?

Many are lazy bums so you tell me how long should the American taxpayer pay for someone to be unemployed? I expect people to go to work and not live off the taxpayers and income producers. Your state is approaching bankruptcy just like others because of the payment of extended unemployment benefits. I really don't think liberals are nearly as smart as you or others seem to believe.
 
Your guess and what studies?

Read this and get back to me:
Robert Barro: The Folly of Subsidizing Unemployment - WSJ.com

7 years ago I was 57 and "retired" by my company. A layoff by any other name, etc...
From all my evals on the job, I was an excellent technician and was not only able, but willing to do repairs that others in the shop either could not, or would not. But I found no job. Long story short, I didn't need the job, the wife still had a good job as a teacher, so I just worked part time here and there except summers, when she wasn't working.
A very large number of people are in a similar situation, old and ignored when it comes to getting a job. It isn't their fault....

I am sorry to hear that, and really do hope that everything worked out. Regardless of what many think in here just because we barb back and forth, I do not wish any ill on anyone in here.

However, I don't think you are understanding me entirely either. See, I have my own story in this recession concerning my wife, whom in her mid 40s is going back to school for a different career after 20 years as a graphic artist. But we all do what we must. My rub is with those whom aren't even trying to gain employment, or turning down employment because they think they can do better on benefits.

Not to dismiss your opinions entirely, tho. I know people who suckle from the govt teat and call the funds received their salary. I am related to several of them, siblings in fact.
Don't be using your broad brush on the unemployed, many of them don't want to be.

although there are many anecdotal stories out there, we all know in the back of our minds that Obama has failed on this front.

j-mac
 
Many are lazy bums so you tell me how long should the American taxpayer pay for someone to be unemployed? I expect people to go to work and not live off the taxpayers and income producers. Your state is approaching bankruptcy just like others because of the payment of extended unemployment benefits. I really don't think liberals are nearly as smart as you or others seem to believe.

In case you haven't noticed, the govt does not care what you or I expect. You should take your show on the road, perhaps to one of the Tea Party rallies. you might get applauded there, but it won't make a dent in the issue. The result of cutting off unemployment to those who had jobs and lost them due to this recession might just be more crime....
Are YOUR doors locked?
 
In case you haven't noticed, the govt does not care what you or I expect. You should take your show on the road, perhaps to one of the Tea Party rallies. you might get applauded there, but it won't make a dent in the issue. The result of cutting off unemployment to those who had jobs and lost them due to this recession might just be more crime....
Are YOUR doors locked?


Maybe....and then again maybe not. It may just as likely spark a small business revolution when people realize that they have to fend for themselves.

j-mac
 
In case you haven't noticed, the govt does not care what you or I expect. You should take your show on the road, perhaps to one of the Tea Party rallies. you might get applauded there, but it won't make a dent in the issue. The result of cutting off unemployment to those who had jobs and lost them due to this recession might just be more crime....
Are YOUR doors locked?

Yep, my doors are locked and I am packing, fortunately I live in a growing community that is doing quite well mostly because people here accept personal responsibility. You and others have a problem answering direct questions, how long should the Federal Taxpayer fund unemployment insurance for individuals? Unemployment is a state issue yet the Federal Govt. is sending more and more federal tax dollars to the state to prop up the unemployment funds. Sorry but it is time for some tough love, over two years IMO is way too long.
 
Yep, my doors are locked and I am packing, fortunately I live in a growing community that is doing quite well mostly because people here accept personal responsibility. You and others have a problem answering direct questions, how long should the Federal Taxpayer fund unemployment insurance for individuals? Unemployment is a state issue yet the Federal Govt. is sending more and more federal tax dollars to the state to prop up the unemployment funds. Sorry but it is time for some tough love, over two years IMO is way too long.


You live in a state with a 20 billion dollar budget "gap."
 
It's not that he has done nothing, it is just that what he HAS done is harmful.


j-mac

What Clinton and Bush did was harmful as well, in fact they either started this mess, or contributed to it....
 
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