Spartakus
2010-07-01 13:27:09 UTC
Answer: ex-Republicans!
The comments section of the Wall Street Journal's blog is full of
angry messages about the Republicans' refusal to authorize another
extension of unemployment benefits.
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/06/24/faq-unemployment-benefits-extension/tab/comments/
Many of them are from readers who identify themselves as Republicans.
Here is a sampling, and there are lots more where these came from.
* Steve wrote:
I’ve paid over 40% tax on over 100k of salary per year for 15 years
without so much as wincing, thats over 600k in taxes in my lifetime so
far and I’ve never asked for anything from the government . Now that I
can’t find a job for the life of me, the republicans think that I am
living high on the hog with such lavish unemployment benefits and
would like to see it end before the economy has even recovered.
Thats fine, I’m not homeless yet, as I’m sure others will find
themselves, but why? $33B to extend the UI benefits till the end of
the year is a rounding error compared to the defense budget, a
fraction of the subsidies and tax breaks doled out to corporations.
Republicans can try and portray themselves as fiscal hawks all they
want, but there is a special place in hell for people like them
* Roy wrote:
After over 28 years as a Republican (since I was a high school senior)
I’ve changed my party affiliation to Independent. Even though I am an
educated professional, I’ve been unemployed for nearly a year and I
just exhausted my Tier 1 benefits. Now I’m learning that the
Republican are filibustering to squelch any further extension of
unemployment benefits. Despite the many philosophical differences I
have with the Democrat party, I will be voting Democrat this November.
Like Tim Bragg stated, these out-of-touch millionaire senators don’t
give a damn for the unemployed American people. All they care about is
the rich and Corporate America. Let’s hope that all of the Republicans
and blue-dog Democrats lose their seats this November. And Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and all of the other Republican
hacks can go to hell!
* formerrepub wrote:
I cant wait for things to come back on handout and I promise you they
certainly will. Having voted a straight republican ticket my whole
life I can assure you that will change. I also warn everyone to not
vote for tea party nutjobs because they are even further right than
the yahoo’s retards in Congress right now. Very ashamed of myself
because I had a hand in voting Voinovich in office. No more
republicans from me. Handout be man enough to show your face when us
unemployed take to the streets and throw you obese repubs from your
homes. It is coming my friend because I refuse to sleep under a bridge
in the hood.
The comments section of the Wall Street Journal's blog is full of
angry messages about the Republicans' refusal to authorize another
extension of unemployment benefits.
http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2010/06/24/faq-unemployment-benefits-extension/tab/comments/
Many of them are from readers who identify themselves as Republicans.
Here is a sampling, and there are lots more where these came from.
* Steve wrote:
I’ve paid over 40% tax on over 100k of salary per year for 15 years
without so much as wincing, thats over 600k in taxes in my lifetime so
far and I’ve never asked for anything from the government . Now that I
can’t find a job for the life of me, the republicans think that I am
living high on the hog with such lavish unemployment benefits and
would like to see it end before the economy has even recovered.
Thats fine, I’m not homeless yet, as I’m sure others will find
themselves, but why? $33B to extend the UI benefits till the end of
the year is a rounding error compared to the defense budget, a
fraction of the subsidies and tax breaks doled out to corporations.
Republicans can try and portray themselves as fiscal hawks all they
want, but there is a special place in hell for people like them
* Roy wrote:
After over 28 years as a Republican (since I was a high school senior)
I’ve changed my party affiliation to Independent. Even though I am an
educated professional, I’ve been unemployed for nearly a year and I
just exhausted my Tier 1 benefits. Now I’m learning that the
Republican are filibustering to squelch any further extension of
unemployment benefits. Despite the many philosophical differences I
have with the Democrat party, I will be voting Democrat this November.
Like Tim Bragg stated, these out-of-touch millionaire senators don’t
give a damn for the unemployed American people. All they care about is
the rich and Corporate America. Let’s hope that all of the Republicans
and blue-dog Democrats lose their seats this November. And Rush
Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck and all of the other Republican
hacks can go to hell!
* formerrepub wrote:
I cant wait for things to come back on handout and I promise you they
certainly will. Having voted a straight republican ticket my whole
life I can assure you that will change. I also warn everyone to not
vote for tea party nutjobs because they are even further right than
the yahoo’s retards in Congress right now. Very ashamed of myself
because I had a hand in voting Voinovich in office. No more
republicans from me. Handout be man enough to show your face when us
unemployed take to the streets and throw you obese repubs from your
homes. It is coming my friend because I refuse to sleep under a bridge
in the hood.