Grassley: Unemployment extension would have been possible without tax deal

Unblievable. So, who is going to pay for the unemployment extension? Your children and Grandchildren!! Get a job, get three part-time jobs, just go to work. My guess if the unemployed were required to work 3 days per week for the government while receiving unemployment a whole different view would emerge. When people can use their blackberry’s to apply each week for unemployment all control on their efforts finding a job have been eliminated. Even Clinton found welfare to be ineffective and self-fulfilling if continued. Obama should be thrown out of office as he does not have the experience, demeanor, honor or capability to be President of the US. He only wants to be President of the poor which is outrageous. How many poor people have given you a job?

A tier 5 is needed for the six million so called 99ers, who have been all but ignored by the media and the white house. I have been unemployed for two years. I have looked everywhere, but I cannot find employment. I cannot pay my rent. I am now on welfare. I only receive 55.00 a month. The rest goes toward my rent. I was earning 815.00 dollars a month. Now it’s 55.00 a month. I feel that the tax deal made with republicans should have included the 99ers. Those who have exhausted all of their tiers of unemployment. It is a bleak holiday, and everyday for those who can no longer be consumers in society. Sanna Hopkins

The Senate is doing a test vote on the tax cut/proposal at 3pm EST Monday. The Democrats are pushing for a better deal that will help ALL UNEMPLOYED and get better tax provisions. WE MUST CALL and voice our opinion on the current deal, and be able to have amendments added to the bill which will help us even more! We want benefits for ALL unemployed, and a REAL jobs bill added to ANY deal! CALL your Senators ALL DAY Monday, EARLIER the better!!! Toll free lines to DC are 1-888-340-6522 and the Capitol Switchboard is 1-888-245-0215. If the number is busy, KEEP TRYING! The GOP wants their tax cut deal in the worst way, they WILL give in and give more! WE MUST demand more!! The deal MUST be fair for ALL, or NO DEAL! Tell ALL your friends to call these numbers as well, we need all the calls possible!

I am so disappointed in our country!!!!!!!!!!! I guess the American people have very short memories I am unemployed and 64 been out of work since Aug 2009 have sent out 1500+ resumes and not 1 response. I have worked in the accounting sector 40+ years. After everything we went through last summer the republican thief’s were voted back in. A list of every member that voted against the unemployment extension went out last summer and almost every name on that list was a republican. So what did the American people do they voted that party right back in. What is wrong with the American people?? Do they like going through all of this stress every three months? I really am tired of being stressed over this entire BS, just vote the damn extension in and get it over with. You republicans are nothing but a bunch of greedy, low life thief’s!!!!!!!!!!!!! In regards to unemployed receiving free money that is about as insane as you can get. It just so happens that I pay 10% of every paycheck to taxes and if it’s not taken out on each check then at the end of the year I pay 25% of what I have received over the year from unemployment to taxes, so please get your facts straight before you call this free money. Stop using the unemployed, seniors, middle class and poor as pawns in your damn chess game to keep the rich wealthy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PASS THE EXTENSION WE DESPERATELY NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!