Obama: Extending Unemployment Benefits Will "Help Create Jobs Right Now"

PRESIDENT: "So, when Congress gets back in September I want to move quickly on things that will help the economy create jobs right now. Extending the payroll tax credit to put a thousand dollars in the pocket of the average American worker. Extending unemployment insurance to help people get back on their feet. Putting construction workers back to work rebuilding America.

"Those are all steps we can take right now that will make a difference and there is no contradiction between us taking some steps to put people to work right now and getting our long-term fiscal house in order. In fact, the more we grow the easier it will be to reduce our deficits."

nfpexec wrote:I'l do it but I am highly skeptical as I've been in this game since last summer. even if by some miracle there was some kind fo relief for the unemployed it will never include 99ers. We aren't on the government's radar and the backlash will me immediate and swift, labeling us as lazy, stupid and all the other insults that have been hurled since this mess began.

exhaustedandtired/1208 wrote:589 is a dead bill! Unless they revive it! If unemployment extensions come up, they'll rewrite a bill. Obama has to do his budget by October I think! Its based on what congress just passed. we'll see!

TOO OLD TO HIRE IN PA wrote:Welcome back Mary Kay! Have missed your posts and support. Hope everything is OK with you and your family. I do hope that the 99ers are included in any extensions. What really bothers me is that our government is not listening to the problems that people 55 and over are facing. Even with extensions, job prospects are dwindling every day due to discrimination. Please do not feel that I am favoring one unemployed group over another, as I have been fighting for ALL the unemployed. I have also been on twitter exposing job ads that discriminate against the unemployed. It irritates me when I hear that payroll tax cuts put more money in peoples hands. It sure does, but people who have jobs are more likely to save that extra money right now, especially those who have taken a financial beating during the recession. But they frown on giving the unemployed extensions, when we will SPEND IT IMMEDIATELY. I will continue doing anything and everything to get the word out about our plight.

freds wrote:Sorry to give you this information but today after many applications even the office of the president has turned me down for employment knowing I have been unemployed for 4 years 7 months, so I have to ask whom will help if anyone, the only known help is to renounce our USA citzenship to survive the USA citizen can not get any help! Oh guess what non US citizens get 2,640 per month from social security, free housing, food stamps, and college, get the picture!

Hunterforjobs wrote:Extending unemployment would not create jobs, it would make life easier if those who have exhausted their benefits would benefit from it.