Comments on: 1 mil Californians to lose unemployment benefits

By: Jose M.

Jose M. — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 16:10:12 +0000

I’m happy to get another year off unemployment! I think everyone should get the ability to take time off. I’ve been able to spend the last two years exploring new approaches to my artwork that I never had time for when I was working. I hope to explore new mediums for expression that will allow me to more fully understand the use of new technology in art. I would advise everyone to consider unemployment, and stop living the rat race nightmare of slave wages, and don’t worry about the money…the government will rightly provide forever, it won’t ever get stopped.

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By: John W

John W — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 05:57:35 +0000

Re #5

Businesses will hire when they have the need, not when we give them a tax break to hire. However, we need to get rid of disincentives to hire.

By: Ralph Hoffmann

Ralph Hoffmann — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 04:25:45 +0000

Tax breaks should be given to businesses and individuals who create jobs. Workers feel better than non-workers receiving unemployment checks, and will borrow against future pay.

By: John W

John W — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 19:57:34 +0000

RR,

Not to argue but to clarify, how can it not be true that unemployment benefits go directly and immediately into the economy? Not talkin’ esoteric economic theory. It just makes common sense, wouldn’t you think? And, for once, I agree with Patty O’Day. Unemployment cuts across political lines. However, I doubt that many of those middle class unemployed who vote Republican would agree with the stance taken by the GOP on the issue of unemployment benefits.

By: Patty O'Day

Patty O'Day — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:43:25 +0000

What makes you think they are not? Trust me, I have lots and lots of Republican friends that are on unemployment. Do you seriously think only Dems are out of jobs? That makes no sense.

By: Tom Benigno

Tom Benigno — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:46:30 +0000

I wonder what comments would be made if the spouses of those who are collecting unemployment, were of the GOP party? That’s a good question.

By: RR, Uninvited Columnist

RR, Uninvited Columnist — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:31:31 +0000

The GOP doesn’t oppose payments to the jobless per se, rather the Repubs say there should be an off-setting spending cutback. The argument that the jobless spend right away and thus stimulate the economy is a dressed-up version of the Townsend Plan (US) or Social Credit (Canada), phony nostrums of the 1930s. It’s a bit of a joke that liberals no longer support higher savings by the middle class but rather point their finger at consumption. As for the “wealthy,” who miraculously remain rich despite the stock market doldrums, they are far more likely to provide employment than relief recipients.