January 11, 2014
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/09/poll-majority-support-for-extending-jobless-benefits/
Unit 5
In a recent poll, 58% support extending jobless benefits for 3-months. This bill made it over the initial bound with some help from republicans, but they say they will withdraw their support unless the democrats can come up with a way to pay for the $6.4 billion dollar law. Republicans also accuse democrats of sabotaging their own bill in order to make the republicans look bad for the upcoming election.
I think that we definitely should extend benefits, at least for a time. Those who need those benefits were so sure that an extension would be made that they didn't prepare for the future. I think these benefits should be continued to be paid, but not indefinitely. Benefits should be enough to live on, but not enough that people would be happy with just those benefits, and will go out and look for a new job. We have to give people an opportunity to be able to go out and find a good job, so that they can support their families. If we don't, we aren't helping them, or ourselves.
Everyone deserves a second chance, and if people are willing to work for it, I think we should give it to them. Benefits should not just be handouts. If we used those people who are receiving jobs to take care of our cities, and help out, it wouldn't be so much of a free handout. And if the government took the initiative to get these people in line with those willing to give them a job, they wouldn't need to receive benefits for as long as some of them do. Just a thought.
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