[Occupymendocino] Elizabeth Warren on Unemployment Benefits

[Richard Karch]

http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/279-82/21513-focus-this-is-just-wrong

This Is Just Wrong
By Elizabeth Warren, Reader Supported News
15 January 14
 
illions of families are hanging on by their fingernails to their place in the middle class – and the United States Senate just voted to let them fall.

I'm ashamed that the Senate didn't extend unemployment benefits yesterday. I'm sickened that my colleagues went home last night knowing that they just cut off a little help for millions of people who have worked hard and who can't find a job.

And I'm appalled that so many Senators cannot admit the simple reality: we are still in the middle of a jobs crisis. People have been looking for work for months or even years. Many are starting to give up entirely. Young people are beginning to think that there isn't a future out there for them. Long-term unemployment isn't just about money; it's also about losing hope.

These people – our friends, our families, our neighbors – they weren't the ones who broke our economy. So many people worked hard, played by the rules, and did everything we told them to – and now struggle to find work. They need our help...
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