The Dems could pay for unemployment relief in 15 minutes, if the wanted to but . . . .

Editor's notes: with regard to the GOP's opposition to the passage of the $34 b unemployment relief bill in the Senate. Understand that it is the Dems who are playing politics just as surely as are the Republicans. The difference between the two is this: the Dems want to spend money they do not have and the Republicans want to take the 34b from the $340b unspent in the TARP legislation.

Not one person reading this post can explain why the Dems oppose the GOP push to use TARP funding excesses to pay for this relief bill ----------- not one person. So who is really playing politics, here?

The Dems get to pretend that the GOP does not care about the middle class when, in fact, it is the Dems who could not care less about the debt they are handing over to the next three generations of the American taxpayer. The ONLY reason why the Dems are pushing this legislation is the fact that they know they can score Media points by making the GOP look hateful and loveless.

Here is what Mitch McConnell (R-Ky) has to say:

“As I stand here this morning, millions of Americans are struggling to find jobs — and yet all they see in Washington are Democrats passing massive bills that, at their core, seem to have one thing in common: more job loss. It’s almost as if it’s a prerequisite for any Democrat legislation: If it leads to more job loss, they’ll pass it.”

The funding will be deemed "an emergency" giving the Dems an excuse to violate their own "pay as you go" legislation that was passed with fanfare last fall. Understand that if the GOP were in control, right now, the funding would be on the way to those needing it but it would have been paid for from unused funds out of previous legislation.

Point of post: let's not be fooled by the Dems. They could pay for this legislation in 15 minutes, if they wanted to but they are more concerned with winning re-election than doing legislation the right way. -- jds

(c) J David Smithson
Midknight Review
7/21/2010

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