AllyCat (1000+ posts) Thu Jan-24-08 10:34 AM
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7. Looking out for the little people, eh Nancy?
Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 10:40 AM by AllyCat
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi agreed to drop increases in food stamp and unemployment benefits during the Wednesday meeting in exchange for gaining rebates of at least $300 for almost everyone earning a paycheck, including low-income earners who make too little to pay income taxes.
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You have to be earning a paycheck in order to get anything. That should really help out the people who need it most. Of course, NONE of this brings jobs back to the US which would actually help us instead of put a bandaid on a hemorrhage.
No wonder Congress is such a waste.
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I wonder why it is, that the line about having to earn a paycheck bothers them so much?
...because no one can get a job in this **** economy.
Actually there is some truth to that the job market really sucks right now.
Then how come the McDonald's up on the highway still can't fill their open positions @ $9.50/hour? They've been struggling for three years to cover their store. You'd think there would be a line down the service road.
The Wal-Mart (HUGE) distribution center near Terrell, Tx. can't get enough people either. They start at $12.50.
Those maybe sucky jobs, but if times were as hard as the democrats and the media want us to believe, those jobs would not be available.