"Stripped Down"

doesn't begin to describe the piss-poor excuse of a UI "extension" which it is obviously not.

We must pay for the fuck-up the banksters and other elites created; you know, "austerity" for the peons while the asshole rich do better than ever.

Tuesday’s vote was based largely on electoral calculations. Democrats hope that Obama’s attack on Republicans, whose opposition to the temporary extension was nearly unanimous, will resonate under conditions of the worst jobs crisis since the Great Depression.

The longer-term prospects for those depending on extended jobless benefits remain grim. Whereas an earlier version of the bill would have expired at the end of the year, in the new Senate version benefits will dry up in November, soon after the midterm elections. With Republicans widely anticipated to add seats in the Senate, it is highly likely that extended jobless benefits will cease after the start of the 112th Congress next January, if not sooner.

The bill itself is a stripped-down version of similar “jobs bills” passed over the past two years. While it will retroactively reinstate benefits to millions of laid off workers, what has been left out of the legislation will result in increased hardship and poverty.

Third Worldom here we come.