And Of Course Both Parties are on the Same Team

when it comes to "extending" unemployment benefits, which in reality haven't been extended in over a year. Now Congress doesn't even want to push back filing dates for the various tiers, lest anyone think the UI rate is higher than is being claimed by the government.

And for those of us who have exhausted all benefits, well, it's too bad, so sad.

WSWS:

Thus, it would actually be highly popular for Obama to take up the cudgel for extended unemployment benefits. His refusal to do so demonstrates the actual class forces that the Obama administration and both the Democratic and Republican parties represent. The entire official political structure defends the interests of “the corporate chiefs and titans of Wall Street who are at the heart of the American aristocracy,” to use Herbert’s language.

Far from taking measures to alleviate the impact of mass unemployment, let alone provide jobs for those who desperately want them, the Obama administration and the American corporate elite as a whole are using mass unemployment to impoverish the working class and drive down wages throughout the country.