Congress to the Unemployed: Drop Dead!

Our "elected" officials couldn't care less that UI benefits actually helps stimulate the economy. They'd rather the desperate simply die.

They WANT a class war because THEY are the ones creating it:

The president failed to add that there are officially 13.3 million unemployed in the US, of whom 5.7 million, or 43 percent, have been out of work for more than six months because of the callous indifference of his administration to their plight. In reality, there are millions more who should be counted among the ranks of the jobless, but they have simply given up hope, or never had any, of finding work.

The average duration of unemployment in the US is now 41 weeks, nearly three times what it was before the 2008 financial meltdown. Results of a survey released by the Kaiser Family Foundation this month found that only 22 percent of the long-term unemployed were currently receiving benefits.

Forty-one weeks is probably underestimating the problem. There are a lot of us out here who are UNDERemployed as well and can't get back on our feet financially.