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| Post SOTU: Champ proposes new unemployment insurance plan |
| 2016-01-17 |
| [CSM] WASHINGTON -- President Obama on Saturday proposed changes to the US unemployment insurance system that he says would offer more security to the jobless and encourage experienced workers to rejoin the workforce, even if it means taking a pay cut. It's the old community organizer in him. He simply can't help himself. Having never held actual employment, he views "We shouldn't just be talking about unemployment; we should be talking about re-employment," Mr. Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. The president's proposal would require states to provide wage insurance to workers who lose their jobs and find new employment at lower pay. The insurance would replace half of the lost income, up to $10,000 over two years. It would be available to workers who were with their prior employer for three years and make less than $50,000 in their new job. Part-time employment wage subsidy, how innovative. The proposal also would require states to make unemployment insurance available to many part-time and low-income workers, and it would mandate that states provide at least 26 weeks of unemployment insurance. Nine states fall short of the benchmark, the White House said. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #10 ^ yes, scroll up to "Liberals Are Simple-Minded" |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-17 19:16 |
| #9 "And where does Mr. Obama expect the insurance money to come from?" The Magic Money Tree out back the White House, #3 Pappy. You know, the tree the unicorns sleep under. |
| Posted by: Barbara 2016-01-17 19:12 |
| #8 You open America to the global market and then you jack up the American minimum wage so high that American workers are legally prohibited from competing in it. Then you print more funny money to keep those workers from starving. Ain't we some kinda exceptional? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2016-01-17 15:14 |
| #7 Bzzzzzt! Sorry Barry but that's what you constitutional lawyer types call an unfunded federal mandate. But thanks for playin and don't forget your lovely parting gifts backstage. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2016-01-17 14:15 |
| #6 whats next? pre-unemployment insurance to make up for the job you didn't get? say for example a d area walmart job? |
| Posted by: Clem Phavick7419 2016-01-17 11:27 |
| #5 The president's proposal would require states to provide wage insurance to workers who lose their jobs and find new employment at lower pay. Which means state unemployment taxes will increase in order to cover the additional payouts. Libs never saw a tax they didn't like. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-01-17 11:19 |
| #4 Same place all of Champ's other money comes from, the print shop. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2016-01-17 11:05 |
| #3 And where does Mr. Obama expect the insurance money to come from? Thousands of small, untraceable credit card donations? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2016-01-17 10:58 |
| #2 Extending benefits two or three time already wasn't enough? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2016-01-17 10:48 |
| #1 instead of removing regulations, taxes, and restrictions impeding job creation |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-01-17 10:26 |