THE HYPOCRITES ON THE HILL -- LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

One of the things that disgusts me most is the way our "system" caters to the rich and puts everybody else in the back seat.

Like kids on an insanely long vacation drive, we're told to be quiet and get lost in the movie playing on the little drop-down screen.

So it was with particular disgust that I read a piece on the Huffington Post website about Republicans blocking unemployment extensions just prior to the Congressional holiday break.

You can almost hear them as they get limo'd to the airport: "Happy holidays, strugglers!"

Now, it doesn't take a long post to explain why I, and millions of others, find this reprehensible. That can be summed up by extracting one paragraph from the article -- a quote from Senator Jack Reed (Dem., Rhode Island):

"On the one hand they [the Republicans] want to provide $700 billion in tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans but not pay for them. And on the other hand they're demanding that UI benefits for the middle class be paid for," Reed said. "That's a little like someone on a diet who orders a Diet Coke and a Big Mac simultaneously."

The problem right now is in the Senate, which, ironically, the Democrats still control (but conservative Dems can swing things).

Go here to find your two state senators and email them that this is not acceptable.

Many folks have already made their voice heard:

"On Wednesday the National Employment Law Project delivered a petition with 100,000 signatures to [Senator Robert] Casey's office calling on the Senate to reauthorize the benefits."

Many people are doing all they can to find work in our perforated and extremely unfair economy. The last thing that should happen is to cut their lifeline.

Don't buy into the argument about lazy hordes, sitting on their couches, collecting free money. Sure, these people exist. But they are the tiny minority. And the money they take from our tax pool is like a marble compared to Jupiter when it's compared to the tax breaks the wealthy suck from us. Don't be duped by the propaganda!

And yes: The money that's being adjudicated on is OUR TAXES. People who've worked and lost their jobs should not be asked to finance the rich while losing their unemployment insurance.

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD!

Onward,
Adrian Zupp

READ THE HUFFINGTON POST ARTICLE HERE

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