Stimulus package or just a reverse Robin Hood?
The jobless population represents a cross-section of America in terms of race, gender, age, nationality, religion, occupation and other attributes, with one common need: a decent job. It is larger than that of more than 40 States and nearly all of our nation's cities. It could jam-pack at least 300 sports arenas, and there are enough of them to line up on the side of a national superhighway from New York to San Francisco, standing a yard apart and nearly two deep. They could make plenty of noise and terrify politicians if they were organized.
Will Bush's huge tax cuts create jobs? Also, turns out that "extension" of federal employment was not what it seemed. It's not an additional 13 weeks of benefits, as I'm sure most people thought. It simply extended the program until May 31, but only affects "Unemployed people who had federal jobless benefits cut off Dec. 28 and those who haven't yet applied for the 13 weeks of federal aid."
originally posted by zagg