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Why don't all of you unemployed cry-babies get off of you liberal butts and go get a job. Why should the government bail you out. Your lazy lazy lazy.

What's this now, I thought the recession was over. Don't newscasters ever tell the truth. Well enjoy the free money, so much for Obama promising people would take personal responsibility during his Presidency. Just another lie. I guess Joe Wilson was right. Is it 2012 yet?

This actually costs jobs: I laid off people and now I have to pay them. It doesn't matter that they paid 'unemployment insurance', all that matters is I have some distorted theory with no proven facts and as such, I must be right. Thats how us republicans think at least! We just make something up, and our stupid fellow republicans are moronic enough to believe our crap!

I wonder if any Obama haters actually realize how much money the united states lost in the past 10 years due to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.....Not to mention the hundreds of thousands of jobs that the previous administration shipped overseas.

The money Obama's administration is spending right now to try and bail us out of that is NOWHERE NEAR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY WE LOST DUE TO UNNECESSARY WARS!

Look it up.

Start the CCC camps again and put them to work. You at least get something in return..

Endless giveaways.

About time he did something decent to help the regular folks!

It's funny how everyone is caught up on this whole debt issue...why is it no one cared when the bush administration spend biliions upon billions upon billions in Iraq? You SO called americans have no clue what you are talking about...you have two jobs??? can i have one please,,and granted there are SOME lazy people out there but the majority of unemployed people have worked their whole lives and have paid their dues and not only do they deserve it its THEIRS TO BEGIN WITH...so if you wanna moan and groan about the debt the next time the republicans move on an unsanctioned war you'll do more than hang an american flag out your window and call yourself patriotic...

I was once a card carrying Republican until a month ago myself. I have to admit I have changed my mind in view of what has happened over the unemployment ext. I have been laid off for about 9 months now and at my age there is nothing out there for me I know I have applied to just about anything and still no jobs come my way and I too am running out of benefits. I am 62 years old and have worked for over 45 years and was in the Navy too and until this happened I never had to draw a dime form any assistance period. I played by all the rules and raised my kids paid my taxes and now I am about to loose my home of 22 years,m my 401K is all gone and savings all spent down trying to stay afloat. I thank God I can now draw my social security that I have paid into for years will be there at least as far as I know. I have become so ashamed of what the GOP has become, Yes the is abuse in the system there is in every system but there is also a great need for the unemployment system I thank God it was there for me.
For those of you who feel you must decry those who are in need remember one day it could happen to you too. I never thought I would but it did. You just never know.

Thank You President Obama! You will get my vote in 2012!

I think it's great how people are concerned about the spending. I voted for Obama and I am concerned about government spending.
The government is spending like there is no tomorrow, just the same as they did during the Bush administration. You see I think it is far more important to spend the tax dollars on helping Americans, than to spend hundreds of millions a year on an unnecessary war in Iraq, which had no ties to terrorism, no WMD, and Saddam was no threat to anyone but his own people. Shortly (weeks) after Sept. 11 the military was scouting out places to launch an attack on Iraq. No why would you scout places to launch an attack on a country that had nothing to do with 9/11, instead of going after the perpetrators?

about time.

Hey some people are so mental asking liberals to leave, why should we, we werent' the ones that failed this country your party took care of that really good for 8 long years. Your mind is so clouded with hate you can't even realize that. Peace.

Say all you want about Bush, but he pushed Unemployment extensions into effect ASAP when he saw the need, whereas Obama has not said 1 word, nor did he chastise the senate for holding it up over a month and a half!

Really Rob? Libs are good at ruining the economy? Clinton left Bush with a HUGE SURPLUS. How'd having that dimwitted Republican work out for ya???

.....while my neighbor and many like him, continue to do side jobs and draw unemployement (since Dec 2008). Oh, and he just bought a new truck, his wife a new SUV and they are on Medicaid for health insurance. It is hard to support anything the government wants to run when fraud is not being tackled first. It doesnt do any good to call it in..been there done that.......nothing.

Obie needs to throw lots and lots of money into inoovations and research ang especially GREEN ENGERY. had we invested in these areas in the past 8 years, we stil could offshore jobs and still have AMPLE jobs.

My husband is out of work and I was shocked to find out that even his unemployment benefits is still being taxed. We need jobs not just extension of unemployment benefits to have our family life back.

Leave it to the ultra-conservatives to criticize President Obama for this.

Tax credits for first-time homebuyers and the extension of unemployment benifits are both measures that the Republicans in Congress support.

But since Obama is ok with it, that means these people on the far right are against it. It's obvious that these people just want Obama's policies to fail so that they will have a solid reason to vote against him in 2012.

Life will suck for them if and when his policies succeed. It'll only guarantee another four years.

That is fine for those who are truly looking and cannot find anything but I have 2 relatives who are currently sitting on their butts, not looking and just delighted they will get to spend more time on their butts! Unfortunately that is the kind of abuse that is gonna happen. Just makes me sick while I bust my butt to make a living and am working 2 jobs to keep up with things.
Why not make people who are collecting unemployment do some type of service work to reap their benefits?

The bill also provides an additional tax cut for businesses still struggling in the uncertain economy.
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At least he did one thing to head off this perpetual unemployment problem. I will give him an A+ for this because I know it is against all of the advice he is getting from his liberal advisors.

Get government out of the way and businesses will accelerate a recovery and bring down unemployment. They really will be your best allies in this effort if you treat them like allies.

Ummm...is anyone else thinking about a meter running on the additional debt we're piling up? The extension of benefits (for what, the second or third time now?) is an obvious sign that the stimulus gun was pointed in the wrong direction for job growth, thereby INCREASING the burden on the average, tax-paying American (and I emphasize those that ACTUALLY PAY TAXES). Only now are they starting to provide tax cuts to small businesses (who employ 90% of us) when a large, rational group of people have been saying that from the beginning.

But the housing credits? Haven't we seen this movie before? Giving houses to people who can't afford them in the first place. The $8,000 tax credits will mostly be used on existing homes and so won't even stimulate new home building and contracting business. What are they thinking? Start with stimulating job growth, then people make money, THEN they buy a house. Logic is crazy, right?!

I'm so proud of our president. He is doing everything he can to fix the problems while making sure average, hard-working Americans who have lost their jobs aren't going hungry. If McCain would have won, we'd see bread lines around every corner!

Perhaps if he were pushing policies that would benefit the economy and the unemployment problems rather than his social government takeover to fool the welfare junkies, unemployment might not be a problem 10 months into his administration!

Great news, however it's disappointed that we haven't done anything yet about extending the ARRA subsidy. Seems we have money for clunkers, house and none for healthcare.

As we live in times were the previlage accuses the unemployed as wellfare recipients I thank you Pres. Obama for helping us in this need.

My Goodness can't some of you people be happy about anything that helps fellow Americans. I guess some of you don't have relatives, friends, neighbors or Church members that need help though they are not at fault as to what has happened. Shame on you mean, spiteful people. What has happened to some Americans? There are people that have worked hard all their lives that really need help.

Citizens of the U.S.

Remember to vote against the 12 members of the House who voted AGAINST the extention of jobless benefits and the home tax credit when THEY run for reelection.

Their vote clearly shows either they don't care about their constituents or can't figure out that the economy will benefit from the income spent. 403 members who voted for the extensions do.

I TOO thank President Obama for helping the Middle-class & working class who may be unemployed.

BTW..... EVERY American Worker PAYS for Unemployment Benefits, so this money will not add to the deficit!

Where were you "so-called-fiscal-conservatives" when Bush was doubling the national debt?

Did not hear any conservative complaining about wasting ...... $10 BILLION ....... a month in Iraq!

oh yeah..lets just continue the welfare checks..this is all about fooling the ones who continue to collect unemployment....anyone who continues to collect this just does not want to work, exactly what obama wants...welfare rats

Take note all you protesting teabaggers – President Obama just signed yet another tax cut for you. The first was contained in the Recovery Act (a.k.a. the Stimulus), which you supposedly oppose.

It's about time. But why didn't he honor his campaign promise to exclude unemployment benefits from Federal income taxes. I got dinged for $2000 extra on 2008 taxes because he reneged on his promise. Also I worked half a year in 2008 so it elevated me up a couple tax brackets, a double tap. Is this the "Change" he promised?

Good news!!! It spent a long time in the Senate. Just look at it this way, the Republicans got to show there true colors. Shows why they are not the majority . And will lessen most likely next super Tuesday. The bright side Bush is no longer in office. If he were BOOMERANG!!! right back to the Senate.

Obama helped increase the unemployment problem with his questionable policies, spending and 'threats' of more economy-killing ideas. I guess he should be the one to sign the bill.

I wonder how this fits inot the obummer budger projection and how big our deficit will get? I think we should add a few more trillion.

Wasn't unemployment never to get over 8% if we hurried and passed his spending bill. Isn't that why he didn't give anyone a chance to read it because he preached fear of big unemployment numbers.

and he calls the republican party a party of fear mongering. I think they call it as they see it, and as reality shows it to be and not this pie in the sky democratic way of looking at things they do.

Thank You President Obama for caring about the Average American.

Its amazing how little thought needs to go into signing some measures, yet others can take forever...

I really thought that Obamessiah would have hurried up on his decision on what to do in Afghanistan after watching those flag draped caskets come off the planes at Dover AFB. But instead he is campaigining for Govenors that don't have a chance, playing golf and watching NBA games.

NOW WE SEE WHY SEN. BOENHER MISINFORMS PEOPLE: Senator Boehner is as stupid as Palin: Today Boehner stood in front of a group of healthcare protestors holding up a booklet which he called the Constitution and quoted from it, everything he quoted was from the Declaration of Independence while several other Republican Senators stood behind him looking totally embarrassed but said nothing to stop him.

The right thing to do – both extend the unemployment benefits and extend the first-time homebuyers' tax credit. Hopefully the tax cut for businesses is for small to medium businesses. These measures will brighten the outlook for the unemployed and for the housing market as well.

Perfect. Let's put even more people in houses they can't afford. Did we not learn ANYTHING about what happens when we do this? A couple more extensions and we'll have another entitlement program......we'll never get rid of it.