The real party of NO, the GOP, steps it up

[SOREHOOF]

Originally Posted by Riot

No, not at all what I am saying. That's just some weird thing you made up.

People who get unemployment spend the money immediately, infusing it all right back into the economy. These are people that have no discretionary spending options. Do you realize that "the government" doesn't pay the overwhelming majority of unemployment funds, right?



No. That is what actually happened under George Bush II. Today an increasingly tiny portion of the American population now owns the vast majority of the money in the United States. That (concentration of wealth into fewer and fewer hands) worsened, accelerated markedly under Bush II. It has not under the current administration.

I was going to spend it immediately too, Riot. Why the class warfare?

[Riot]

Originally Posted by SOREHOOF

I was going to spend it immediately too, Riot. Why the class warfare?

LOL - Really? The best you can do? You compare paying taxes to receiving unemployment insurance, two things not even remotely related? Throw out a far right wing talking point that isn't even applicable?

Go ahead and explain how a discussion of dollars and the effect of spending on the economy during a recession is "class warfare" Heck, add in how unemployment insurance is "class warfare" (it obviously is not, because it's not income-limited)

Explain it to us. Let me get some popcorn

Wait, I have a better idea: why are YOU engaging in class warfare here? Justify yourself, sir!