You Can't Make This Stuff Up

This comes from Rolling Stones Tim Dickinson:

GOP to Unemployed: “Tough Shit”

3/1/10, 3:41 pm EST

The obstructionist Republican senate minority is blocking an extension of unemployment benefits, through the filibuster of one Jim Bunning of Kentucky, whose state is mired in 10.7 percent unemployment.

When Jeff Merkel of Oregon beseeched his colleague on the Senate floor to consider the impact on Americans hit hardest by this recession, Bunning blurted out:

“Tough Shit.“

(posted by) Tim Dickinson


Can't we get rid of these idiots? The man sleeps at work, only to wake up and share his particularly fucked up nightmare with US.

"The current salary (2010) for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate is $174,000 per year."

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This from MSN Money: (Published Feb. 23, 2009)

Weekly unemployment benefits by state

		State	Maximum	State	Maximum
		Alabama	$255	Montana	$407
		Alaska	$370	Nebraska	$308
		Arizona	$240	Nevada	$362
		Arkansas	$409	New Hampshire	$427
		California	$450	New Jersey	$584
		Colorado	$475	New Mexico	$455
		Connecticut	$519	New York	$405
		Delaware	$330	North Carolina	$494
		District of Columbia	$359	North Dakota	$385
		Florida	$275	Ohio	$372
		Georgia	$330	Oklahoma	$392
		Hawaii	$545	Oregon	$482
		Idaho	$362	Pennsylvania	$539
		Illinois	$385	Rhode Island	$528
		Indiana	$390	South Carolina	$326
		Iowa	$443	South Dakota	$285
		Kansas	$423	Tennessee	$275
		Kentucky	$415	Texas	$378
		Louisiana	$284	Utah	$444
		Maine	$496	Vermont	$409
		Maryland	$380	Virginia	$378
		Massachusetts	$628	Washington	$541*
		Michigan	$365	West Virginia	$424
		Minnesota	$566	Wisconsin	$363
		Mississippi	$230	Wyoming	$387
		Missouri	$320

*State has OK'd a temporary $45 increase beginning May 3. Sources: The Associated Press, state labor department Web sites.