Friday, February 14, 2014

Republicans Decide A Bad Idea To Help The Unemployed Is Suddenly A Good Idea To Help Others

Republicans Decide A Bad Idea To Help The Unemployed Is Suddenly A Good Idea To Help Others



Many Republican senators recently said they opposed renewing long-term unemployment benefits on principle -- particularly the principle that they didn't like the crummy scheme Democrats came up with to pay for the aid. 



It turned out the principle applied only to the unemployed. Nearly all GOP senators voted Wednesday for the very same plan when it was aimed at helping people who retired early from the military.

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