Unemployment in Missouri is at the national average of nine percent. (ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty Images)
(JOPLIN, Mo.) An extension of unemployment benefits failed in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday on a largely partisan vote.
The vote was 258 to 154, short of the two thirds needed to pass.
Opponents, mainly Republicans, cited the $12.5 billion dollar price tag as reason to vote against the extension. Todd Akin, Roy Blunt, Jo Ann Emerson, Sam Graves and Blaine Luetkemeyer, the Republicans in the Missouri delegation, all voted against the extension. Russ Carnahan, Lacy Clay, Emanuel Cleaver, and Ike Skelton, Democrats, all voted for the extension.
The change will many of the nine percent unemployed of Missourians unemployed. A statistic provided by the Missouri department of labor suggests approximately 66,000 people will not be eligible to receive any of the federally funded benefits because they will not meet the eligibility deadline as soon as November 21, 2010. 14,000 are expected to use up all benefits by the fourth of December.
“[F]or a great majority of those receiving benefits, this phase-out means they will continue to receive benefits for the tier or benefit program they are on until they exhaust them, providing claimants the assistance they need while looking for full-time work,” said Gracia Backer, Director of Employment Security for the Missouri Department of Labor.
“As federally funded unemployment benefits are phased out this month, those whose benefits are ending are encouraged to seek out the 40 plus full-service Missouri Career Centers around the state where a multitude of important services are available. These include, but are not limited to, free skill assessments, career readiness certificates, and personal job search consultations,” she said. “Missourians will have the chance to compete for these jobs by utilizing the Career Centers’ services and going back to school or learning a new skill.”
Missouri ranks 18th nation wide in number of unemployed. Nine percent, Missouri’s rate according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, is right at the national average.
Seasonal employers might be an opportunity for some workers. A recent survey by Aon Hewitt, a human resources firm, found that 55 percent are not shrinking their holiday work force, and some 29 percent will be hiring more employees this year. The study found that employers rely on walk-ins candidates and employee referrals to hire candidates in the current economy.
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(Editorial Note: This is news from a few days ago, but PoliticMo is playing catch up after a busy day or two on the scholarly side.)
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This is what happens when you vote them in they only care about the rich and you can bet they will have a Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas. How can you treat the have not’s this way and call yourself working for the betterment of this country.
They want to diminsh this President as they tried to do before the elecion but they might diminish the office but not the man. He is respected more in other countries than he is in America it is a shame and it is very obvious race is a factor we don’t want to admit it but it is true. No other President has been treated in this manner it is not about the economy.
Did those government stimulus-created jobs pass you by?
Are you unemployed?
Do you want a job?
If you are serious about getting a job, find a business that hires illegal immigrants. Apply for one of those jobs.
If you do not the the job, picket, protest, and complain to everyone using every method you can.
If you make enough noise you might actually get the job.
If you are not willing to do this, do not complain about being unemployed, do not complain when your unemployment benefits checks stop coming, and do not complain about illegal immigrants taking jobs that American workers should get.
TO: Gracia Backer
Way to ignore the problem lady. I’m sure everyone who is on unemployment knows of these places and has been using their services since day one. Has it helped? Obviously not. And how to you expect people to eat, put a roof over their head, transport themselves to these places, etc without ANY money? What kind of fantasy land are you living in?
FYI to the rich ****s who voted against this: When the riots start we’re coming for you first.
Dont forget….poor american civillians…..you are just a vote come election time. You can go back to being unimportant again. You are only one step up from a soldier. Soldiers are expendable.
Im really happy I got to help iraq get on its feet. What makes me feel really good about my government is watching everyone around me drop weight from not eating. I love you american government. Eat a bag a penises.
Maybe i’ll go back in the army….they’re always looking for someone to work 7 twelve hours shifts in the desert. Whats a 4th tour at this point…
America is not a great nation any longer. Ask anyone who’s close to age 60
Things will only improve when us American Citizens decide enough is enough, it’s time to take back our country. Has it not gone far enough? The government seems to have forgotten that they are owned and operated by American Citizens, not International Corporations, or themselves.
If OUR government doesn’t do what we ORDER them to do, as they are REQUIRED. Then we need to MAKE them do it. I can’t really find the words to tell you how close I am to revolting right now, and I’m sure many of you are feeling the same way.
Unfortunately NONE of our problems are going to change until we take up arms and make the change. They obviously do not respect our opinions and are going to do what they want anyway. How can we sit back and let a couple hundred rich guys spit in our faces and let them do what they want to do with OUR country. Have you forgotten there are MILLIONS of us (even if you only count the unemployed ones!) against a few hundred of them. I have weapons and I am prepared to use them if necessary. This has gone on too long. Too many people’s lives are being destroyed by this handful of rich bastards.
Besides, I guarantee you 200+ of their lives lost will save many thousands, if not millions, of our own lives. Yet we sit here behind our computer’s as if we where powerless to do anything. The number of people who have commented on this blog alone would suffice to make a change, if armed.
We have the right, in fact we are obligated by our constitution to take up arms against our government, NOW. Our forefathers are looking down on us now wondering why it is we have yet to invoke that right. They wrote it in for a reason people come on! This is the reason!
WOW!!! The Grand Old Party. Sure is partying it up now. 8 years of the Republicans & Bush = Billions of dollars to fund a war that didn’t Find Osama Bin laden or weapons of mass destruction. Billion Dollar Bailouts for Banks. Millions of aid to Iraq. Cogressional payroll up 16%. Now Tax cuts for the rich = 700 BILLION dollars.
Help the American people who helped fund all of this bullshit. NO NO NO says the Republicans. Fiscal responsibility. I say F.U. Americans need the the 65 billion dollar help. 1 dollar of unemploymnet = 2 dollars in the economy. For the people who say go get a job F.U. If it was that easy we would have done it by now. Nobody’s livivng on easy street with $300. a week. Where the hell is Obama, you know the President of the United States of America? PASS ALL THE EXTENSIONS. Remember “UNITED WE STAND, DEVIDED WE FALL”
AN American and an Illegal immagrant walk in to a business and asks for a job who gets it?
Sounds like a joke but it is not.
Lets continue to fight endless wars and DUMP a billion dollars a week in IRAQ Afghanistan. Get our Kids killed. rebuild there countries, When will OUR country revolt and start to take back and rebuild the Greatest place on earth. Or shall we continue to support the world and refuse to help those that are out of work. I was a little hurt that I didn’t get a invitation to go to India on the 2 Billion dollar trip with the MAN!!
Help us enforce our immigration laws and follow us at USMOA.ORG
This article is not an objective presentation of the topic. The GOP proposed that any extension of the current 99 weeks of unemployment insurance be funded from unspent stimulus funds. The money is readily available whereas there were not and are not now any shovel ready project for which the stimulus funds were appropriated.
Furthermore, surveys clearly demonstrate that most people do not begin seeking re-employment until they are within two months of the end of unemployment insurance.
Extending un-employment insurance to over two years does nothing to motivate one to seek a job. Need and want do just that. An unending government hand-out simply makes people dependent and needy government pawns.
However, the Democrats could have embraced the GOP proposal in a gesture of bi-partisonship and the extension would have passed. It was the Democrats not the GOP who killed the extension through their refusal to compromise.
I have had it with government. Republican and Democrates alike! To cut unemployment is just crazy! People need to live and there are not jobs. You can’t get a job that makes the money you use to. But we pay these senators how much money to work part time and make decisions that make no sense at all! You bet it is time for someone and all of us to step up and take this country back. You can’t take money away from people out there still looking for work! Why not cut the fat from the rich! The Republican’s make me sick! Why don’t you cut from your own pockets and not the hard working Americans that this country is all about!
Tammy, the rich got rich by working hard, smart and extremely long hours. Of course there are some trust fund babies like the entire Kennedy family who’s wealth was shifted to Ireland many years ago to avoid U.S. taxes.
The only money that belongs to you is yours. You have no right to the money of another person. To improve you circumstance may require that you work one, two or even three jobs and jobs are available. They may not pay what you wish they did but they are available. If you want to prosper in this country it takes effort and sacrifice, not self pity and whinning.
http://motherjones.com/politics/2006/05/look-numbers-how-rich-get-richer
Eli;
If you are going to post a link at least give us your commentary on the article. The Ma Jones article is the standard for the magazine since at least the mid-60s. It has been anti-establishment since its founding.
An opposing point of view from the Heritage Foundation would be a nice touch to add balance to the discussion. To expand the topic I recommmend something from F.A.Hayek (The Road to Serfdom is a good starting point) or the Von Mises Institute, http://mises.org/articles.aspx.
The rich got richer by making employees work hard, stabbing people in the back, profitting on privatizing the govt. Taking all your middle class tax money giving it to corporations and millionaires with tax cuts. Taking your pensions, 401ks,annuittys manipulating it so they make money and you lose .The Republicans are all about privatizing so they can steal your tax money. There are plenty of stupid people who vote republican without looking at the issues.
J.L.White;
Your suggestion of armed insurrection is ill founded and no doubt has placed you in the position of having an unwelcomed knock on your door by Federal lawenforcement agents.
Our political system is working as it was intended as evidenced by the latest election. The people rejected in large order the direction the administration was driving the country. Now a course correction is in the offing with the replacement of radical democrats by some true conservatives and some faux ones as well.
If you think it would be an easy thing to encite a civil war in American without having our enemies in the world making vast gains you are supremely ill informed.
J.L. have you ever taken a human life in combat? Combat is exactly what you are recommending. I believe you need to rethink your hyperbole before someone acts on your childish suggestions.
Post a link, dude. I just posted the first one I found. Post yours.. that’s what this is about. Stop trolling and contribute to the conversation instead of complaining.
I dont like the conclusion I have come to which is the direction that we are taking in this country can not be sustained it will have to change. O
I dont like the conclusion I have come to which is the direction that we are taking in this country can not be sustained it will have to change. Our country is tetering on the edge of financial and social collapse I have unfortunaly concluded that there is no peaceful way for this change to occur there will be bloodshed I am not condoning this just pointing out the inevidible I will not start this fight but I am prepaired and I will not back down and am willing to die to defend this country that I love. I take no pity on anyone who commits treason against her the constitution demands that I do this and the 2 nd ammendment is in the constitution for that very reason Maybe our founders knew this day would come!!!!!!!!
Eli:
Who are you responding to?
http://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2010/10/15/worlds-richest-man-charity-doesnt-solve-anything/
Mr. Hela is correct in his observation.
For your travel enjoyment.
http://jayforde.com/leaked-dhs-tsa-memo-obamas-considers-tsa-objectors-domestic-terrorists/
So we hear over and over again as these democrat congressmen and woman get on the “class warfare”, “republican bashing” channel and state that for every dollar of borrowed money we spend on unemployment we create two dollars in the economy. (where does the money come from to pay the interest that the government is charged for borrowing the dollar in the first place?)
If this is true (which you idiots should know by common sense can’t be) then why don’t we just give everybody working or not an unemployment check and in a very short time the economy will be booming, taxes will be overflowing in the US treasury and the national debt will be all paid off.
How stupid can you be to believe that spending 1 dollar somehow creates two dollars.
Can someone please explain to this obviously stupid person how that math works.
How about instead of all this bashing going on we actually stop for a minute and listen to what you are saying and ask yourself does it make sense?
So please sign me up for those unemployment checks so that I can pay off 2 dollars of my outstanding mortgage and credit card bills for every dollar of unemployment I get.
Also remember that the democrats passed the “PAYGO” crap and ridiculed the republicans for voting against it when all the republicans were saying was that it was all smoke and mirrors, but I guess sheep are easily fooled as most of the public seems to be now.
Can some of you on this board explain to me how not raising taxes in January is somehow a tax cut. It doesn’t matter if your rich or poor.
If taxes are more in January then they are now, no matter who is paying them, its a tax increase.
Definitions:
Tax cut: If you pay 10 dollars in tax today and pay 9 dollars in January its a tax cut.
Tax increase: If you pay 10 dollars in tax today and pay 11 dollars in tax in January its a TAX INCREASE.
How about some common sense and basic math skills or have we all become so dumbed down that we can’t even do basic math.
Although i grew up in a republican family with a strong belief in financially conservative values, I’ve recently been placed in a position to understand why the unemployment extension passing would be so important. I joined the military straight out of high school went to Afghanistan for 2 tours and was released in June of 2011. I entered the civilian workforce with no transferable civilian skills so i enrolled in college full-time as soon as i was able. I continued to look for jobs (doing anything and everything) that made more than the $300 dollars a week that i was getting from unemployment to pay my bills and feed my 4 year old son. I even moved looking for better work and was unable to make anywhere near what i needed to raise my kid. Anyone who has used the GI Bill knows that it cannot be depended on to actually help you with living expenses like it was intended to as it is very unreliable. I can honestly say i’ve lived my life never asking for handouts and working hard but now im cooking a pot of rice to last a week and living in an apartment i cant afford to run the heat in just to barely make the rent. There has to be some sort of relief concerning that so that i might be able to contribute to society better in the future right?