Comments on: Perino Confirms White House Won’t Extend Jobless Benefits, Says People Should Just Find A Job

By: Teach

Teach — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:33:02 +0000

if you bush bashers would look at the article it says that the democratic controlled congress makes the laws and it is not in session. why did they not pass it before they went on vacation?

By: Dunkin270

Dunkin270 — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 16:41:05 +0000

Of course you don’t know my “anxiety” you have a paycheck coming in each week and it is a “lot” more than my unemployment benefit ( less taxes also). After working for 26 years, my company downsized and laid off the higher paid employees with the most benefits…..lost Paycheck, Health Ins.,( have 2 minor children) Dental Ins ( one daughter with braces) Vision Ins. ( one daughter with glasses).

I look for a job everyday, sent out 40 + resumes and 5 interviews. Due too downsizing, cutting out the position from the budget, or just giving the extra work to another employee, nothing has developed…….and you don’t know “My Anxiety!!

By: SKdeA

SKdeA — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:07:35 +0000

I am one of the very lucky few who is recently employed, after being out of work for three months.
I certainly can’t live on unemployment – about $310 a week? When my half of the mortgage payment alone is $1450 a month? It is not easy.
Also, the people they have doing the phone interviews for the EDD are all evil. They choose them for their ability to insult, annoy and irritate – I assume partly to keep people from receiving benefits, and partly because they are sadists.
I look forward to Dana Perino having to negotiate that system… cute and perky will get you absolutely nowhere. Better, she should be prosecuted as she is a knowing liar and propagandist. And if she’s in jail, she won’t have to hunt for a job!

By: joannegmurphy

joannegmurphy — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 00:33:25 +0000

Of course, we have a $trillion to bail out the misbegotten bankers and brokers who created this mess….but a few measly bucks to help Joe Blow pay the rent? No effing way!

Man, if this doesn’t get the torches lit, nothing will!

It is of great comfort to me that Ms Perino herself will be out of a job—one hopes, permanently—-in January 2009.

By: texaslady

texaslady — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:02:36 +0000

Obviously Perino has not tried to exist on unemployment, aside from the usual living costs, there are additional gas spent, even mailing out resumes if anyone still does that. It is more costly to be unemployed. Try even temp working and scheduling job interviews lots of luck.
Perino is the only one willing to shill out the White House BS that is the only reason she is working.
However, check out your Fox commentators typical mean looks while they try to smear Obama on what he did or might do.

By: chiefeditor

chiefeditor — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:49:35 +0000

I assume no one’s surprised that this is the Bush administration’s attitude about unemployment.

By: V-RON

V-RON — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:46:22 +0000

It is great that Obama is so in tuned in the poverty of this nation and world. The Borgen Project is as well. According to The Borgen Project:
$30 billion: Annual shortfall to end world hunger.
$540 billion: Annual U.S. Defense Budget. Go to borgenproject.org to find out more!

By: tokin librul

tokin librul — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:20:24 +0000

Hey, Dana, you cheap whore, I got $20, $10 more than you’re worth, but you’ll get the whole $29 when you get to work and blow me…

By: pithaughn

pithaughn — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:56:32 +0000

National Stike to protest bailouts

How about you, me and 200 million others strike for one day? How about blocking every road, highway, airport and train track? Let the politicians and corporate big shots know we won’t stand for any more looting of our treasury!

By: Keith H.

Keith H. — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:43:38 +0000

Yep, the time is very near.
If we’re going to be put in the position of our families starving, it’s time to kick some fu[king a$$.

By: LoraS

LoraS — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:05:53 +0000

The essence of compassionate conservatism–in other words, heartless BS.

By: Balancement

Balancement — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:43:19 +0000

Will someone please tell that cow I’ve been looking for work for three years now under the Bush economy. If she’s got a job for me, I’ll take it.

By: liberalinaredstate

liberalinaredstate — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:36:44 +0000

Why am I not surprised that the mouthpiece for the Bush Administration would say something so callous and thoughtless. Yes being on employment is a party! It has been great for my self esteem, paying bills, cutting back on things like going to a movie, hoping that my car won’t need repairs while I look for those jobs that don’t exist. Life is great on employment, I enjoy the pity party and that party is getting bigger. The website that handles processing claims, continues to crash due to high volume. Bush can go to hell and that clueless tool Perino can go right there with him!

By: McWars

McWars — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:35:20 +0000

Get back to work? The administration you happily speak for isn’t creating any jobs, bimbo. What would this administration know about creating jobs anyway, seeing that more jobs are typically created under democratic administrations?

Let me get this straight: It’s wrong to pay people while they’re looking for work, but it’s A-OK to fit executives with golden parachutes and therefore creating rich bums. This is in addition to cutting taxes for the wealthiest and refusing to give shareholders the vote on compensation to reign in on the massive executive/rank-and-file pay gap.

Why don’t you get back to work, Perino? You’ve been lounging around your entire life — and picking up a taxpayer-funded six-figure salary doing so. Your ride is about to end and you will face public scorn. Your gated lifestyle will be transferred over to the Obama administration.

By: markusmarkus

markusmarkus — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:35:10 +0000

Perino: “It’s hard for me to put myself in their shoes”

Wait until January 20, 2009.

By: 5150

5150 — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:33:33 +0000

Edmund S. Phelps says we can expect a return to normal rates of unemployment. Planning and expectations concerning unemployment should return to normal models, not full employment models.

By: the Lone Voice of Reason

the Lone Voice of Reason — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:15:39 +0000

Michigan’s jobless are moving away from the state by the thousands in the hopes of finding jobs elsewhere. What choice do they have? Even McDonalds isn’t hiring in my town right now. There are no jobs ANYWHERE. I know people who are in their 40’s with kids and higher educations who are having to move in with other family members. It ridiculous. And it’s getting uglier by the day. People with TWO jobs can barely make ends meet. And with the economic crisis what places can afford to hire more employees?

Someone needs to get a club and beat some sense into her.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:58:30 +0000

Yah, you lazy twits, go get a job as a mortgage broker!

By: theswan

theswan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:29:05 +0000

unemployeed people are to blame for all of bush’s problems

By: barfly

barfly — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:51:51 +0000

LushInterior Says:

Man I cant wait until January…..when I get my 26 week extension, free health care, new mortgage, tax cuts, tax credits and all the love I would ever need. Its going to be GREAT!

A citizen who’s going to spend his tax refund on hookers doesn’t really help the economy much. Try thinking with the big head.