I cant tell you my husband has been going to school to better himself.. and what will happen if he loses his unemployment. he wont be able to finish school... It is well needed for some people...Whats he going to do go back out and try to find a job.. and when he cant we will lose everything..for most people that money is the only income they have...

I also did not mean to come across as crass. I could not agree more that there has to be more stipulations added to ensure that an individual is making a progressive effort to improve their quality of life. Not just "riding the pine" which I think was the point of your post. Thank you for the well wish. Good luck to you as well.

joejoe1313, I don't have a problem with unemployment. As a matter of fact, in my opinion it's probably the best government program designed to help out American Workers. You, as an employee, have had unemployment insurance premiums paid-in by your employer.

Unfortunately, there is fraud in all government programs and there are those who abuse the system. The unemployment benefits are supposed to help you get retrained and re-employed.

I don't wish to come across as pompous; I have gone through unemployment myself. I got an education afterwards, and I am currently employed. I am grateful for the system in place.

My objection is that at some point there must be an end to benefits or else the system will fail everyone by either running out of money or increasing UI premiums to make it too expensive for an employer to hire anyone.

The greater areas of concern are welfare (individual and corporate) and increasing entitlements without the corresponding revenues to cover the costs.

A perfect example is where President Obama signed the pay as you go bill into law and then the Congress suspended it in order to pass the Jobs bill that would require borrowing.

The Washington politician are the "pompous hypocrites" in my opinion. Good luck with your education and getting a job.

Member2009,

I assume you are employed and have not been affected by the current economic crunch. I will have you know sir/mam that I am using my UI to continue my education. I hate you pompous people who think that everyone who draws UI heaps their buggeys over at Kroger and holds you up in the line. Or uses it to purchase shiny rims for my Navigator. The government created this mess! Contact me and let me know where these abundant jobs in Calhoun are!!

The National Debt is at about $105,000 per household. The average household income is about half that. I don't want Washington politicians telling me that my household owes $105,000 for what they are spending my money on.

Corporate bail-outs, welfare, nationalized insurance are going to bankrupt America(ns). Enough is enough.

The only reason he's opening his mouth like this is because he's "retiring." His antics have been so bad that even his party doesn't want anything to do with him. It has nothing to do with irresponsible spending except for his excuses for doing this misdeed.

According to the Department of Labor, currently the unemployment benefits may be paid to individuals who are "actively looking for full-time work each week." Additionally, the individual "must make a broad search for work and make appropriate contacts for work each week."

The payments are made for 26 weeks; if the person has not found employment, then there is up to four extensions. For someone to exhaust all the extensions they will have had to actively sought full-time work for 99 weeks. Unemployed for over 22 months.

According to the Washington Times, "for the first time since the Great Depression, Americans took more aid from the government than they paid in taxes."

I applaud Jim Bunning for standing firm, and saying to the Federal Government, no more irresponsible spending.

If we rely on the government to provide for our subsistence, we will surely die.

Guess who's holding it up? Senator Jim Bunning(REPUBLICAN) suddenly has concerns about running up the deficit after so many years of doing just that without a care under the previous administration. What a hypocrite.