The Republicans in the Senate have shown their disdain for the unemployed.
USA Today:
For the third time, Senate Republicans have blocked legislation to extend unemployment benefits through November and renew dozens of individual and business tax breaks.
The vote was 57-41, with 60 votes needed to end debate and advance the bill. All 40 Republicans and one Democrat, Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska, objected because the bill would have added $33 billion to the deficit....
"We just can't keep kicking the can down the street and say, 'Oh, we'll take care of it later on. It'll be offset later,'" Sen. George Voinovich, a centrist Republican from Ohio who is retiring, told The Hill. "That's all we've been doing these last couple of years, and I'm fed up with it."
George Voinovich is a heartless idiot. Thank goodness he is retiring because I'm tired of journalists calling him a moderate. He is not. If you'd like to call one of Voinovich's office, here are some telephone numbers: DC- Main: (202) 224-3353;
Cleveland: (216) 522-7095; Nelsonville: (740) 441-6410;
Cincinnati: (513) 684-3265; Toledo: (419) 259-3895; Dayton: (513) 684-3265;
Columbus: (614) 469-6697.
Sharron Angle, the Tea Party candidate in Nevada, seems to think that the unemployed are "spoiled." For more on Angle, see Crooks and Liars.
Crooks and Liars also found this Youtube video on Angle's views: