President Obama announced moments ago a compromise with Republicans on the Bush cuts that will doom the unemployed 99ers. Why Mr. President? What have we done to deserve a death sentence?
Obama said the compromise provisions include a 2 percent payroll tax cut for next year, extending jobless benefits for 13 months and extending tax cuts for all Americans -- including the wealthiest -- for two years.
The agreement extends unemployment benefits for 13 months for 2 million Americans who had been scheduled to lose their benefits at the end of the year
Unfortunately the President did not make clear that the UI extension is only additional time to file for UI extensions already in place, for the more recently unemployed. The compromise DOES NOT include additional weeks for 5 to 6 Million Jobless Americans who have already exhausted the UI benefits passed in 2008 and 2009.
Mr. President, Tax Cuts do nothing for the millions of Americans who have no income thanks to you giving in to every whim of the Republicans without thought to helping the 99er Nation.
The only thing we can do now is vocally and incessantly relay our feelings about this Presidential “Slap in the Face” to every News outlet and Washington insider with a vote which can potentially STOP this fiasco before it is passed.
If every unemployed American would just step up and voice their outrage over wealthy Americans getting extra money they do not need - while 99ers continue to go hungry, homeless and die every day in this country - we might just have a chance to work in more weeks for those who need it most - despite Obama’s lack of decency in throwing the 99ers under a bus we’d likely soon be sleeping under.
REMEMBER: To contact the Whitehouse [Comments:202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 FAX: 202-456-2461] and tell Mr. Obama Tier 5 to Survive - NOW! Show your outrage over this and stop the Compromise NOW unless the 99ers are included.
Contact you legislators: http://joblessunite.yolasite.com/legislators-list.php
What is YOUR question 4 POTUS? Call WWR toll free:1-866-USA-0021 (872-0021) It could be asked at next news conference
Do Not allow Washington to keep the 99ers invisible until we are all DEAD!
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ATTENTION ALL 99ERS AND FUTURE 99ERS -- WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME
ReplyDeleteWe are in an emergency situation. Today is the day you should be calling all of your representatives to complain about extending tax cuts for the wealthy and eliminating the 99ers from the extension of unemployment. Please go to the website -- From the Trenches World News and go to the Organized Resistance page and under Nationwide Rally to Extend Unemployment Insurance, leave your first name, state and the address of your unemployment office so we can organize active civil disobedience. This is our only hope. We have got to have enough people to form protest groups. We are strong in numbers, do not give up.