The bill now goes to the House. Increased unemployment benefits are one of the best ways of providing short-term stimulus to the economy because people who are cash-strapped are likely to spend aid quickly, which boosts overall demand, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
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What a crock of shit!
I stand by Rick Perry, and say that the State of the Texas Union is STRONG! And Texas will continue to prosper and grow while the rest of the Nation follow's the Pipe Piper into the Abyss.
Texas will continue to send back any "Aid" that is tied to FED conditions.
I will be giving much of my free time to Work on Perry's Re-Election, as a yankee, as a member of the Private Equity Community, as a member of the OIL and GAS industry.
We will not be dragged down by the bumbling fools who have destroyed many fine states with hard working americans as a sacrifice.
I say, you better have a "coming" to jesus moment people.....because your right to persue liberty, happiness, and a fair stake in the "american dream" is being robbed from you'r very hands.