...Third, the American Jobs Act of 2011 helps out-of-work Americans by extending unemployment benefits to help them support their families while looking for work, and by reforming the system with training programs that build real skills, connect to real jobs, and help the long-term unemployed. It bans employers from discriminating against the unemployed when hiring, and provides a new tax credit to employers hiring workers who have been out of a job for over 6 months. And, it expands job opportunities for hundreds of thousands of
low-income youth and adults through a new Pathways Back to Work Fund that supports summer and year round jobs for youth; innovative new job training programs to connect low-income workers to jobs quickly; and successful programs to encourage employers to bring on disadvantaged workers....
They believe if the unemployed are deprived of benefits they will try harder to find work. That is an attitude. Why? Because there is no proof anywhere that is the case, but, more than that; we know what occurred to cause the unemployment. There aren't jobs for them to take if they were deprived. So, basically, the Republicans are stating go live in poverty or worse and it shows. The poverty rate in the USA is the highest it has been in a long time. Increased from last year. I would think the Republicans could figure out there is a relationship between the unemployed, the underemployed and poverty, but, they can't seem to make that connection. Why? Because they haven't even tried.
