Missouri alone in refusing federal jobless benefits

[lovedforaday]

The Missouri Legislature is alone among states in rejecting federal money for the unemployed, shunning an estimated $105 million as a way to protest government overspending.

The Missouri Senate adjourned Thursday without taking action on legislation to extend unemployment benefits, cutting off checks for nearly 10,000 jobless Missourians and

Comments

[arisma]

Some conservatives argue that cutting off benefits will prod the unemployed back to work more quickly, boosting the economy.

Prod them towards what jobs, exactly?

[amyura]

This. Less money coming into the state equals less money that can provide jobs.

[lickety_split]

The ones with the bootstraps, clearly!

[lucia_tanaka]

I wish they'd let us Missourians know what work they're talking about because I sure as fuck can't find any.

[lovedforaday]

oh shit, i just submitted this again with tags. sorry about that, mods.

[mindrtist]

I really wish they hadn't skipped math class.

[lightbird777]

These people are just so fucking evil.

[painfulblue]

Well, time to send this to my unemployed friends here in MO. I'm so lucky I have a job, even though it's just over minimum wage and I barely get 20 hours a week most weeks. -_-