“Punishing the Jobless” and Other Perspectives on the Stalled Efforts to Extend Recovery Act Provisions

by Kids Forward | July 6, 2010

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The new Wisconsin Budget Project blog provides an update on the climbing number of people who have lost their unemployment insurance (UI) benefit since the beginning of June. It also examines the improving prospects for ending the Republican filibuster of a bill to restore the UI benefits, and the diminishing chances of passing legislation to provide fiscal relief to states by extending the increase in federal cost sharing for Medicaid financing and continuing the TANF Emergency Fund.

The blog post links to a July 5 Paul Krugman column, Punishing the Jobless, which skewers the arguments against restoring the extended UI benefits. Click here to see the Budget Project Blog post.

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