“The most important piece of this package is unemployment and health benefits for unemployed workers, ... Nothing more important.”
Tom Daschle
“[Extending unemployment benefits] is the only kind of stimulus that helps each and every unemployed worker, who in some sense has borne the pain of the recession.”
Wendell Primus
“War is associated with a range of mental health problems, including unemployment, alcoholism, family-related problems and substance abuse.”
Jeffrey Matloff
“Unemployment is of vital importance, particularly to the unemployed”
Edward Heath
“Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the gap between rich and poor. What do these issues have in common? Politicians, the media, and our so-called "leaders" lie to us about them. They lie about the cause. They lie about the effect. They lie about the solutions.”
Larry Elder
“While my state experiences unemployment rates not seen since the Great Depression, it is unconscionable that illegal workers would be brought into Louisiana, aggravating our employment crisis and depressing earnings for our workers.”
Mary Landrieu
“John Kerry has fought again and again to extend unemployment benefits for workers left behind in the Bush economy. The reason we haven't succeeded is because George Bush opposes extending unemployment insurance, and so do his allies.”
David Wade
