"Two million people stand to lose benefits before the end of the holiday season if Congress does not act to extend federal benefits. Four million more would lose benefits early in 2011," added Secretary Solis. "While the economy and the job market are on the road to recovery, the loss of consumer sales from removing billions of dollars in unemployment benefits will set us back. Now is not the time to turn our backs on the families that rely on these benefits and the businesses that serve them."
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Why would they even consider taking benefits away from the unemployed, when there are no jobs? This is the republicans way of saying they're in power, and they will stop at no cost to kick us, when we're down.
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