This past month, Senate Republicans filibustered against a bill to extend jobless benefits to over 2 million unemployed Americans, saying they were fiscally unwise and irresponsible given the current national deficit. It’s too bad all of these Republicans voted for Bush’s tax cuts:<\/p>\n

Cost of Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy for fiscal year 2010:<\/strong> $200 billion [source 1<\/a>, 2<\/a>] (Note: This only covers one year of the cost of Bush’s tax cuts, which are estimated to cost the US Treasury over $2.2 trillion if extended to 2020).<\/p>\n

Cost of jobless benefits for fiscal year 2010:<\/strong> $34 Billion [Source 1<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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See Also:<\/strong> Longer Unemployment Equals Worse Re-employment<\/a>, Chart Of The Day II<\/a>, Bush-Era Tax Cuts a Likely Campaign Theme<\/a>, Calls to extend Bush tax cuts face difficult pay-as-you-go reality<\/a>, Bold action to solve problems<\/a>, If Senate Republicans Really Care About Unemployed, Why Delay Benefits for 30 Hours After Passage is Assured?<\/a>, The Economy: “White House Predicts Record $1.47 Trillion Deficit”<\/a>, and White House Expects Unemployment Above 9% Until 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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This past month, Senate Republicans filibustered against a bill to extend jobless benefits to over 2 million unemployed Americans, saying they were fiscally unwise and irresponsible given the current national deficit. It’s too bad all of these Republicans voted for Bush’s tax cuts: Cost of Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy for fiscal year 2010: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":530,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n