The Obama Years- A GOP love story

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The GOP is doing its best to destroy the state of NC.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/op...fb-share&_r=1&

In January, after the election of Pat McCrory as governor, Republicans took control of both the executive and legislative branches for the first time since Reconstruction. Since then, state government has become a demolition derby, tearing down years of progress in public education, tax policy, racial equality in the courtroom and access to the ballot.

The cruelest decision by lawmakers went into effect last week: ending federal unemployment benefits for 70,000 residents. Another 100,000 will lose their checks in a few months. Those still receiving benefits will find that they have been cut by a third, to a maximum of $350 weekly from $535, and the length of time they can receive benefits has been slashed from 26 weeks to as few as 12 weeks.

The state has the fifth-highest unemployment rate in the country, and many Republicans insulted workers by blaming their joblessness on generous benefits. In fact, though, North Carolina is the only state that has lost long-term federal benefits, because it did not want to pay back $2.5 billion it owed to Washington for the program. The State Chamber of Commerce argued that cutting weekly benefits would be better than forcing businesses to pay more in taxes to pay off the debt, and lawmakers blindly went along, dropping out of the federal program.

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Originally Posted by NC_Skins

The GOP is doing its best to destroy the state of NC.


http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/10/op...fb-share&_r=1&

Seems smart to me. Too many people riding the system and not even looking for a job. I'd love to know the number of how many people actually found a new job right about the time their unemployment ran out. My guess its pretty high. If you pay people to sit on their ass they will sit on thier ass.

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This is amazing.