In today's news is an article headlined Unemployment bill defeated in test vote. As usual, the AP has slanted its coverage so far that no one could actually recognize the truth after reading it.
The bill in question covers a long list of things. It accomplishes the doctor fix; this is the raise in compensation for doctors under medicare which was stripped out of the healthcare bill so that the Obamacrats could say it was revenue neutral. the bill also raises taxes on mangers of investment funds. It levies further taxes on oil produced in the USA. It sends aid to state and local governments. It has some tax breaks for small businesses. Lastly, it extends unemployment benefits for those out of work for over six months and keeps the temporary $25 per week raise in this compensation that Congress established on a temporary basis some months back. Less than ten percent of the bill deals with unemployment.
Despite the actual facts, AP writes about the bill as if those voting against it were in favor of hurting the unemployed. this really gets old fast. Unfortunately for the AP, there are few Americans left who believe the crap that AP calls news.
The most interesting thing about the vote is that over 20% of the senate democrats voted against the bill. Obama has lost his touch.
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