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2/25/2009
I thought Wisconsin was supposed to be cutting back?
Update: (2/26) Stateline provides excellent discussion of unemployment benefits in 50 states, including impact of those policies on share of federal stimulus available to individual states. A brand new program, courtesy of our federal government, the 'stimulus' package, recover and recuperate, or whatever it is. Unbelievable. Governor Doyle, with hardly a blink, is accepting federal bribe money to keep Wisconsin's unemployment fund solvent. In exchange, we get a brand newly enlarged unemployment program, that Wisconsin now needs to fund forever.
The federal economic stimulus bill holds $89 million for Wisconsin if the state expands eligibility for unemployment payments, a move that could add 14,000 beneficiaries to the program under one estimate.
In recent days some Republican governors have said they wouldn’t expand unemployment eligibility in their states to capture the new federal money. The GOP governors said they didn’t want their states to be on the hook for paying additional unemployment benefits after the new federal money runs out in a couple of years.
Gov. Jim Doyle told reporters Monday that he supported expanding eligibility to capture the federal money.
"As I’ve been informed, the changes we would make are very, very minor and we intend to comply," Doyle said. "This is help that goes directly to people who are unemployed, so I’m going to do what I can to help people who are unemployed."
But Rep. Christine Sinicki, D-Milwaukee, chairwoman of the Assembly Labor Committee, said she is concerned about the long-term costs of the changes.
"Right now it may look good, but in the long run it may cost us more in the end," Sinicki said.
I think Bobby Jindal knows what he's doing. How do we in Wisconsin stop the train?
Jo Egelhoff, FoxPolitics.net
COMMENTS
It is always easy to suggest benefit reduction when one is not standing in the lines waiting for an opportunity to feed ones family absent a job. The people who will benefit from the extended benefits are our neighbors and friends. We can ignore them and simply provide them with moral support as their lives disintegrate before our very eyes. I am more than willing to bite the bullet along with them and provide the support necessary to keep their heads above water. This callous approach to our brothers and sisters is the stuff of disaster. I work everyday with the victims of the current economy and know them to be good decent citizens who through no fault of their own have found themselves out of work, frightened, depressed and under resourced. Perhaps we should just let them eat cake!
billie (Wed Feb 25 08:05:42 2009)
Big Government believers will always do what is embedded in their genes - spend more and take more at every opportunity. It is an unstoppable train.
Those who believe in restraint should start keeping an eye on those states who are exercising fiscal discipline and figuring out which look most attractive. The founding fathers planned for this type of scenario and an increasing number of states are seriously discussing their sovereignty. It's the right thing for the leaders of fiscally conservative states to do, and those of us who are like-minded should be planning our move to live in a place that governs in a suitable manner.
Remember 'freedom of association'? This is part of it.
Jeff Riedl (Wed Feb 25 08:09:43 2009)
Jeff - you're almost on the right track. The time has come for those of us with like ideas to forcefully insist that the federal government get out of the states business. Please check out this link from the last session of the State Legislature:
http://search.legis.wisconsin.gov:8765/cs.html?url=http%3A//www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/SJR-21.pdf&charset=iso-8859-1&qt=state sovereignty resolution&col=legis rsb&n=2&la=en
Senator Liebham has again introduced the same resolution, but our liberal friends in Disneyland Midwest won't be discussing it at any length.
Check back in two years and let's see if the double-digit inflation, combined with double-digit unemployment won't convince lots of Americans that the liberals weren't ALL crooks - they were just all idiots!
Duke (Wed Feb 25 09:57:08 2009)
Jo: Greetings from SW Florida. From 1700 miles away, it's pretty easy to see how Doyle is closing his "Budget Hole". $2.3B in new taxes, and the rest from Pres.Obama. This Guy NEVER intended to seriously cut spending, and that's pretty sad, given the poor state of Wisconsin's business climate.
The data suggests we lose 35000 Retirees a year (Half of them Public Employees, watch that number dramatically escalate!)
GL Schilling (Wed Feb 25 11:46:27 2009)
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