Yep, It's A Head-Scratcher, All Right
Economic Lysenkoist J.D. Foster has a beef with President Obama's criticism of the latest bit of Republican obstructionism:
With a vote on a $33.9 billion extension of jobless benefits pending in the Senate, Obama’s attack is to charge Republicans with opposing the extension. Why would he do that, given that congressional Republicans have stated repeatedly that they support the extension?
Um, maybe because they're filibustering it?
Maybe because they declare that the extension has to be deficit-neutral but that tax cuts for the rich don't have to be?
Maybe because they don't offer any changes to the bill that would make it deficit-neutral, but simply declare their opposition?
Maybe because these "supporters" are saying things like this:
"Continuing to pay people unemployment compensation is a disincentive for them to seek new work," Sen. Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) said during a floor debate this spring.
Republican Rep. Tom Price of Georgia said on CNN on Monday that some economists had warned there could be a "moral hazard" in prolonged aid to jobless Americans.
I know these clowns have to spin for their own side, but you have to ask yourself: who the hell are they trying to convince?
