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To: Murrey Walker who wrote (8350)	2/7/2012 11:31:37 AM
From: Steve Lokness	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

<<<Seems to me that many who are on unemployment are gaming they system.>>> there's that, but worse is that it makes us lazy to make the hard decisions. The high paying jobs some had - are gone for good and people can take unemployment from now until they die and they aren't coming back.

To: Murrey Walker who wrote (8350)	2/7/2012 11:35:18 AM
From: Bread Upon The Water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 85487

There's no doubt there is some gaming going on. But in the larger scheme of things it's looked at as holding it together and providing some safety net. Don't you think it's equitable that the Government seeks to bail out the little guy a bit also? The middle class is structurally under assault in America due to a combination of global economics and our own stupidity. If you agree with the proposition that as the middle class goes so goes the country then we need a few life boats in that direction while we figure out how to get them ashore. This is not just a Democratic/Republican problem. It's an all of us together problem.