Carney responding to a question from a reporter actually states that extending unemployment benefits is a way to create jobs. It is about the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
Man these "leaders" are ticking me off. Stop giving away my money! STOP STOP STOP just STOP!!!
I have typed these kinds of messages before and just deleted them before I hit submit. Not this time...sorry guys and gals just venting.
"I understand why extending unemployment insurance provides relief to people who need it, but how does that create jobs," Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler asked Jay Carney at Wednesday's WH briefing.
Carney responded: "Oh, uh, it is by, uh, I would expect a reporter from the Wall Street Journal would know this as part of the entrance exam."
"There are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance," Carney said.
Carney answers the question: "It is one of the most direct ways to infuse money directly into the economy because people who are unemployed and obviously aren't running a paycheck are going to spend the money that they get. They're not going to save it, they're going to spend it. And with unemployment insurance, that way, the money goes directly back into the economy, dollar for dollar virtually."
"Every place that, that money is spent has added business and that creates growth and income for businesses that leads them to decisions about jobs, more hiring. So, there are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance, Carney said.
Carney says President Obama is pushing for unemployment benefits to be extended "as we continue to emerge from this recession."
Carney also says this is only one item of a "variety of things to grow the economy and create jobs."
Man these "leaders" are ticking me off. Stop giving away my money! STOP STOP STOP just STOP!!!
I have typed these kinds of messages before and just deleted them before I hit submit. Not this time...sorry guys and gals just venting.
"I understand why extending unemployment insurance provides relief to people who need it, but how does that create jobs," Wall Street Journal's Laura Meckler asked Jay Carney at Wednesday's WH briefing.
Carney responded: "Oh, uh, it is by, uh, I would expect a reporter from the Wall Street Journal would know this as part of the entrance exam."
"There are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance," Carney said.
Carney answers the question: "It is one of the most direct ways to infuse money directly into the economy because people who are unemployed and obviously aren't running a paycheck are going to spend the money that they get. They're not going to save it, they're going to spend it. And with unemployment insurance, that way, the money goes directly back into the economy, dollar for dollar virtually."
"Every place that, that money is spent has added business and that creates growth and income for businesses that leads them to decisions about jobs, more hiring. So, there are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance, Carney said.
Carney says President Obama is pushing for unemployment benefits to be extended "as we continue to emerge from this recession."
Carney also says this is only one item of a "variety of things to grow the economy and create jobs."
