Perverse Incentives, Fiscal Consequences of Unemployment Benefits Should Factor Into Coverage

Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) is dismissive of any suggestion that says extending unemployment benefits will create perverse incentives and discourage Americans from seeking work. Detailed economic studies that say otherwise have yet to find expression in the New York Times. Political figures should also be asked why they are reticent to enact offsetting spending cuts that would alleviate additional debt... Will the extension of unemployment benefits further add to the deficit and undermine long ...

Big Spending Republicans are “Moderates,” Sen. Bunning a “Obstructionist”

When the history of this period is written, Sen. Jim Bunning (R-KY) is likely to stand out from the pack of big spenders as a taxpayer advocate who helped point the way to fiscal renewal at his own political expense. Unfortunately, Bunning's principled, economically sound stand against extending unemployment benefits does not go over well with big government apologists at The New York Times... Americans who have rightly called out the federal government for reckless over-spending and mismanag...