More than a million unemployed Americans are about to get the cruelest of Christmas Ă ‚¬Ĺ"gifts.Ă ‚¬ ť TheyĂ ‚¬ „ re about to have their unemployment benefits cut off. You see, Republicans in Congress insist that if you havenĂ ‚¬ „ t found a job after months of searching, it must be because you arenĂ ‚¬ „ t trying hard enough. So you need an extra incentive in the form of sheer desperation. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.