Comment & Debate
Barack Obama. “We Can’t Afford to Wait”. February 9, 2009: “this plan will provide for extended unemployment insurance, health care and other assistance for workers and families who have lost their jobs in this recession. […] That will mean an additional $100 per month in unemployment benefits to more than 450,000 Indiana workers, extended unemployment benefits for another 89,000 folks who’ve been laid off and can’t find work, and job training assistance to help more than 51,000 people here get back on their feet. […] That is not only our moral responsibility – to lend a helping hand to our fellow Americans in times of emergency – but it also makes good economic sense. If you don’t have money, you can’t spend it. And if people don’t spend, our economy will continue to decline.”