Something Doesn't Seem Right..

After the U-S House approved an extension to unemployment benefits to more than one-million American workers, Senate Republicans blocked it. Their reason: They want to know how we will pay for it. On the surface that sounds reasonable, but hold on.

Where were these Republicans when the Stimulus Bill was passed, along with the bailouts of the auto industry and Wall Street? Why was it okay to send the country into massive debt, but it's not okay to help out American workers who can't find work. It doesn't seem right.

I've heard a couple of conservative talk show hosts rail against extending benefits to the unemployed, but isn't it ironic that while they make tens of millions of dollars a year- each - they don't want the unemployed to receive several hundreds of dollars a month for a short amount of time.

I know, I know, some might say I just don't get it - we have to stop spending money we don't have. But don't we continue to send billions of dollars overseas to help the underprivileged? Then why can't we help our own until our economy recovers? It only seems right.

Bill Ratliff