WISH NUMBER ONE FOR 2010: ECONOMY RESTORATION AND ENOUGH REAL JOBS PAYING LIVABLE WAGES FOR ALL WHO NEED TO EARN A LIVING SO WE CAN END THIS NONSENSE ONCE AND FOR ALL.

WISH NUMBER TWO FOR 2010: NO BENEFITS REDUCTION WHILE EARNING SUPPLEMENTAL SURVIVAL WAGES—UNTIL THE ACQUISITION OF PERMANENT JOBS PAYING LIVABLE WAGES FOR ALL WHO NEED TO EARN A LIVING.

WISH NUMBER THREE FOR 2010: TAX-EXEMPT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR THE DURATION UNTIL FULL TIME WORK IS ESTABLISHED.

Congress, The Senate and The President ought to pass a law: You should be able to supplement your unemployment insurance benefits income with a survival job if you have the chance to do so, without penalty of losing any of your benefits.

Un-employment benefits should be paid in full without penalty if people find part time work or sell self-made consumer goods on the side while receiving unemployment benefits. I feel it’s unfair to penalize those rendered jobless by taking away benefits, or, as the labor folks say, “budget it in” with your benefits, accordingly, against what you earn to supplement your support, from whatever temporary or part time job you may find to try and sustain yourself. After all, senior citizens are allowed to work and collect government benefits called “social security” at the same time after a certain age without penalty.

Why should the laid off, formerly working slob be punished?

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