With No Republican Support, Democrats

 Intro Bill to Help Long-Term Unemployed 

Every week, 35,000 unemployed Americans reach 

the end of their insurance benefits without finding 

new jobs and join the ranks of a growing group 

of recession victims known as the “99ers

Wisconsin May Take an Ax to State Workers’

 Benefits and Their Unions -

First Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) announced a

 state budget plan that  strips state workers of nearly

 all their collective bargaining rights, cuts pay and

 benefit and says there will be no negotiations. 

Wisconsin’s Walker Calls for End

 of Collective Bargaining, Alerts National Guard 

Citing Wisconsin’s gaping budget shortfall for this year and 

even larger ones expected in the years ahead, Gov. Scott Walker

 proposed a sweeping plan on Friday to cut benefits for public employees

 in the state and to take away most of their unions’ ability to bargain.

Florida’s Unemployed Are Lazy Druggies, 

Say Republican and Business Leaders | 

All those unemployed citizens of Florida are the problem 

with the costs of unemployment insurance. They aren’t trying

 to get a job, and they may be drug addicts, according to 

Republican leaders and business lobbyists. This is the latest version

 of ‘blame the victim’ that’s gaining popularity.

Beyond Reason on the Budget -

After two years of raging at President Obama’s spending plans,

 House Republican leaders have finally revealed their real vision 

of small government: tens of billions in ideologically driven cuts

 to job training, environmental protection, disease control,

 crime protection and dozens of other critical functions that

 only the government can perform.