Reply #148: And, obviously you can't give me an answer as to what you...

[kjackson227]

would do if you were president under the same circumstances. Knowing that the Republicans have said they will do everything to see you, the president fail, would you chance them agreeing to extending unemployment benefits as they have done in the past??? Would you really roll the dice with 2M unemployed people's lives at stake??? I think the 2M unemployed took priority with this president, and rightly so. No, this will not create jobs, yes the wealthy will only get richer, but at the end of the day, the 2M unemployed was/is the focus of his decision.