Reply #57: Its not "making an excuse". No excuse is needed. A 2 year limit is acceptable.

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I've been unemployed and collected unemployment. And regardless of who runs the government, there is no way I would expect to get benefits for more than 2 years. Thats just absurd. And if Obama HAD gotten it extended it for the 99ers, then you would be bitching and moaning about the 150ers.

There has to be a limit to how long someone can collect unemployment. There is no mathematical way around that. Two years is an entirely reasonable and acceptable limit.

And if someone really can't find a job after 2 years of trying hard and they have no other source of income, there ARE other aid options they can apply for that aren't unemployment.

Theres liberalism and then theres just utter ridiculousness. Expecting unemployment to last forever does not fall into the category of the first.