The extension of jobless benefits and related provisions to aid the unemployed are projected to cost $33.9 billion over 10 years.
The Social Security Fund provides pensions for workers, invalids, and soldiers, assists workers during illness or temporary disability, and aids the unemployed.
A29 Trade and the Economy House Republican leaders offered to spend about $25 billion to aid the unemployed, as the two main economic issues -- trade powers for the president and stimulating the economy -- merged in furious horse trading.
The commission recommends, true to its charge, cuts in entitlement spending — that is, the programs established in 1935 and later years to aid the unemployed, aged, disabled and sick.
This week the party's Senate leadership stopped pretending that it cares about deficits, stating explicitly that while we can't afford to aid the unemployed or prevent mass layoffs of schoolteachers, cost is literally no object when it comes to tax cuts for the affluent.
To aid the unemployed, the city allocated funds starting in 1930 toward relief operations.
To aid the unemployed, Obama proposed a new initiative to train and place 2 million workers in jobs through partnerships with businesses and community colleges, based on existing programs in cities like Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Orlando and Louisville, Ky.
In a tight budgetary environment, this spending will come at the expense of other priorities -- from deficit reduction to infrastructure investment to aid to the unemployed.
One is to develop robust guidelines for evaluating programs that aid the unemployed.
The White House has previously called for a much broader range of policies to aid the long-term unemployed and help American workers upgrade their skills, including the American Jobs Act released in the fall.
