Thursday, February 16, 2012

Obama, Democrats hail deal to slash unemployment benefits

Click here to access article by Barry Grey from World Socialist Web Site.

US media celebrates the latest attack on workers by framing their coverage of a Congressional bill as cutting worker taxes. But, here is the real story.
Presented by the Obama administration and the media as a boon to hard-pressed working Americans, the measure is in reality a cruel and punitive assault on the working class—in the first instance, those most severely impacted by nearly four years of mass unemployment.
Also, for more details on this bill, see this article from FireDogLake.