OLD: Comprehensive Social Security Reform Act (See new thread: Reference Only)

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Nay

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I usually get excited when Yankee PMs me. We go way back. I remember when he was but a young tike in the RPP eager to get his feet wet in the process. Today, my phone buzzed and it said I had a PM from him, and naturally my tail started wagging because I thought something important happened in the RPP.

Instead, it was just a stern reminder of my delinquency. I'll admit this bill doesn't really turn me on too much, and frankly I'm no expert in unemployment compensation (if that's what UI means, if it doesn't, I'm not going to make sense here). I will say that it can't run indefinitely. Both my mother and father's girlfriend work in the recruiting industry, and many of them have had one on one interaction with people who will not work because the salary that comes with that job is not much higher than the unemployment rate. At some stage, we have to cut it off to push people back to work. How long should it last? Who the hell knows. I should leave it to the experts here because all I have is anecdotal evidence which is pretty much worthless in this debate.

I do agree with Marokai that there's no point in lowering it by 10%. Just leave it at 50% and don't lose sleep over the difference. If there are specific questions I need to answer, I'll be happy to. Just understand the reason I haven't participated in this bill so much is because it seems like many of my colleagues understand the process much better than me.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

Nay

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

This bill is ridiculous. Kudos to whoever has the time and drive to rewrite it. Just PM me when the final vote is held.

[Fmr. Pres. Duke]

I would favor that. At it is, this bill is too much of a mess for many of us to tackle in its current state.