Congress extended the cuts in payroll taxes and unemployment benefits for only two months.
In many parts of Europe, by contrast, firing workers is costly and unemployment benefits are generous.
In particular, the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits for the long-term unemployed are two important factors shaping the near-term outlook.
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These are voters who are more likely to support diversity, socially liberal policies and government programs like Medicaid, welfare and unemployment benefits.
Pell Grants cover tuition at almost every community college in the country, and unemployment benefits can help those studying to gain new skills to support their families at the same time.
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She has been both a polarizing and powerhouse figure in American politics, managing to pass most of the bills brought by the Obama administration, including the health care overhaul, Wall Street regulations and unemployment benefits extensions.
He added: "His great achievement were the years when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, before the First World War, and introduced unemployment benefits...those were his great achievements and it makes him the major figure in radical politics over the last 150 years".
Society also benefits from those higher earnings, which result in higher tax revenues and lower payments for unemployment benefits and income support.
Increased and extended unemployment benefits reduce the cost of failing to find a new job.
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It wasn't planning to help those who opposed issues including health-care legislation and extending unemployment benefits.
The principal virtue of these policies is to offset the effects of generous and extended unemployment benefits.
Higher growth reassures markets, increases tax revenues and reduces spending on unemployment benefits and other welfare payments.
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Government housing grants and extended unemployment benefits kept more workers off the market.
You just called on Congress not to leave until they resolve this issue over the payroll tax cuts and unemployment insurance benefits.
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He said he would cut taxes for the low-paid and trim unemployment benefits, but he also promised to preserve the Swedish model.
The government is also cutting an extra paycheck central-government workers receive each December, eliminating some tax breaks for home buyers and trimming unemployment benefits.
Democrats would get their wished-for extension of the tax cuts for the middle class (though they wanted the tax cuts to expire for the wealthy) and the unemployment benefits.
And it certainly includes keeping tax rates low for middle-class families and extending unemployment benefits to help those hardest hit by the downturn while generating more demand in the economy.
But there are certain things that are and always have been considered emergency spending, and extending unemployment benefits to those who have lost their jobs in the worst economic recession since the Great Depression certainly qualifies for that.
That was, however, in exchange for a bigger deal with Republicans for extending tax cuts for all but those at the top and continuing unemployment benefits, moves that, taken together, the Republicans have not publicly signaled they support.
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Mr. Peitersen, running an office with 36 creative staffers, said he has learned to appreciate go-getters, especially in a place like Denmark, where a social safety net and generous unemployment benefits shield many young people from the harsh realities of business.
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Unemployment benefits and extending unemployment insurance has and I believe rightfully should be considered emergency spending.
The court rejected a measure to scrap summer holiday bonuses for public sector workers and pensioners, as well as cuts to unemployment and sickness benefits.
Higher unemployment and lower wages also mean increased spending on means tested transfer payments including unemployment benefits and food stamps.
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In the poor Berlin neighborhood of Wedding, three out of four students and at least half the parents lived on unemployment benefits and welfare, even before the global economic crisis.
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And I have called for the extension of unemployment insurance and health benefits to help those who have lost their jobs weather these storms until we reach that brighter day.
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But training does not always yield a job, and even extended unemployment benefits expire eventually.
Unemployment and welfare benefits have also been cut, though not pensions.
Previous research in the U.S. suggests, for instance, that investment in job-training programs for unemployed workers and extensions in unemployment benefits have a dampening effect on suicide rates.
Since then, he has lived off unemployment and welfare benefits.
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