Extending Unemployment

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Congress will vote today upon whether or not they should extend unemployment yet again. Now for those who have been searching for a job for months this is a great thing, but I have a couple issues. If this is to be extended again I believe that the people on it should be showing proof of several things. They need to be clean and sober (yes drug tests), and have proof that they are looking for a job. My cousins ex is why I feel this way. He has been on unemployment for almost a year thanks to the extensions. He has been denied visitation of his children due to his cocaine use during this time (guess whose money is paying for that, your tax dollars), all of his child support has come from unemployment and not only has he not been looking for a job he is adamant that he doesn't need one because the system is paying his bills. I am asking for people to contact their Congress reps. and put out there that higher standards need to be set for unemployment and other public support programs. There are illegals, dead beats, drug addicts and some who are working under the table all receiving these benefits at our tax payers expense. This is not only one of the reasons our country is in debt it is why so many Americans believe they are owed something when they have done nothing to earn it. Good people are denied help because there isn't enough money to go around while others who should not be getting it are. Please Americans wake up, speak up and do something before it is too late. Don't know how to contact your Rep. go to www.congress.org, there is a place for you to put in your zip code which will give you a list of your Congressmen and woman. Also you can explore and see what it is they are doing there in D.C.