The GOP in Congress continue to hold extension of unemployment insurance, UI, in exchange for "CUTS."
Ok, here's a cut - Corporate Welfare.
Koch Brother's CATO Institute says Corporate Welfare costs the Taxpayer close to $100Billion per year. Using simple math, that comes to $25 Billion every 3 months.
Corporate welfare in the federal budget costs taxpayers almostThink about it:
$100 Billion a year.~Tad DeHaven CATO Institute. July 25, 2012
Extending the unemployment insurance will cost $6 Billion for 3 months.
Corporate Welfare costs $25 Billion for 3 months.
Think about this:
Extending UI would cost $24 Billion for 12 months ... 12 months
Corporate Welfare costs $25 Billion for 3 months ... 3 months.
So, theoretically, mathematically:
IF: We cut Corporate Welfare for just 3 months ($25B)
THEN: We could "pay for" Unemployment Insurance extension for 12 months.
The "what to cut" question is simple ... we know what to "cut" in order to satisfy the "how ya gonna pay for it" crowd ... we cut Corporate Welfare (Duh).
So why doesn't anyone in the media make that simple point to the rightwinged GOP when they start whining about "how ya gonna pay for UI?"