#5 Barack Obama

Who doesn’t like Barack Obama? After eight years of rule under He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named almost everybody has to like something about the new president and his promise of change. So, Barack, spare the unemployed some change and help a brother and sister out. Everyone is counting on Obama to pave the way towards an economic recovery plan and while we await that, the unemployed have a few simple requests. First, Mr. President, please make all unemployment benefit checks tax-free, so that after six months of collecting meagerly proportioned amounts of what used to be made when gainfully employed, those who have yet to find jobs will not be responsible for owing money they do not have. Second, please wave that magical wand of yours and do something about increasing unemployment benefits to livable amounts because those scales have not been updated in many moons. Third, please make it easy for those who have grown accustomed to “easy living off the government ” to extend their unemployment benefits indefinitely, or until they feel like going back to work.

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