BOSTON -- While Republicans at the national level have stood in the way of unemployment benefits, here in Massachusetts, Republican candidate for governor Charlie Baker is also aligned with the national GOP and recently spoke out against extending these benefits.
Baker has also proposed to increase the number of weeks you must have worked in order to be eligible for benefits from 15 to 20 weeks. That means over 12,000 Massachusetts workers would have lost their benefits in 2009 had Baker's proposal been enacted. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray today released a statement on Charlie Baker's recent out-of-touch comments and positions on providing unemployment insurance for Massachusetts workers:
"People who are eligible for unemployment, have a proven work history and played by the rules, need unemployment benefits now more than ever to pay their bills and put food on the table. In addition to being a desperately needed lifeline for the unemployed and their families, it also supports our local businesses because those funds are going directly into the Massachusetts economy.
"It is sad that Charlie Baker has aligned himself with national Republicans on this issue and wants to deny extending unemployment insurance for Massachusetts workers. This is further evidence that Charlie Baker is woefully out-of-touch with the needs of regular people."
(Source: AP: Gov. Patrick backs Obama in jobless benefits extension)
Baker has also proposed to increase the number of weeks you must have worked in order to be eligible for benefits from 15 to 20 weeks. That means over 12,000 Massachusetts workers would have lost their benefits in 2009 had Baker's proposal been enacted. Lt. Gov. Tim Murray today released a statement on Charlie Baker's recent out-of-touch comments and positions on providing unemployment insurance for Massachusetts workers:
"People who are eligible for unemployment, have a proven work history and played by the rules, need unemployment benefits now more than ever to pay their bills and put food on the table. In addition to being a desperately needed lifeline for the unemployed and their families, it also supports our local businesses because those funds are going directly into the Massachusetts economy.
"It is sad that Charlie Baker has aligned himself with national Republicans on this issue and wants to deny extending unemployment insurance for Massachusetts workers. This is further evidence that Charlie Baker is woefully out-of-touch with the needs of regular people."
(Source: AP: Gov. Patrick backs Obama in jobless benefits extension)
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