Unemployment
Lines Surge With Republicans
Washington, DC-- A day after the general
elections in which Americans overwhelmingly voted Republicans out of office,
lines at unemployment offices around the country have been swelling with
unemployed Republican politicians and their administrative workers.
Unemployment benefits are suddenly looking attractive to these laid off Republicans. While usually looked down upon as being reserved for Americans on the dole, these benefits are now in vogue with the GOP crowd, now that their fortunes have changed.
As they say, it is funny how things can change in one day. While only one day ago when President Bush was busy touting how we need to stay the course in Iraq
and that the economy is strong, the lines at unemployment offices around the county where reported to be average. Two days later, having been swept out of office with a nation-wide size push broom, the average wait for processing of unemployment benefit requests has swelled from one hour to over five days at many Department of Labor offices around the country.
In the nation’s capital city, where there is a mass concentration of laid off Republican workers, lines at the unemployment office on Pennsylvania Avenue were seen stretching out the door and down the block. In line, not many of the unemployed political workers were interested in commenting on their situation. For many, who were still in shock, this was the first time in their lives where they were looking to the government for support.
Red Tractor USA did find one person in line who wished to remain anonymous, that stated “This is a shock to many of us. Even on Tuesday morning we were being told of secret polls that the White House had access to, indicating that the Republicans would actually pick up seats in both houses.”
Inside the unemployment office, the manger of the Washington DC branch reported that the lines were expected to be long for the remainder of the year. In addition to the wave of unemployed Republicans, the long lines were also contributed to recent budget cuts by the Bush administration.
The flood of laid off Republican workers is not expected to effect the nation's overall unemployment figures since the vacated positions will be quickly filled with the same number of Democrat appointed workers.
By David Kruk
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