Byron Dorgan: “Will Rogers said this a long time ago: The unemployed here ain't eating regular, but we will get round to them soon as…”

“Will Rogers said this a long time ago: The unemployed here ain't eating regular, but we will get round to them soon as we get everybody else fixed up OK. Now, while IBM, General Electric, and others are prepared, according to the House bill, to get hundreds of millions of dollars in tax cuts retroactively, last Friday it was announced that 415,000 people lost their jobs in October. What about those folks? When you talk about stimulating the economy, what about giving the people who lost their jobs some assistance? How about a helping hand to somebody who got a pink slip or a notice that said: By the way, you do a good job and I am glad you are here. It is just that our company is shrinking. We don't have as much business. So guess what, we don't have room for you. Tell your family tonight when you go home and sit at the supper table that you have lost your job. Tell them it is not your fault, that you worked hard, we appreciated you, but you can't go to work on Monday because you no longer have a job. What about those people?”