FLASHBACK: Jindal Supported Federal Unemployment Funding After Katrina Devastated His District
On Friday, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) announced that he would reject roughly $100 million in unemployment assistance from the federal recovery package, claiming the aid would lead to a tax hike on businesses. Jindal's decision ensured that at least 25,000 unemployed Lousiana residents would not be eligible for unemployment insurance.
As the congressman representing parts of Lousiana devastated by Hurricane Katrina, Jindal actively sought assistance from the federal government. Yesterday on MSNBC's Countdown, Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) called the Republican Party a "heartless and insensitive organization" and criticized Jindal for rejecting the unemployment funds. Jindal, she noted, was singing a different tune about unemployment aid when Katrina hit his district:
WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ: This is a guy, who while I served with him in Congress, voted for that [unemployment] assistance twice, and is certainly willing to take funding from the federal when people are out of a job and out of their home as a result of a hurricane, but not willing to take that assistance when his constituents are out of a job and out of a home as a result of this economic crisis. I'm not sure what the difference is. A crisis is a crisis.
rest http://thinkprogress.org/2009/02/24/jindal-unemployment-insurance-katrina/
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