Unemployment benefits now extend for 99 weeks or nearly two years. At some point the taxpayer needs to say 'enough'. Tbugs, I admire you for being a volunteer for the Salvation Army. There is no other charity that does so much for so little. However, I must ask if you worked steadily at it for two years, couldn't get a job working inside Wal-Mart in addition to your work as a bell ringer outside?

This is neither a Democrat or Republican issue. No one wants children to go hungry, heat to be cut off, etc. Rather, it is a question of how much can we afford and what we are doing to people by eliminating the incentive to go get a job and fend for themselves.

If you disagree, then can you tell me how long unemployment benefits should extend. They are already two years, should they extend for four years, eight years or perhaps for a lifetime?