Unemployment payments come from unemployment insurance funds and are not a handout."
My point with my original statement was the fact that those unemployment payments are NOT coming from insurance funds since those funds are now depleted. Those extended unemployment benefits are, at this time a handout, and at the minimum are taking money from someone else, who, given the current debt situation, has yet to be born let alone work a single day of his/her life. The question raised by the congressman is still valid -- why add even more to this debt when unspent Porkulus funds are still available?