MYRTLE BEACH - South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint met with Myrtle Beach leaders to discuss many issues including tax rates and unemployment benefits extensions, Monday.
“This affects everyone,” DeMint said. “I'm afraid a lot of people are thinking we're just talking about raising taxes on the rich. This affects everyone down to the lowest level of income.”
DeMint said raising taxes on the rich will impact many small business owners who employ low and middle income citizens, and a temporary extension, he said, won't suffice.
“We don't have a temporary economy in America, and if you just extend our rates even two years, it doesn't give businesses the time to plan to open major new facilities,” said DeMint.
The senator also said extending unemployment benefits that aren't paid for isn't helping add new jobs.
“We can't just keep paying people to stay at home,” said DeMint. “We've got to create economic activity to allow businesses to grow so they can hire people.”
Meanwhile, workforce centers across the nation see thousands of people that are affected by the benefits.
Myrtle Beach Workforce Center employees said that the government needs to come up with a final decision on whether or not to extend the benefits and quit playing around with people's ways of income.
“It’s only fair to American public to give them a true estimate, a true value of when its going to end," said Tony Johnson, Myrtle Beach Workforce Center.
Political figures said, at least for the time being, a time limit is impossible to know.
"I'd just encourage people to stay at it,” said DeMint. “Keep looking for jobs and, hopefully, going into the New Year they'll find it.”
Meanwhile, Congress will likely go into the New Year without permanent solutions.
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