Spat with Perdue exposes (more) GOP mismanagement

Solving NC's unemployment woes by promoting the denial of benefits:

The suspension of the rules Wednesday stemmed from a June 23 letter from the U.S. Department of Labor to state officials. It raised concerns about provisions in the bill that would have given employers 30 days to protest claims made by former workers and language specifying what kind of misconduct would warrant a person from being disqualified for receiving benefits.

You know, it's bad enough Republicans have done absolutely zilch in the area of job creation. But this less-than-human approach to policy could actually encourage companies to terminate employees. And it's no big surprise that such an anti-worker rule would run into Federal trouble:

Federal law limits circumstances for disqualification and state unemployment benefit officials must determine a denial of benefits on a case-by-case basis.

I realize the scope of this story was supposed to be about a kerfluffle between Bev and the demolitions team operating out of the Capitol building. But the root of the problem is bad ideology, from which bad ideas spring, resulting in bad legislation.

If Senator Rucho really wanted to assign blame where it's due, he need only look in a mirror.