It's Not Just Poor People Getting Hosed When Congress Lets Unemployment Insurance Expire
David Torian is an Ivy League-educated lawyer and a onetime chief of staff to then-Rep. Michael McNulty (D-N.Y.). He has 23 years of experience in congressional and government relations, witnessed and practiced politics at the highest level, and has been well compensated along the way.
On Dec. 28, he will also be among the 1.3 million Americans who will lose their long-term federal unemployment insurance benefits.
Unemployment is not just a blue collar problem. As Torian's experience shows, it can affect even Beltway power players. And it comes without much,...