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The layoff announcement from American is part warning and part threat.

The White House is pushing to cut unemployment benefits, keep the stimulus bill under $1 trillion — and give a big tax cut to people with jobs.

Thanks to enhanced unemployment benefits — which Republicans are fighting to end — personal income actually rose in the U.S. last month.

The president is open to providing a little more aid to states (something many Republicans want) in exchange for capital gains tax cuts.

The Democrats are holding up the passage of the stimulus legislation because of left wing ideology they want crammed in there.

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