Taking care of the American people should be our first priority. We spend billions and billions of dollars helping other countries, we should be spending that money at home first helping the unemployed. That money is being spent on housing, food and living expenses.
"CBO estimates that extending emergency unemployment benefits would raise gross domestic product (GDP) and employment in 2014 relative to what would occur under current law. Recipients of the additional benefits would increase their spending on consumer goods and services. That increase in aggregate demand would encourage businesses to boost production and hire more workers than they otherwise would, particularly given the expected slack in the capital and labor markets."
CBO article at: http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44929