Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be...
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what an ass...the hammer is a joke... if most of the unemployed don't want to work, why are there lines out the door at job fairs and why are 3000 people applying for 50 positions at a company where i live?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/201003 ... ost/489050
Sam Stein – Sun Mar 7, 11:06 am ET
Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay called Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) "brave" on Sunday for launching a one-man filibuster of unemployment benefits, arguing that they dissuaded people from going out and finding work.
Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," the Texas Republican said that Bunning's fiscal responsibility was commendable, even if his shenanigans (refusing to allow unemployment benefits to be considered by unanimous consent) nearly brought the Senate to a halt.
"Nothing would have happened if the Democrats had just paid for [the benefits]," Delay said. "People would have gotten their unemployment compensation. I think Bunning was brave in standing up there and taking it on by himself."
Asked whether it was bad strategy to make a budget stand on a $10 billion extension of unemployment (as opposed to, say, the Bush's $720 billion prescription drug package), Delay insisted that if the PR had been done right, Bunning would have been applauded. Helping the unemployed with federal assistance, he said, was unsound policy.
"You know," Delay said, "there is an argument to be made that these extensions, the unemployment benefits keeps people from going and finding jobs. In fact there are some studies that have been done that show people stay on unemployment compensation and they don't look for a job until two or three weeks before they know the benefits are going to run out.
Host Candy Crowley: Congressman, that's a hard sell, isn't it?
Delay: it's the truth.
Crowley: People are unemployed because they want to be?
Delay: well, it is the truth. and people in the real world know it. And they have friends and they know it. Sure, we ought to be helping people that are unemployed find a job, but we also have budget considerations that are incredibly important, especially now that Obama is spending monies that we don't have.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/201003 ... ost/489050
Sam Stein – Sun Mar 7, 11:06 am ET
Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay called Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) "brave" on Sunday for launching a one-man filibuster of unemployment benefits, arguing that they dissuaded people from going out and finding work.
Appearing on CNN's "State of the Union," the Texas Republican said that Bunning's fiscal responsibility was commendable, even if his shenanigans (refusing to allow unemployment benefits to be considered by unanimous consent) nearly brought the Senate to a halt.
"Nothing would have happened if the Democrats had just paid for [the benefits]," Delay said. "People would have gotten their unemployment compensation. I think Bunning was brave in standing up there and taking it on by himself."
Asked whether it was bad strategy to make a budget stand on a $10 billion extension of unemployment (as opposed to, say, the Bush's $720 billion prescription drug package), Delay insisted that if the PR had been done right, Bunning would have been applauded. Helping the unemployed with federal assistance, he said, was unsound policy.
"You know," Delay said, "there is an argument to be made that these extensions, the unemployment benefits keeps people from going and finding jobs. In fact there are some studies that have been done that show people stay on unemployment compensation and they don't look for a job until two or three weeks before they know the benefits are going to run out.
Host Candy Crowley: Congressman, that's a hard sell, isn't it?
Delay: it's the truth.
Crowley: People are unemployed because they want to be?
Delay: well, it is the truth. and people in the real world know it. And they have friends and they know it. Sure, we ought to be helping people that are unemployed find a job, but we also have budget considerations that are incredibly important, especially now that Obama is spending monies that we don't have.
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"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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Godfather.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
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i suppose a start would be to get these infrastructure projects going, and the wind and solar power jobs that have been proposed.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
I was unemployed once 12 years ago for 5 weeks and in order to get an unemployment check here in the DC metro area. I had to check into the office twice a week and had to have been on at least 2 interviews with verification or no checks were sent out. You also could NOT work part time while receiving an unemployment check or else you would have a court date and faced a severe fine $550 I think. I'm sure some take advantage of the system but for many it's a needed asset in today's bleak employment situations.
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I agree with this to some extent. Though I think it ultimately comes down to the individual case. In England, if you're unemployed you get your Dole check every two weeks + you get your rent paid. I knew some loser who lived just across the street from his parents who spent every day sitting on his arse drinking beer for about 10 years. He also used to deliberately aggravate his neighbours by pounding on the floor and causing a shit load of trouble for the other people in the building. The way I see it, he should not have been entitled to his own flat, but should have been made to live with his parents.
People who get handed money and a place to live for free, and who then abuse that privilege, should be kicked on the street.
I'm sure there are some people who don't want to be on unemployment forever, but anyone I've ever known who's been on unemployment, milked it to some degree.
You know who a lot of those 'unemployed leeches'... that you show so much callous distain for... are?
War veterans.
Yes, war verterans... young men and women who fought the war you support... that came home and cannot find a job here.
...
fuck 'em... right?
Hail, Hail!!!
I'm not in favor of continually extending the unemployment benefits due to the so-called severity of the so-called recession. Let the people who do not work just transfer over to welfare.
...are those who've helped us.
Right 'round the corner could be bigger than ourselves.
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probably some people do take advantage of it but there just aren't many jobs. my parents live in virginia where the unemployment is 1 of the lowest in the country, 6%. my dad said there was a job fair the other week and hundreds of people showed up, so many they had to turn people away and not allow them in. i think to a lot they see it as they can either get a shitty job paying less or practically the same they are getting on unemployment so they figure they will wait to find a better job.
like i said, i'm sure there are lots of people not looking for work but it's ignorant to assume everyone is doing that
what are you but my reflection? who am i to judge or strike you down?
"I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I will do. I will get our troops home. We will bring an end to this war. You can take that to the bank." - Barack Obama
when you told me 'if you can't beat 'em, join 'em'
i was thinkin 'death before dishonor'
How things have changed.
i don't know where you are going but there are plenty of english speakers and bilingual folks working at the mcdonalds' in my area...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
not cynical just realistic, I agree with you about the people that have mortgage's and credit card debt
and some people just don't want unemployment checks but then there are some people that will do anything not to work.
Godfather.
you have got to be kidding me right ! don't add your bullshit to my post,I have family and friend's in the military mother fucker save your bullshit for the someone else.
Godfather.
i think cosmo was saying that "that is grattitude for ya" when these vets risk their lives overseas and are repaid by not getting hired by anyone back at home...
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
yeah your right, I'm chillin.
I wasn't pointing out any group of people as lazy but if you think that they're not out there you not looking hard enough and as I said in my first post I think it would be stupid to take away and unemployment bennies
at this point,there are too many hard working people that have paid their due's in life then got the rug pulled out from underneath them and they need help.
Godfather.
Unemployment higher among young war veterans
Associated Press Writer - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON -- The Labor Department says the unemployment rate for young Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was 21.1 percent last year.
That's well above the 16.6 percent jobless rate for non-veterans of the same ages, 18 to 24.
Difficulty finding work can make the adjustment to life back home even more challenging for war veterans. Some have struggled with addictions and homelessness.
For veterans of all ages from the recent wars, the unemployment rate was 10.2 percent.
The national unemployment rate last year was 9.3 percent, the highest since 1983.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
He's a thief anyway and then he has the balls to talk about who is collecting money. He has no problem taking money that he isn't suppose to.
Garbage in, garbage out.
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
i think cosmo was saying that "that is grattitude for ya" when these vets risk their lives overseas and are repaid by not getting hired by anyone back at home...[/quote]
I was out of work - permanent work - for two years. And yes, I was on unemployment. I can tell you from personal experience that you can live only the simplest of lives while on it. ie., no cable tv, no internet service, no cell phone service etc. I don't know how anybody with a mortgage and car payment, plus a family survives on it.
That said, Vets get first consideration for all Federal government positions and right now there are literally thousands of opportunities out there. Yes, you may have to move, but Federal positions offer decent pay for the most part and fantastic benefits - which is worth a lot if you have a family.
I know for a fact that Vets ARE getting first consideration for these positions because hiring managers have told me so. I'm highly qualified for what I do, and never got to the interview stage due to priorities for veterans. I'm NOT saying they don't deserve first consideration. I am saying that there are some damn good jobs out there just waiting for a vet to apply.
If Vets are having a hard time finding work, they aren't looking in the right places. Tell your veteran friends to go online to JobsUSA. Yes, it can take hours to fill out your first application, but if they really want to work, they'll do it.
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