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‘Spread the Recovery’ Labor Sec: Keeping People on Unemployment for Almost Two Years Is Gov Moral Obligation
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Pawsupday
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:13pmI grew up with …..“You make a JOB of finding a JOB”. And then when you get a JOB and it’s not the “one” well then you “Don’t quite your JOB till you have the “one”! Now unemployment is a MORAL issues?
Report Post »mikenleeds
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:13pmunemployment encourages people to ride it and not job hunt so let s take that welfare money can create some new jobs with it so they will have a job to go too
Report Post »alienguns
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:12pmI have a friend that has an oilfield service company…he was trying to hire people for the jobs he had lined up. he was paying $26.00/hr…..he got NO takers..he even called people that he new personally that were out of work and they told him…………….call me back when my benefits run out!!!….if benefits are unending people will stay on them rather than work…..
Report Post »alienguns
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:16pmhe ended up turning work down because he couldn’t find enough employees to hire
Report Post »stinkybisquit
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:12pmWant to know what makes it worse? This could include supporting (drumroll):
Keith Olbermann.
Report Post »Seagal45
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:09pmI feel bad for everyone who has lost their job but come on!! Get out there and flip burgers if you have to, these entitlements are killing us. I agree with post above, if they took this money and put it toward REALLY creating jobs we would not be in this mess. I’m sick of paying for people who can but will not work no matter what the job is. You have leeched off the system long enough, get your ass off the couch and DO something. You are a SLAVE to the system and a drain to those who are fortunate to still have a job.
Report Post »Rn mom
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:08pmWhat about this government’s moral obligation to our children and grandchildren? We traded the overt slavery of the past for financial slavery of today. The government has made itself master of the middle class.
Report Post »a true texan
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:07pm…and they say we are the stupid ones.
Report Post »carolinalockie
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:00pmYes, people who receive benefits must look for work, BUT, they do not have to take a job that pays less than they were making before. I was out of a job for 14 months after 9/11. My benefits ran out after 39 weeks. One month after Dems took over in 2006, I got an unexpected check in the mail. My benefits were being extended 10 more weeks. I was working at my new job 3 months when this happened. They just WANT to give money away. It makes THEM feel GOOD!
I had to find a job, never stopped looking while I was unemployed. I took a significant cut in pay, but I had a job.
Now, I’m self-employed. No body has a job, so they aren’t spending. I feel like I’m unemployed again.
Report Post »Thanks Obama.
JD Carp
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:00pm9.6% who’s numbers is this dip wad working off of? Spread the recovery, what recovery? Folks I got fired one time a long time ago, it took me half an hour to get another job. I am retired but I decided to go back to work for something to do. I went into the Home Depot near my house and got hired ON THE SPOT! You 99ers, get off your duffs and go to work. Believe me, t your parents want their basement back, and the incessant keyboard clicking to post you progressive hatred is driving them crazy! And go put on some clothes, you can’t get a job dressed in your jammies.
Report Post »alienguns
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 7:06pmlmao……I love it…well said
Report Post »KL
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:00pmQuite giving money away, this is why so many people in this country are getting lazy (constant unemployment) and fat (record amount of people on food stamps)!! NO wonder this country is getting worse and worse.
Report Post »whybother
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:57pm“moral obligation” two of a looters most powerful words. All you lib trolls out there take notice! These words are disgusting.
“I swear by my life and my love of it that i will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.”
Report Post »Now this is a motto that I live for, and with this headline I KNOW with all my being, that it is my responsibility to spread the word. To teach every person with ability the truth behind these words and the disgusting vulgarity which is “moral obligation”. I OWE YOU NOTHING!
ItsallaboutJesus
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:19pmAMEN to that!
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:39pmAtlas Shrugged. The time is coming soon.
Report Post »GOPatheist
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 9:11pmThen he will say to those on his left, ‘Depart from me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me.’ They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’ He will reply, ‘I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least among you, you did not do for me.’”
-Matthew 25:41-45
Report Post »Agentuntomyself
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 10:59pm@gopathiest
Report Post »I find it interesting that you call yourself an athiest(or is that just an ironic screenname?), yet you quote scripture to prove a point. Yes, you are reading that scripture correctly, we are under a directive as Christians to help the poor, and many do, but they do it privately and don’t announce it(that is also one of the teachings of Christ). I think what most people have a problem with is when others(i.e. the government) FORCE them to take care of the poor. If you want to talk about the gospel of Christ, this is in direct violation of what he also teaches about agency and the freedom to choose whether or not to follow those teachings. Additionally, it is particularly frustrating to those of us who do give a significant portion of our already tight incomes to help others and then have the government reach into our pockets and take more with the assumption that we wouldn‘t do it if they didn’t make us, AND to be accused by people like you of not caring about others.
fatpatriot
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 9:09am@GOPATHEIST
Report Post »You really missed the point of the scripture you quoted. The original greek translation of the term the least refers to the smallest either in stature or ability such as children and the infirm and the downtrodden. It does not mean we take as our responsibility the care and upkeep of those capable of caring or providing for themselves. I have more respect and compassion for those I see at the intersections panhandling than I do for those who will put forth ZERO effort to take care of themselves and wait for the next batch of “free” money. That is Sloth. I have no problem with providing help for those who can’t help themselves. I do have a problem with those who continually game the system to support their laziness. As a nation we are the most charitable and giving nation on Earth. Unfortunately there are millions of U.S. citizens who would take advantage of our charity and whine, piss and moan about their rights to free stuff .
printdesignchicago.com
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:55pmit‘s the government’s moral obligation to drastically reduce it’s size, STOP SPENDING and CUT TAXES (that’s right, not extend cuts, cut MORE) so WE, THE PEOPLE, can start regenerating OUR economy.
STOP ALL FOREIGN AID TO THOSE WHO WANT TO KILL US!
Report Post »unconsumed
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:12pmLast time I checked, we spend almost $25Billion/yr in foreign aid. A HUGE chuck of that going to Egypt. I can understand a lot going to Israel, but to Egypt??? What gives?
Report Post »Sunnyr
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:54pmThis is a crock of BS! I have found jobs in a 10% unemployment economy during my lifetime. They were not the jobs I wanted but they held me over until the economy improved and I could find the job I wanted and was qualified for. These 99′ers who are now unionizing are opportunistic slugs! Cut them off!
Report Post »Rita
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:50pmI‘d like to know when the American people who took out a bank loan they couldn’t afford, lost their home to foreclosure, declared bankruptsy, lost their job, etc. accept responsibility and quit blaming Bush for the economic collapse. Congress had the power to avoid it and so did the American people. I haven’t been on unemployment for 99 weeks but I lost my job due to the economic slow down and ignorance of others. I live in a small town and I thank God I get an unemployment check and I don’t feel guilty about it either.
Report Post »carolinalockie
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:06pm…and you shouldn’t feel ashamed, you actually earned part of it from your previous employer. I wish you well in your job search.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:41pmDo you live in Az?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:43pmWhy, because you put them there in the first place? Isn’t there a way to speed up the clock ’til 2012?
Report Post »God help us and the unemployed people who want to work but are victims of Obama economics.
Capitalist Mama
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 11:07amGrandma,
There ARE jobs available. Perhaps, companies are not paying as much, but there *are* jobs. I own a small business and am ALWAYS looking for new people. I am in the technology sector and pay very well, but can not find qualified candidates. My husband works at a very large corporation, and they have an openings field of probably 50 people for his office (his office has 300 right now).
Report Post »I think the problem is that we have gotten used to getting paid very high wages for not much work. Out in silicon valley, project and HR managers are crying about not finding $200K jobs. IMHO, that salary is out of line with that job title. It’s an unrealistic expectation. But there are plenty of project managers that make $50K-$120K depending on the part of the country and the size of the company.
Not all jobs are equal. Some jobs produce, and some jobs are support. I pay my “producers” higher rates than my “supporters” because producers directly add to my bottom line. If you can show that you add to the bottom line, you will get a job.
Pelicans View
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:41pmThe real destroyer of the liberties of the people is the one who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits. – Ronald Reagan
Report Post »El Paco
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:06pmAmen homes. Talk about destroying thought of duty to one’s nation.
Report Post »nofreeloader
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:41pmThe screen name says it all. I wish we could send all these entitlement types to california and then sell it (CA) back to Mexico.
Report Post »Pelicans View
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:51pmLet not your heart be troubled. When tan-master Boehner grabs the gavel, he’s going to whack these parasites back to work.
Report Post »unconsumed
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:40pmAt some point, if this country is going to make it, we are going to have to turn the job of charity back over to the churches and local institutions. The purpose of the federal government is not to ensure that everyone has equal levels of comfort.
Report Post »GOPatheist
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:00pmSo what do you think will happen when 40, 50 or even 100 million people with 2nd Amendment rightds find themselves part of a 2 tier system with obscene wealth at on end, a small middle class and homelessness and poverty on the other? This isn’t 1883. We have 400 million people living in the USA. If you marginalize 20% of them you create an enviornment ripe for anarchy. All this talk of the Weimar Republic brings about an obvious conclusion, socialized everything when the vast majority becomes desperate and vangful toward the exploitation of the priveledged class.
Report Post »Agentuntomyself
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:20pm@gopathiest,
Report Post »Totally agree about the situation coming to a head. We need to be very careful about how we deal with the economy in the next few years. We can’t just pull the rug out from under everthing. But we do need to start moving toward less regulation to help boost our manufacturing and bring more jobs back to the US. In my state, there are some very big companies setting up shop, because of the favorable tax situation for businesses. Than means more jobs in the very near future.
Polwatcher
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:40pmI know of a guy that is sitting at home (probably watching MSNBC while sipping a beer) collecting his unemployment and not looking for a job because he wants to get his old job back. His wife makes good money and is ready to throw him out of the house because he won’t work. The newspapers have plenty of jobs advertised here. It is time for people like him to face reality and just like the old Sha Na Na song “Get a Job”.
Report Post »ron the veteran
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:39pmhey miss sec of labor you work for us and its our money not the governments. its time to cut them off like everyone else. this is not your money to give out!
Report Post »shorthanded12
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:39pmThis is the same Secratary that advocated to ILLEAGALS that they have a right to work, housing and transportation evan gave out a toll free number to call. How far will PBO’s Administration go before someone says enough is enough. I hope Congressman Issa has this Labor Dept. on the list of investigations.
Report Post »Investinwater
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:38pmSo is staying on entitlements now considered jobs created or saved?
Report Post »unconsumed
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:38pmThey think that the government is supposed to act like a charity.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:29pmThe libs have a funny idea of charity. On Saturday my son and I will be at St Marys Food Bank filling food boxes for people who are in need. I have loaded the back of my Jeep with nonperishable food to donate. I wonder what the libs are going to be doing this weekend.
Report Post »mintyfresh
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:17ami love when my fellow americans don’t have enough money for food. i would really like to keep that extra little bit of my paycheck to help pay off my beamer. i mean, i have priorities!
in a land of plenty, where many have much more than they need, how do you argue against taking care of your fellow human beings? i believe we have a moral obligation to take care of those less fortunate – that’s my christian faith. how does someone who is a christian argue otherwise?? you can fill up your food pantry – that’s awesome! but the scope is not enough… so let’s do everything we can to help as many as we can.
Report Post »Zcat
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:36pmNo it is NOT! Thank God some sanity was restored November 2
Report Post »MaestroDaae
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:48pmgiven some of the results in California I’d say that sanity is conserved ;)
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 10:13pmI’ve heard too many stories about people who would rather stay home and draw unemployment until it plays out. This is disgusting and it‘s no wonder I don’t feel sorry for those who need more than 6 months to get back on their feet. Maybe it won’t be their old job or pay as good, but a job is a job. Many college graduates (not eligible for unemployment) have 2 or more jobs to make do until we start hiring in this country again. If they can make do with jobs not in their line, so can the unemployed workers. Help yourselves and stop breeding off the public funds. Cut lawns, rake leaves, sweep sidewalks, wash dishes, cook hamburgers, etc. There are jobs, just not what they want.
Report Post »Pericles
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 7:31pmYou’re absolutely correct. Thank goodness the nutjob, Angle, did not win here in Nevada. Hopefully Reid will get back to business and amend healthcare to include single payer and to create real financial reform to rein in big banks.
Report Post »Sandy
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:33pmThey feel that way because they know Obamanomics made things worse…..GET government out of the way!!!!
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:46pmI know of a guy that is sitting at home (probably watching MSNBC while sipping a beer) collecting his unemployment and not looking for a job because he wants to get his old job back. His wife makes good money and is ready to throw him out of the house because he won’t work. The newspapers have plenty of jobs advertised here. It is time for people like him to face reality and just like the old Sha Na Na song “Get a Job”.
Report Post »RAISINGCONSERVATIVES
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:50pmThe thing is is by giving people this almost “unlimited” ammount of unemployment, what incentive do they have to go back to work? Unemployment is supposed to be temporary. It used to be that people knew that they had a certain time frame to get back to work and they worked their butt off to find a job. If they know that it is not going to run out anytime soon then they won’t go back to work. There are jobs out there, they might not be at the same ammount that they made before but it is honest work. Where are these people’s pride?
Report Post »And I can say this because my husband lost his job and was on Unemployment and took a job that pays less but at least he is making his own way.
HKS
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:51pmHow about using that hand out money to subsidize some manufacturing and put people back to work instead of handouts. Even if we have to pick up half the manufacturing cost to be competitive worldwide would that not be better than a handout? With all the stimulus money we have pissed away we could have started up all 42,000 shutdown plants, subsidized the output and had everyone back to work and the Chinese on welfare. Just saying in a them or us scenario, I choose us. But them I’m and American.
Report Post »SgtB
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 3:55pmI am a USMC veteran and left the service in January so that I could go about my life, go to school, etc. I could have been on unemployment all this time, but do you know what I did. I GOT A JOB! It doesn’t pay near the same as my past employment, but I was able to get a full time job that paid my bills. These lame morons who can’t get a job probably need to take a good long look in the mirror and ask themselves…
Is it me? Could I possibly be the reason that I’m not working? Do I need to start small and rebuild my work ethic? Maybe I should try to make my future employers more money so that I can make more. Yeah, that’s it! I should make myself a useful asset to someone and then I’ll never be without a job!
But extending jobless benefits?!? That is not what I pay taxes for, I want that money BACK!
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:03pmI would say that people on unemployment who have worked for more than 10 years might have a point since they paid the state (as did their employers).. for years.. however the states SPENT that money when things were good and didn‘t save it for IF things got bad and now it’s on the taxpayers..than you have those that worked 6 months and are collecting for 99 weeks.. I think everyone would rather have a good JOB..
Report Post »independentvoteril
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:15pmHKS.. they can‘t do that cause the EPA doesn’t want manufacturing in this country.. beleive me the do ANYTHING they can to STOP IT.. I know I was a buyer for a manufacturer I was WATCHING as the order for AMERICAN made machines went DOWN.. the government started regulating everything so much via the EPA the cost of making machines shot up and people went to CHINA to get them.. but the part that will be payback to CHINA and their cheap labor is looks like it’s time to spread the wealth to INDIA.. Now the EPA had even MORE power.. and guess what.. what little manufacturing we have will soon be gone if the Republicans don’t put a stop to it.. BTW.. Obama set it up so if they don’t pass cap n trade ALL the power for regulating will go to the EPA..
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:16pmEmployees don’t pay unemployment insurance the employer does. I have had a ‘help wanted’ sign on one of my work vehicles for about three months, I haven’t taken a single application. These entitlement types need to understand that a good percentage of the population will sit home on thier butts indefinitely if you continue to pay them to do it.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:21pmYea but the “moral obligation” isnt why you people are doing it. If you took moral obligations seriously you would make abortion illegal.
Report Post »Ironmaan
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:28pmExactly how does paying people to do nothing encourage them to do something?
Report Post »TennesseeConservative
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:36pmThats exactly right.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:41pmINDEPENDENTVOTERIL—- It has been evident for years that the government was killing the manufacturing business here. They just make it to expensive to do it with regulations. I could never understand why until I understood communism and the world takeover. We need a better way to get the people to understand this as their assault on business as a villain has worked so far. The we little people will buy anything the commies say. I still don’t understand that, maybe it’s something there putting in the water. One would think that not all of the government would be buying into this death of our life support system. No manufacturing, no life. Maybe the EPA is the problem, everything that has died is hat their hand. It would appear that there is much more to come.
Report Post »Polwatcher
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 4:46pmIndependent,
You are right about manufacturing. Manufacturing is what has made this country wealthy and it created the middle class. What we are today as the mightiest country is due to manufacturing. The EPA and unwise trade agreements have given incentive for manufacturing to go to other countries. Add to this the fact that automation is now at full stride, further reducing the need for manufacturing jobs. These jobs will not come back any time soon because of all the heavy tooling involved in setting up a manufacturing facility. Thes jobs are gone for the forseeable future and our base for the generation of wealth may be gone. All this happened while everyone was distracted by the phoney slogan that we were transitioning to a service economy. I was warning people of this 25 years ago. I should remind everyone that South America is a good example of a service economy and that all people are not equally endowed with smarts. Many people are best suited for working with their hands at manufacturing facilities. These are good stable jobs. Eventually the engineers that design the products will all be off shore and that will leave us completely deficient in this necessary and very valuable asset. What would happen if the world went to war. How would we manufacture the neccessary war materials and consumer goods. The pressure must be put upon our politicians to change this course of events. It must be done for our very survival. Until then, anyone out of work must retrain toward other occupations and go for a new career or job. Unemployment checks will not relieve the pain of long term joblessness.
Report Post »kickedoutofengland
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 5:03pmI am one of those hated, lazy, and worthless unemployed. In 2 years, I worked my way up from a $7.50/hour temp job to a $29.00/hour production manager position at my company. My group was competing with another plant in our company that is located in Thailand. Where they could afford to have 2 guys run 1 machine, I had to figure out how to have 1 guy run 2 machines if possible in order to compete. Due to the poor global economy and my low seniority, I was laid off from that job a week before Christmas in 2008 – a job that I had for 3 years. I had to come up with a layoff list for half of my employees (14 machinists). Right before I was to call them to my office to give them the bad news, the Plant Manager came in and gave me my layoff papers. Wanting to get out of manufacturing, I enrolled at a very good engineering school in January 2009 at 32 years old. I had already completed half of the degree requirements while I was working at my company. I graduated with a civil (structural) engineering bachelor’s degree in May 2010. I was hoping that the stimulus bill would generate civil engineering jobs to deal with our failing infrastructure, but I am not seeing it. I am getting turned down for jobs that I have done in the past because I am over qualified. Right now, I am a stay-at-home dad to save the $500/month cost of daycare while unemployed. We’ve cut $1,400 out of our monthly expenses which helps. Being unemployed sucks even with the unemployment checks. Also, remember in order to receive unemployment benefits, you’ve had to have a job in the first place. Not all of us are complacent losers sitting on our butts.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 5:16pmI’m one conservative who is in support of extending unemployment benefits and the welfare system…. with some exceptions. If you do not show proof every week of looking for a job or using state and local job resources to help get you placed in a job, then you go into the State “Labor” pool. Once there, you are expected to work 40 hours a week doing community service, cleaning public spaces, providing child care if you are qualified, or any other various community work they assign to you. You should earn your benefits, and if you don’t like the crappy work the State hands you, then keep actively looking for work. Take a job that is below your expected pay scale if you have to. There are plenty of retail and service jobs in my area of the country, yet no one wants to stoop that low to get work apparently. The longer entitelments drag on the system, the slower the recovery… and the longer you have to wait to get that job you really want.
Option #2: secure the borders and deport illegals. That would create a few million job openings almost immediately.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 6:07pmWith what has been said here, I am getting a picture of the future direction of jobs in this country as we know them. The government and the EPA are hell bent on shutting down any job that involves making something and they have. Additionally, Obama’s trip to India could be a dealing of the professional services of this country, ie. engineers, doctors etc. to India. With that said we will all be on the welfare program. Interesting thought, notice how the lawyers are somehow missing from that picture. So Workers, Engineers and maybe doctors as well, look for another job. What a great country, the president is giving my job away.
Report Post »pajamash
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 6:22pmIs it now a moral obligation to be sure our country does not go bankrupt?
Hyperinflation folks…look up Viemar Republic and research it. Glenn is right about history repeating itself. The reasoning is different, but the results are the same. The Viemar Republic hyper inflation had more do to with reparations for WWI. Our sins are that there were too many Americans that lived high on the hog and our government made it too easy for some to get “Money for nothing”.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 7:00pmKickedoutofengland- People like you are NOT the problem. God bless you and your family.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 7:36pmUNEMPLOYMENT IS GOOD !!! AIG,GOLDMAN SACHS,MOODYS,FEDERAL RESERVE,
Report Post »CITICORP,JP MORGAN, POLITICIANS TAKING MILLIONS TO WIN ELECTIONS,TAX FREE
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE BILL AND MILINDA GATES FOUNDATION , MONSANTO,JAILING PEOPLE FOR POSSESSION OF POT FOR YEARS AT 30,000 A YR., AND FINALLY SELLING OUT OUR COUNTRY TO THE ONE WORLD GOVT ARE VERY BAD !!!! If you want to save money
pay unemployment and stop fluoridation of our water. AMEN !
GOPatheist
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 7:39pmFood and shelter from the government? No! There are plenty of bridges and dumpsters if the shelters are full and the soup kitchens are closed. No one cares if you spent 35 years as a productive citizen and now after 2 years still can’t find a job in a booming economy where some areas official unempoyment rate is over 15% and the real number closer to 25%. We are all Christians here on the Blaze message boards. We love paying trillions for wars but hate our own fellow citizens who we despise for not being able to find substantive employment in the longest recession in most of our lives. Got kids? Time to bring back orphanages for all the starving homeless children of the unemployed. Tax cuts for millionaires. Not another penny for the long term jobless.! Praise Jesus!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:10pmLet them starve. There is no “moral obligation” to take care of the poor! I’d like somebody to try to find THAT in the the words of Christ. Praise God!
Report Post »Agentuntomyself
Posted on November 5, 2010 at 8:11pm@Rogue: Agree! I think most people would much rather work for what they recieve.
Report Post »Robert W
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:31amGopAtheist- Guess who runs most of the soup kitchens…the Christians. I must have missed all the atheist soup kitchens. Go back to the huffington post blog, where you belong.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on November 6, 2010 at 2:38amRouge, I’m with you 100%, and I mean that. At least up to the point where you say, “There are plenty of retail and service jobs in my area of the country, yet no one wants to stoop that low to get work apparently.” Then you say, “…deport illegals. That would create a few million job openings almost immediately.” So the people who won’t take the “retail and service jobs” are going to take the jobs that illegals are doing, all one million of them? Not taking sides, but I think you’re contradicting yourself.
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Posted on November 6, 2010 at 7:34pmWhat faster way to sink our economy…Remember how she told everyone, legal or otherwise to make sure you are getting paid a fair wage.
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Posted on November 6, 2010 at 8:46pmMay I ask how it is MORAL to rob one citizen to give to another? The money doesn’t just come out of thin air….plus statistics show people don‘t look for employment until it’s about to run out… so where do they come up with their logic??? Utopian liberal think? I guess the same think that says health care is somehow a “right” we all will have to pay for. Which begs the question, which will run out first, moral rights, or your money citizen? Another techique to sink our economy as fast as possible…
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