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Maine Gov. Talks Tough With Able-Bodied Unemployed: ‘Get Off the Couch and Get a Job!’

Maine Gov. Paul LePage isn’t known to tip-toe around controversial issues. And he lived up to his reputation on Sunday while speaking at the Maine GOP convention. There, he talked tough on welfare reform, and even called out able-bodied workers abusing the system: “Get off the couch and get yourself a job!”

The boisterous political figure made welfare reform a staple of his speech. “I understand welfare because I lived it,” he said. “I understand the difference between a want and a need. The Republican Party promised in 2010 that it would bring welfare change. We must deliver on this promise. …  We need to get it under control.”

“There is such a thing as a free lunch, but you’re picking up the tab!” he said later, pointing his finger.

“Maine’s welfare program is cannibalizing the rest of state government,” he added. “I am compassionate and committed to our children, our elderly, and our disabled. But to all you able-bodied people out there: get off the couch and get yourself a job!”

According tot he Bangor Daily News, he received a standing ovation for that line.

You can watch the entire, rousing speech below (which at one point was interrupted by someone calling for a medic). The money quotes start around the 14:20 mark:

Comments (117)

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  • Individualism
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:55pm

    If big goverment wasn’t in the way of the market than they would, only limited fields are wanted now.

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:24pm

      Well, I actually agree with you this time. Yeah, the government is killing business in a big way here. The only jobs in the want ads are for nurses and doctors. We need a lot of them. My brother just lost his job. There are 8 college kids living in a house nearby because they need a combined effort to afford the rent. Another neighbor (she’s deaf and an unmarried mom living with her mom) recently lost their home and now they‘re also being evicted from the apartment because they can’t pay the rent. WE HAVE A HUGE MESS HERE! NO JOBS!
      There was a job for a dishwasher recently. I talked with the owner. He said he had over 100 applications for the dish washing job in under a day. He had to pull the sign down and tell people he wasn’t taking any more applications. It’s really bad here. The 8.1% unemployment is bull$h!t… it’s much worse than that.

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    • MittensKittens
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:00pm

      I heard this today on Michael Berry, that’s good stuff! Git off your a$$ and git a job, lazy S.O.B.!

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    • bumfuzeled
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:15pm

      I see help wanted signs every time I go out. In the Permian Basin (west Texas) even the pizza places are hiring and paying $20/hour due to the booming local oil and gas economy. If you are able bodied and out of work your lazy. If there are no jobs in your state, move.

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    • mauijonny
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 4:58am

      Ummmm….great. But you all know that there aren’t any jobs, right? And while you’re all being sanctimonious, you all try to living on pizza delivery wages as an actual adult, with lots of experience and adult obligations, and not some OWS brat.

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    • midcoastmainepatriot
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 10:29am

      You gotta love my man Gov Paul LePage !!!!! We in the Tea Party took the House,Senate and Governorship in 2010 and he is doing GREAT….but he has to fight the Lame Stream media and soooo many,many Moon-bats in our beautiful state. I wish they would all go back to Mass and NY and Vermont and work their gay agenda and tax hikes and cradle – to – grave – welfare – big -gov crap!!!! We can only save Maine if keep voting for people like Paul

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 5:10pm

      My husband is 2/3 of the way through law school. He recently got a temporary job that will last through the summer. His boss told him that she had received over 100 applications for his job. It doesn’t pay a lot, but we’re thankful for it.

      In 2007 (the last year that we earned above the poverty level), my husband lost four jobs. Every time that he was hired, the company would go bankrupt shortly afterwards and have to lay everybody off.

      There might be jobs in some places, but in other places there’s not a lot. There are reasons why people can’t move too; for example, they might be in the middle of getting a law degree, can’t afford to move, or perhaps they have an elderly parent to care for. Texas is one of the places that we will be looking for jobs for when dh graduates.

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    • MAMMY_NUNN
      Posted on May 9, 2012 at 7:06pm

      Here in Michigan jobs are far and few can‘t fill a position if there aren’t any openings even Senior Citizens are working at McDonalds to make ends meet.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:42pm

    Now I agree there are those who do sit on their patooties and just want to collect a check and I agree they should try to get a job. This I agree with the Governor on.

    However,

    To get a job, you have to get an interview. If you don’t get an interview, how do you expect to get a job you dip _________. It is a catch 22. The problem I have found those who are looking for workers are advertising everything at the SENIOR level; I have the education but not the necessarily the “work” experience. Not one job posted is for a REAL entry level position. Even the ones advertised at “Entry Level” are not entry level. They still require “certifications” with the 0-5 years experience; please tell me what is entry level about that job? I also am near a military town – all the contractor jobs 95% require the applicant to have an active Secret or TS clearance because they don’t want to pay for you getting one.

    Employers are just as much a problem as the people sitting at home. So before everyone condemns the unemployed for collecting a check you also need to look at employers. Many claim they can‘t find qualified employee’s in the U.S. yet they also do not want to spend money to train people. They want pre-trained employees that was paid by someone else. Gone are the mentorship hiring, where a new employee worked next to a trained employee to get the training.

    Everyone wants their cake and eat too.

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    • bumfuzeled
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:20pm

      I see your problem is you have more excuses NOT to work than you have desire to work. If you had no gov. benefits, hunger would motivate you to work. I have handicapped employees working instead of collecting gov. checks because they still have enough pride not to take from others.

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    • usedCZARsalesman
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:29pm

      COFE, while I understand what you are saying, you are still missing the point. GO WORK AT MCDONALDS! Go mow lawns, go work at walmart, local gas station…hell, get TWO of those jobs and you will still make enough to live. Might not be IDEAL but conservatives don’t live in an IDEAL world, we live in the REAL world. When I was a kid, my dad was let go from his job. This man had 2 Master’s degrees and a PhD. He worked 70 hours a week at a MOVIE GALLERY to make sure we could eat for the next 8 months until he found another job he WANTED. Suck it up, swallow your pride, and do what you MUST!

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    • benshivd
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 7:51pm

      Right , Hunger is a great motivator.

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  • GERATMO
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:41pm

    I know about 10 people who are getting government benifits (disability, unemployment) and only one of them really needs them. Its sad that we have a party that intentionally wants people not to work so they can pay them to vote Democrat. The more people on unemployment, the more people who will vote for the unemployment party (Democrats).

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    • Heffe44
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:12pm

      I know 10 people on disability and unemployment and they all need it. It is great that we have a party that actually takes care of the people they were elected to represent.

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    • themachinist239
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:48pm

      I know a few people on public assistance and they all need it. They all work jobs and all would go hungry or not have vital needs met if it weren’t for this aid. People that need help because they’re in a tough spot supporting their families or themselves due to unforseen events (job loss, injury, illness etc.) far outweigh the ones gaming the system. Based on anyone I’ve ever met or have spoken with, the decision to accept public aid was never because they said “Hey I just don’t feel like getting a job. I like struggling to pay bills. The constant worry of keeping up with my expenses is totally worth it for a small amount of free money!” It takes a lousy person to leech off the government for everything out of laziness, but the ones who do are few compared to the ones that do it out of necessity.

      Do you honestly believe 90% of welfare/public aid recipients don’t really need the money? I mean, you may very well know 9 sad leeches but that would be extraordinary. The more a person on public aid hears that what they’re doing is wrong and immoral, the less they have to lose by voting for Obama.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:03pm

      They‘ll come up with the lamest excuses as to why they need government aid yet they won’t spend that same amount of time and energy trying to acquire marketable job skills.

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:31pm

      @ Machinist…..yes

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    • usedCZARsalesman
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:38pm

      No…they don’t NEED it. Tell you what, if those people you are talking about (and I don’t think any of them are real, liberals lie about everything so who knows) who are not ACTUALLY disabled (as in can’t take care of themselves at all) are working TWO JOBS and like 60-70 hours a week can’t take care of their families then maybe. 90% of those on gov ass simply aren’t trying hard enough. I feed a family of 5 on 24K a year and do not take one SINGLE dime from the gov. Its hard, but guess what you whiny hippies, LIFE IS HARD!

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  • Force2bewreckin
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:06pm

    This guy is clueless. I have a good job but that doesnt mean I cant see what is going on. Our money is worthless and our economy is completely rigged. I work in a industry where I can monitor business and business is suffering. The jobless issue will contiue to get out of hand until the people stand up and get rid of the Federal Reserve and the nanny state.

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    • Reason365
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:21pm

      The people won’t stand up as long as they receive some sort of crappy little hand out. What happens when the money well runs dry? The lazy revolt, the government takes over and starves its people into submission. Never been done before right? Check out BOs mentors. You’ll find all the info you will need.
      ENOUGH!!!!!

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    • jzs
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:28pm

      Maybe there aren’t any jobs to get. I wonder if that thought has ever occurred to the good governor.

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    • BelievinginAmerica
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:03pm

      Gov. Lepage is trying to curb the momma‘s baby daddy’s and their children who have learned that if I get pregnant at 17 and have a baby daddy I’ll get paid. These same people who can sit and smoke pot, drink and chill all day just waiting for the check in the mail. Those are the people Gov. LePage are referring to. Maine has become the biggest nany state, and we are tired of paying these couch potatoes way through life. The Ron Paul supporters!

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:03pm

      @jzs

      Wrong as usual, JZS. Like any time in our history, the economy isn’t a monolithic force. Different sectors wax and wane all the time. Manufacturing is picking up right now. Locally, in St. Louis, we’ve seen a lot of “help wanted” signs in windows popping up in just the last few weeks.

      Even during the worst of the downturn, one of our customers was going like gang busters. They couldn’t keep up with orders when everyone else in their sub-industry was shrinking and shedding jobs.

      There are jobs out there. You must be willing to take one and do the work.

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    • rf_engineer
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:29pm

      Everyone I know who is out of work is NOT looking for a job.

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    • lukerw
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:08pm

      We are in the Perfect Storm… and you are worried about someone rocking the boat :)

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    • jzs
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:42pm

      Jaycen, I agree you have a good point. People get discouraged and stop looking, I don’t doubt that. But, yes, the economy is improving and there are more people being hired. So if this guys comment was to point out that the economy is improving, and that people should persevere in their hunt for employment I applaud him.

      But if he’s trying to characterize the unemployed as lazy bums and suggest that every unemployed person could get a job if they only would stop being lazy bums, then I think he’s playing politics and full of crap. In that case, he‘s only trying to deflect from the fact that he’s been unable to create jobs. If he’s only saying that to cast the unemployed as the bad guys and suggest that unemployed people are unemployed because they are lazy bums, then I disagree with him. We are in a recession still.

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  • jungle J
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:56am

    isn’t that illegal to say to obama volers and progressives children… isn’t that hate speech?

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  • GibOnFire
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:20am

    Good paying jobs are scarce here in Maine but that isn‘t LePage’s fault. He knows he has to clean up the previous regulatory, welfare and entitlement programs to attract business. He‘s isn’t whining about the past, he’s acting. All this while having his message filtered by extreme left media. Virtually every major newspaper and television outlet is hard left. Liberal Senator Pingree and her husband own the largest newspaper in the state (and it shows). So for anyone to lament the lack of jobs here first you need to support this Governor, fill Snowe’s seat with a true conservative, keep a conservative legislature and then vote for pro-business policies. That’s where the jobs come from. I fear that since Ron Paul‘s campaign has literally taken over the GOP here that Maine won’t count in the Presidential election which only helps Obama.

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    • johnjamison
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:41am

      Advertise in France they talking about taxing their businesses at 75%. I’m sure quite few are already looking to find a business freindly country……Tell Maine is a business freindly state ina soon to be more business freindly country.

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    • socialism.rocks
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:35pm

      sucks to be you maine takes more in federal dollars then it puts in… others people money from liberal states….

      conservatives loves other peoples money they want the handouts…

      Fact is blue liberal states could afford every social welfare healthcare program and be debt free if they didnt have to pay for conservative states

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:05pm

      Socialism – Maine voted for Obama, dumbass. So it looks like you left wingers are the ultimate parasites after all.

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    • usedCZARsalesman
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:44pm

      SOCIALISM.SMOKES.ROCKS…would you please site a couple of sources for the MORONIC statement you keep making about Red/Blue states. If they all come from the huffington post of the Times, I might have to choke a mooslim

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  • calisun
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:04am

    I am just one person and I know several people that have had a ride on the unemployment train over the last few years. Not one of these people were looking for steady employment. Each one of them stayed on the unemployment until it ran out and in many instances they were given extensions on their benefits. One of the gentlemen, who is a telemarketer, deliberately stayed on the unemployment for over 2 years. Now tell me something, how in the world does a telemarketer not find work in a span of over 2 years?

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    • Johnny Cocheroo
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:43am

      Same here.

      I know a guy who was let go from a manufacturing job. He is now watching TV, bowling and putting on weight.

      His wife brings home applications but he refuses to apply. He said he will enjoy this “vacation” until he has to get a job.

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  • rebecca09
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:26am

    I would LOVE to get OFF the COUCH and GET A JOB….. NO one is hiring 58 year old women, unless it is WAFFLEHOUSE….although WAFFLEHOUSE may mean a JOB, I CANNOT make a living on WAFFLEHOUSE salary.

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    • The Sergeant Major
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:43am

      Rebecca – I have never walked in your shoes, BUT in over 39 years of working I have only missed two weeks that I did not have a job. I know people that would love to have a job at Wafflehouse. Being self-reliant is more important than any negative feelings of working an entry level job. I once had a job mucking stalls at a race track, but it paid me and my Family.

      Put your dancing shoes on start over!

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    • guntotinsquaw
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:43am

      My husband is working 2 jobs, 48 on 24 off. No-one said it was easy. The economy sux, but that doesn’t give an able bodied person the right to lay on the couch unemployed while stealing (taxes) the money my husband is working his a$$ off for.

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    • chickster
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:45am

      So you can make more money on welfdare? or do you just like to sleep in ?

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    • G-WHIZ
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:59am

      ..and you’re getting way-more on, what, unemployment?? This will end and you’ll haveto “re-apply” but will have to show a job from which to get layed-off-from, so you can go back on unemployment. I know….You have a million-dollar mansion and are to stupid-a-sheeple to sell and get an affordable home as I did years ago. I had hundreds-of-thousands$$ left-over from the sale to buy a small wonderful home and invest…and live…government-free…for the rest of my life. Stupid-lemming.

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    • onlymyopinion
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:01am

      Rebecca, I am sorry for your situation and I do understand being out of work. There are jobs out there for you…after 30 years of working (Probably longer) you must have a marketable skill. There are jobs all of the time in Banks (Tellers, Customer Service, Collections, etc) that will get your foot in the door.

      Your age is not a reason…it is an excuse and a weak one at that.

      sorry – only my opinion!

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    • ncjoyce
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:02am

      If you live in Maine LLBean is hiring. My Mom is 75 and works for them!!!

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:12am

      REBECCA…you cannot make a living from unemployment benefits either. No one is telling you to make a career at Wafflehouse. A temporary job while we all wait for Obama to be thrown out of office and then genuinely credentialed men and women can begin putting the economy and the engines of growth back on full power, is better than no job at all.

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    • calisun
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:16am

      I would never be too proud to work at the Waffle House at any age. You gotta do what you gotta do. When my daughter was a baby I sold muffins and orange juice door to door to my local business’s just to feed myself and my daughter. I did go down to the welfare office one day seeking short term help, but I decided that I was better off pushing my pastries door to door. It is time to get creative and put your pride aside.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:22am

      Congratulations
      In my area not even Waffle House is hiring.Already tried and I would have already had my foot in the door.I’ve worked for them before.The only ones who are hiring are truly too far away for me to work for them.I’d actually be going in the hole at this point.Since unlike you and most others in america I’m not on welfare unemployment or any other social welfare program that has a cut off date.I don’t have some govt official breathing down my neck to get a job any job even if it puts me in the hole.
      Oh and btw most of you in these programs have first dibbs on jobs.My old manager at a different company told me they were required to hire from those exiting welfare programs ahead of others.Didn’t matter if the person had excellent skills was a former employee and would have been the first pick.They still had to hire the welfare to work people first.
      I know that you are in a tough position.You will have to reinvent yourself whether you like it or not.You won‘t be able to get a job if you don’t.Try taking some classes in something that will get you back in the job market quickly.Although if you don’t have any money saved that will be almost impossible.Most of these classes aren’t covered by pell grants and most educational loans[not sure of the last,I am sure of the first.]
      PS Stop complaining about waffle house.There are truly decent people who work there.It shouldn’t be beneath you to consider a job there.BTW day shift pays the best.Good luck getting

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:23am

      But, Rebecca, can you make living with no job, ? And you may meet someone at that waffle house, that may open other doors…… You won’t meet anyone on the couch, and there’s something to be said for what any kind of work does to your spirit !!! Go apply today, you never know !!!

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    • NeoMouser
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:05pm

      you may not be able to support all your bills but at least it shows that you’d be trying
      i have washed dishes at different places somehow i managed to live off it while working there

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    • mrzmac
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:15pm

      my mother-in-law went to work at waffle house at the age of 63 – still have wonderful memories of my children learning to count money as they helped her roll her tips and cash them at the bank. On slow days she still came home with at least $50 dollar in cash, but averaged around $100 per shift. She never expected to live on the “salary” of that job either but she made a damn good living on the the tips.
      My nursing degree was paid for with tips I made as a bartender and waitress, while I was a single mom of three wonderful kids! It was tough, I even went to apply for assistance but was told I had to sell my home and get rid of my van as those assets made me ineligible for assistance (never understood how owing 100K on home and 10k on car were assets)…didn’t get any help and left me with a really bad impression of the entire system!

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    • dc135custom
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:41pm

      then get two wafflehouse jobs that’s what responsible people did before there was welfare!!!!

       
    • COFemale
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:55pm

      Sargeant Major how old are you? I am in Rebecca’s boat, except I am 60. I have a Master’s. I have taught PT college classes. I did not get any summer classes. I can’t stand for 4 hours much less 8 hours on my feet any longer, thus Fast Food, Retail etc are not doable. I am guessing neither can Rebecca. You are right you can’t walk in our shoes.

      Employer’s regardless see older employees as making their health premiums rise, so they do discriminate against us; they come up with other reasons not to hire other than age.

      You all want to blame everyone based on a few that take advantage of the hand-outs. I want to be employed, but first you have to qualify for outlandish requirements; go read some job requirements and see how many you qualify for. I do apply to some, but in my boat the majority “require an active TS clearance”; just another way to discriminate. Some require certifications, which can cost hundreds of dollars to get, which is hard when you are making NO money.

      I do not collect unemployment, I am living on savings. I can’t do this forever.

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    • Rob Taylor
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:07pm

      I know dozens of waitresses at Wafflehouse who pay the bills.

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    • RamonPreston
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 1:29pm

      Cofemale — I went thorough this discussion with someone last week. Employers don’t want older workers because they will stay there and want a pension. I have a newspaper article entitle “older workers unwanted even in a job shortage.” My degree got me a job in a factory where people couldn’t even speak English.

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    • bumfuzeled
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:18pm

      You can make a living on wafflehouse salary just not a rich life. Live within your means until you can advance your means.

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  • teddrunk
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:46am

    Maine citizens are upset they are paying for a social welfare system that takes advantage of them, yet the continue to vote in left leaning politicians. They deserve what they get.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:30am

      @tedrunk
      When the recipients of benefits, outnumber the working people, that’s how leftist politicians get elected….Democrats know this, and we are right on the cusp of being outnumbered…..” it’s frightening really !!!!

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:58am

      ted I agree. I am so sick of this when the government trains folks to pay for these programs and encourages a safety net why are they confused when folks utilize the system they paid for? enough already I am a conservative but this guy needs a reality check, unless he does away with unenployment what do you expect? folks want the money they paid into this. I look at my social security statement of how much me and my husband have paid in and I think write me a check federal gov.

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    • socialism.rocks
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:44pm

      more conservative a state is the more federal dollars it needs blue union states could afford everything if they didnt have to pay for loser conservative states that dont function…

      i do repeat this every-day its just a fact
      blue states should demand dollar out for dollar into the fed

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    • guntotinsquaw
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 4:00pm

      Socialism..your belief is the redistribution of wealth.. but on the facts..the states receiving more money are the states that grow food and raise meat to feed your little city slickin’ face. If you look at the states receiving more “fed” funds, they are also the states that receive the most farm subsidies, which those horrible extreme right wingers would like to end. However when we do, we will be happy to charge you out the a$$ for our product.

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  • perry1980
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:39am

    Get up
    Get a job
    Right after you take a shower

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:02am

      All these people who want something for nothing: A Bunch of Moochers.
      We all know you WORK for your keep.

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  • zoro51
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:37am

    i agree BUT first what jobs?? where?? obama has raped the US if jobs failed green jobs sending us companies OVERSEAS.. so I agree wiht whats being said yet WHAT JOBS,….. do NOT believe this damn socialist obama what OS ever IMPEACH OBAMA

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    • Flyingfish
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:13am

      There are jobs to be had. You either need to raise your standards, get a real education not a fluff liberal arts BS degree, or you need to lower your standards, in other words get over yourselves you can do manual labor.

      I met two gentlemen yesterday when they came to pump out my septic tank, who were better people then any of the OWS types crying about how life wasn’t fair. They didn’t make a lot by they made enough to support their families.

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  • Joisey
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:24am

    This guy is a Chris Christie Wannabe. Let’s first look at how many impediments the State of Maine puts up to job creation and starting a business.

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    • Prepare for the 2nd Coming
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:45am

      Maine has been blue for decades and this is the first Republican Gov. in years. He’s done quite alot in less than 2 years, including eliminating food stamp fraud. It will take awhile to undo the work of his predecessors and he will do it. He‘s been a successful business man for years and he’s got guts!

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    • MeCpl13
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 10:04am

      That‘s one of LePage’s goals since he’s been elected governor… to make Maine a business-friendly state. The guy is working hard and has been true to what he said in his campaign. Maine has been decimated by liberals for a loong time- this is the first time we‘ve had a Republican governor and Congress in I don’t know how long (yes, I’m from Maine.) LePage talks the talk but he is also walking the walk.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:02pm

      God Bless Governor LePage!!! I hope continues to change things for the better.

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  • Nepenthe
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:01am

    Really? Just get off the couch and get a job? Ivory mansions must be real nice.

    Each job gets hundreds and hundreds of resumes. The idea that jobs are somehow easy to come by is delusional. The idea that people are not looking shows that he has little knowledge about the people that he governs.

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:16am

      I think that working at McDonalds would bring home a larger paycheck than sitting on unemployment. The problem is that because it isn’t the job we want most would probably rather stay on unemployment until a preferable job was landed. Unfortunately, the jobs that we want are not here and unless people start up new business’ the waiting will be a long time. This is what has to happen in America! We can’t wait for “someone else” to create a job for us!

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    • calisun
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:27am

      Apparently many do not have any survival skills. If I were to lose my job today I would get very creative. I would clean houses, sell things at the swap meet, rent out a room or two in my home and so on.

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    • rosegrower
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:38am

      The paradigm of applying for a job that is posted through help wanted ads is old-school anyway. By the time the job is posted, it’s likely that an employer already has a prospect in mind but they have to advertise to avoid charges of discrimination. The trick here is to cold-call. Mail those resumes to a department head in the company (ies) you would like to work for. Use the internet (Manta and LinkedIn for example) to get names. It takes a little more work than using the want-ads, but the likelihood that you will get interviews is a lot higher. Change your job search method – you may be pleasantly surprised.

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    • Git-R-Done
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:07pm

      Nepenthe – LePage grew up in poverty himself yet he pulled himself out of it. So much for him being in an ivory tower.

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  • EqualJustice
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:53am

    Love that even the Northeast is turning on BO and his merry band of SLACKERS and Commies! Good sign.

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  • raderby
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:52am

    the bigger underlying issue is the pervasive mental illness of pathologically chronic laziness

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:47am

    I like the the Governor and his views on welfare,now if he’ll act on those words is another matter entirely.
    Welfare is not only unconstitutional it’s immoral to take from one to give to another,that’s what charities are for,oh that’s right I almost forgot our Marxist in chief has done away with tax deductible contributions.

    There‘s no way Barry could have an agenda with this issue that’s just not possible.

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    • objectivetruth
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 11:31am

      They did away with charitable contributions so as to stem the tide of terrorist organizations.It was also done to seperate the state and church.You might not have known this but that deduction was created in the 1950s.It actually irked those who went to church for faith as it created a business climate.It caused the faithful to fall away from the church.How ironic that the communist witch hunts began about then too.See it was on the agenda that if you didn’t attend church regularly that could be considered as a sign you might be communist.The fact it was created on purpose to drive out the faithful wasn’t discussed.Its why when I read on here that there are those who want to bring back the communist witch hunts I about barf.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:45am

    We have to throw the socialist out in the white house before we can have real jobs.
    Obama wants us to be a European nanny entitlement state.

    Four and out!
    Move over Jimmy

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    • raderby
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:50am

      no, king Zero is a communist, and he wants to be acting head of world-wide politburo.

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    • 13th Imam
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:07am

      Patato Patatoe. DEMOCRATS and Liberal R’s from the northeast, and around the country have driven JOBS out of America for 60 years. With today’s Tax structure, along with draconian environmental restrictions, restoring JOBS is near impossible.

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  • ncjoyce
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:44am

    Here are some facts on Governor LePage regarding his personal story, it is great. He left home at 14 years old because of abuse. The last time his father abused him he flipped a quarter at him so that he would tell the hospital he fell down the stairs. He did not go back home. Instead he pulled himself up and look at him now. He spoke French Canadian and had to learn English. He is a college graduate. He has an adopted black son and did not use this during the campaign. Yes, he is not the best public speaker but he is truly trying to do what is right for Maine. ….the largest Maine newspaper the Portland Press Herald trashes him at every chance…why because Chellie Pingree’s husband owns it.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:10pm

      Amen, NCJOYCE, your comment is true, as I’ve read these things about the Governor. Thank you for posting it, as I had forgotten about some of his past trials.

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  • jpy007
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:30am

    I love this guy, makes me proud to be a Mainer!!!

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:44am

      I visited Maine a couple of times when I was stationed at Ft Drum. Beautiful place and I have a box of photographs to prove it. The people were great and as far as sea food goes, I thought that I had died and gone to heaven.
      I just pray that the state of Maine will replace Olympia Snow and eventually Susan Collins who I just saw on Fox patting herself on the back regarding pumping a boatload of funding into the USPS, with other people equal to your governor. You have every right to be proud of this man and to be a Mainer.

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    • hatchetjob
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 12:11pm

      Ditto!!!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:28am

    Wow, even the yankees are getting wound up. Not good for emperor Obama.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:57am

      LOL Gonzo, hope you are right.

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    • ncjoyce
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:57am

      Yes we are the Republics are the majority at the state house and Governor LePage would be getting more done to clean up Maine if the Republicans that are in office would stop running for re-election and would step up to the plate.

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  • Cataclysm
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:28am

    Funny thing is things are improving in Maine, balancing the budget, lowering taxes and trying to pay the hospitals the money they’re owed. I will say he doesn’t tip-toe around and he speaks his mind but at least he is trying to change Augusta.

    I also love the libs with the bumper stickers saying 61% of Maine didn’t vote for LePage but their democrat nominee, a Nancy Pelosi clone, only got around 15.9% of the vote.

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    • JP16
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:46am

      Not hard to look good when the previous Governor and legislators acted like beggars to the federal government most of the time. But yes, the real lefties hate that they voted for the Democrat who had no shot and as a result their second choice lost to LePage. More amusing is that if you use that same 61% logic, then the last governor would have had bumper stickers saying 62% all over the cars of Republicans.

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  • Beachbaby
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:25am

    You’ll love this. I know someone who will be getting 1300 a month for disability. He had to have his little toe cut off and thats his disability. He never made that much working. Another woman I know gets it and she’s disabled with a knee problem, but you should see her dance. Americans are the biggest liars and losers EVER!

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    • chnswstr
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:54am

      Disability claims are valid, but mostly for the line of work that is prohibited by the disability. “I’ll never play the violin, again.” Well then, take up the saxaphone.

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  • Bryan B
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:22am

    It’s really easy to tell someone to get a job.

    But where are the jobs ????

    Now I have been out of work for over three years. I get no unemployment or any government assistance.

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    • klevalt
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:59am

      Boy, do I feel your pain… and you and I are the ones who don’t sit around on our a$$3$ waiting for someone to pay our way, are we? I have been out of work for over a year… So I started a gift basket business from my home. I am blessed with a wonderful husband who takes as much overtime as is offered so we can get by, but our family has cut back on EVERYTHING! Even though we reduced the amount of groceries we buy (I make our soaps, grow our food, am learning to hunt) our monthly grocery bill hasn’t gone down. Our fuel bill has gone up even though one of the cars is parked 50% of the time. Our power bill has increased. Our heating bill has increased (the Goodwill has great sweaters!) and we made the hard choice to eliminate some of our daughter’s activities (volleyball camp, driver’s ed) because we can’t afford either the gas to get her there or the tuition fees.

      This is very frustrating, and my small business is simply solvent. I am not in debt, but the money I make off of it barely covers any of our monthly bills.

      Chin up, though Bryan. I am praying for you. God has something in store for you and your journey that will help you understand the necessity of this trial.

      What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul? Matt 16:26

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    • jhaydeng
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 9:27am

      Bryan, I know it sucks! I just got laid off and am trying to get my game together. I guess, for me, I’m going to shovel s### until I can find something permanent. I hate the thought of packing up my family and moving, but we are in times unlike our parents ever dealt with. You do whatever it takes to survive and put food on the table even if it means to go out of our comfort zone. You’ll do it and you know you will! Keep the faith!

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    • socialism.rocks
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 2:52pm

      god bless you ….and i hope things get better for you….. they can never create enough jobs for everyone if they created 80 million jobs instantly….. they would still have to produce five plus million more jobs just for population growth each year…. real unemployments are sky high-i mean a third of americans of working age need jobs not the eight ten percent they use as statistics….
      most people will never understand because -they only see what goes on in their own little world they dont look at the big picture…….and if they saw the big picture they would be scared mad angry and revolting….

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    • soapbox
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 3:29pm

      Can you babysit? If you can and are reliabe, an elder care agency would hire you in a heart beat as its a very needy field.

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    • Bryan B
      Posted on May 8, 2012 at 7:01pm

      Thank you everyone for your prayers and encouragement,

      I am really glad to see people out there that get it. Because the politicians don’t, and it doesn’t make any difference if they have a D or R next to their name.

      I wish it was in my power to give each one of you, what you and your families need. Since I am not a person of wealth, I will pray for you and your families, that our Father in Heaven through His Son will lift the burdens from you hearts and lifes and give you peace. Please remember that tomorrow is a new day, and with God all things are possible.

      Again Thank you……

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  • 00gabooga
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:08am

    Get ready for a recall!

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  • HKS
    Posted on May 8, 2012 at 8:06am

    Jobs are going out of style, liberals compete with employers with free money from the government. The only work in demand pays six figures and involves a lot of water cooler time.

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