I can’t believe this fool actually said this.
Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay — who’s clearly earned the right to pass moral judgement — has an explanation for the high rates of unemployment that continue to plague the economy despite rosy predictions of recovery: the problem rests with the unemployed, of course — and the Democratic lawmakers who insist on sapping the moral fiber of the populace with extravagant giveaways to all the jobless layabouts living large on the government’s dime (the ones who lost their jobs when piggish corporate greed unleashed by deregulation took out the economy for no obvious reason we slipped into a slight recession). DeLay expounded his economic theory on Candy Crowley’s CNN show Sunday, also calling Jim Bunning “brave” for holding up the extension of unemployment benefits last week. From Raw Story:
“There is an argument to be made that these extensions, the unemployment benefits, keep people from going and finding jobs,” he told CNN’s Candy Crowley Sunday.
“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,” he argued.
“People are unemployed because they want to be? ” asked Crowley.
“Well, it is the truth. And people in the real world know it,” said DeLay… [emphasis added]
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Only a true GOP Sweetheart could tell such a callous, heartless lie, when I have personally seen a line over three blocks long to try to get one of three menial jobs offered by a Portland company.
6 Responses to “GOP Sweetheart: 3/8/2010 – Tom DeLay”
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Of course. And health-insurance reform would just encourage people to get sick. Just like Social Security just encourages people to keep getting older.
And if it weren’t for the socialist government-funded space program, we wouldn’t have all these damn meteors.
Why isn’t this asshole in jail? Bet he won’t be blabbing so much then – oh wait, there’ll be the cry of “I was falsely accused I was railroaded.” He is still my all time favorite to hate GOP member.
LOL, Infidel. 😀 They have a lie for every occasion.
Lisa, I understand he has had some preferential treatment there in Texas. As much as I despise him, my all time scorn still goes to Texas Torquemada and Deferment Dead-eye.
Or that wearing seatbelts just encourage folks to get into a car accident.
Can Tommy DeLie name ONE state that does not require its citizens to document that they’ve actively been looking for work in order to receive unemployment benefits?
Tom DeLay, by his own reasoning, became the most hated, dissed, laughed-at politician in the country, and then got forced out of office — because he wanted to.
Nameless, I certainly cannot think of a state that does not. Here in Oregon the unemployed have to average three contacts a day, M-F.
Tom, I did not know he wanted to be forced out. Why do you think so?