Rush Limbaugh makes a funny about people on Unemployment/welfare

[Phokus]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030911/content/01125107.guest.html

Limbaugh:

We all know Social Security and Medicare and Medicaid, but unemployment compensation? The payment of unemployment benefits is almost as high as Social Security in this country. Folks, we are not going to survive as a nation, not the way we've been founded, with this kind of sloth and laziness and feeding at the public trough. It just cannot happen. And to even call this "wages" -- I'm actually kinda glad they did because it points out how ludicrous this is and how dangerous it is. "Handouts," handouts, the redistribution of wealth "makes up one-third of US wages." Social welfare spending has increased three and a half times since 1960.

We declared war on poverty, and it's given us this. We declared war on poverty, and what do we have? Thirty-five percent of our people living on the dole! Thirty-five percent of American citizens living on "handouts," and where are the handouts coming from? Their fellow citizens... I know it's depressing, folks. I mean some people are so lazy that they will only be unemployed if they're paid to be unemployed.

Caller:

I'm kind of caught between a rock and a hard place. I've been a conservative all my life. I don't agree with the welfare state -- of our country. I ran into a little bit of an issue a few years ago when I got some severe cancer and battled it for a couple years. I'm cancer free right now, but unfortunately I cannot work and I had to go on disability.

Limbaugh:

Do you think I actually think you ought to be denied stuff? Okay. I don't think that. I'm not talking about people like you, but there are people who fudge this disability business. I had a story not long ago about a bunch of drunks in jail getting disability payments because they were alcoholics. Well, we are a compassionate country. There is not a person in this country that does not want somebody who cannot provide for themselves to go empty. There's not a person in the world who wants that. You don't fall under the headline definition freeloader or what have you. And if you're bothered by it, it's life.

A lot of things affect a lot of people. But we're not talking about you. And you are not the majority of that 35% on the dole anyway. You're a small percentage of it. You're not the problem we're talking about.

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.c...3/the-view-from-rush-limbaughs-recession.html

TLDR: People on unemployment are lazy sloths... oh wait, no not you my faithful conservative listener, you're the EXCEPTION!

Yes, clearly there are abundant jobs where anyone can find work in this economy. I personally don't know anyone who got laid of who didn't TRY to get work. Some got it, some couldn't, but they all tried.

Actually, i don't know who this reflects more poorly on, since a lot of tea partiers (no doubt many of Rush's fans are) love their Medicare and "non-government" bennies.

 

[jonks]

If you will, a Rush Limbaugh illustration:

Convictions ----------------------------------->
Courage -->

 

[JS80]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2149127&highlight=unemployment

I plan to take off and relaxes for the whole summer and then start looking for another job.

I'd say take the unemployment money and do like everyone does. Go out and take a nice long vacation somewhere. It's free money, why not use it up?

Create your World of Warcraft account now.

why not a bicycle instead of a scooter?

and if you can afford to take two months off for soul-searching, now is the time to do it. you'll have no time once you have wife/kids/mortgage/major responsibilities.

All 99 weeks + extensions.... live it up!

I honestly had no idea how much unemployment pays. I thought it was really low. I say enjoy your time.

this is why unemployment is a terrible terrible idea. it is literally encouraging you to NOT work.

i dont understand how people can defend crap like this. (though i am all for you enjoying some time off - please don't abuse a system just because it is begging to abused)

 

[piasabird]

My wife had cancer and I never got a divorce, I just paid her bills. She has been in remission for about 20 years. everyone has problems. Grow up.

 

[Siddhartha]

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_030911/content/01125107.guest.html

Limbaugh:



Caller:



Limbaugh:



http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.c...3/the-view-from-rush-limbaughs-recession.html

TLDR: People on unemployment are lazy sloths... oh wait, no not you my faithful conservative listener, you're the EXCEPTION!

Yes, clearly there are abundant jobs where anyone can find work in this economy. I personally don't know anyone who got laid of who didn't TRY to get work. Some got it, some couldn't, but they all tried.

Actually, i don't know who this reflects more poorly on, since a lot of tea partiers (no doubt many of Rush's fans are) love their Medicare and "non-government" bennies.

According to some people the unemployed are the welfare queens of the 21th century.

 

[jonks]

My wife had cancer and I never got a divorce, I just paid her bills. She has been in remission for about 20 years. everyone has problems. Grow up.

If only Rush had laid it down to his listener like that.

 

[theeedude]

Yeah, screw the unemployed, unless they are Rush Limbaugh callers

 

[Phokus]

http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2149127&highlight=unemployment

Yes, clearly all of those are serious and all of those advocate using all unemployment up. Besides that, there is a huge pool of unemployed people and nowhere near enough jobs to go around.

 

[JS80]

Yes, clearly all of those are serious and all of those advocate using all unemployment up. Besides that, there is a huge pool of unemployed people and nowhere near enough jobs to go around.

http://www.monster.com/

 

[Phokus]

http://www.monster.com/

Monster is one of the worst way to get jobs. You personally think the requisitions in your company mean 'lots of jobs' available. We still have requisitions floating around open from years ago.

Also, companies post fake jobs in order to get H1B workers and skirt laws.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU

 

[JS80]

Monster is one of the worst way to get jobs. You personally think the requisitions in your company mean 'lots of jobs' available. We still have requisitions floating around open from years ago.

Also, companies post fake jobs in order to get H1B workers and skirt laws.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/jjj/

 

[JD50]

According to some people on this forum and people like Mr Limbaugh, the unemployed are the welfare queens of the 21th century.

Who is Mr. Limbaugh and why do you care what he thinks?

 

[Phokus]

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/jjj/

I'm not exactly sure what point your trying to make, getting jobs is hard in this economy. Obviously these unemployed morons aren't using online job boards to get those jobs, is that the conclusion?

In any case, welfare/unemployment is bad (unless it's a conservative using it).

 

[Macamus Prime]

Nice.

There are exceptions. But, only if the exceptions are pre-approved and accepted by those who know better than the person actually receiving the help.

Conservatives are piling on some VERY heavy words and ideas on their own heads...

 

[wuliheron]

Who is Mr. Limbaugh and why do you care what he thinks?

He's a comedian who did too many drugs.

 

[Red Dawn]

My wife had cancer and I never got a divorce, I just paid her bills. She has been in remission for about 20 years. everyone has problems. Grow up.

You're a better man than Newt Gingrich

 

[Macamus Prime]

You're a better man than Newt Gingrich

And John McCain; who left his wife after she had a car accident.

 

[JS80]

I'm not exactly sure what point your trying to make, getting jobs is hard in this economy. Obviously these unemployed morons aren't using online job boards to get those jobs, is that the conclusion?

In any case, welfare/unemployment is bad (unless it's a conservative using it).

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I plan to take off and relaxes for the whole summer and then start looking for another job.

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nowhere near enough jobs to go around.

 

[Phokus]

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There AREN'T nowhere near enough jobs to go around. Are you seriously arguing there are? Employers are getting thousands of resumes for each position. Even those 'fallback jobs' (i.e. working at a retail store) that more skilled workers try to get during normal recessions are competitive.

 

[JS80]

There AREN'T nowhere near enough jobs to go around. Are you seriously arguing there are? Employers are getting thousands of resumes for each position. Even those 'fallback jobs' (i.e. working at a retail store) that more skilled workers try to get during normal recessions are competitive.

http://www.edd.ca.gov/unemployment/eligibility.htm

Eligibility

Meeting Eligibility Requirements

An individual who files for unemployment insurance benefits must meet specific eligibility requirements before benefits can be paid. Individuals must:

Be actively looking for work

 

[Phokus]

http://www.edd.ca.gov/unemployment/eligibility.htm

And so? It doesn't change the fact that employers are getting overwhelmed with resumes for each position.

These two things are not mutually exclusive:

1) There are people abusing unemployment benefits

2) There is not enough work to go around

 

[Lemon law]

My wife had cancer and I never got a divorce, I just paid her bills. She has been in remission for about 20 years. everyone has problems. Grow up.

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Maybe an inspiring story, but what about lower income households with children, who work at different times so one is home to watch the children? And then when wife gets cancer, hubby has to pay the bills, pay for someone to watch the children, and then the wife dies anyway leaving a hospital bill of 500K.

Or we can talk about how inspiring Sarah Palin is as she uses her mentally disabled son as a campaign prop, calls her son a retard, yet if the same happened to a two earner low income household, it would sink them into welfare. Some one has to take care of the sick and mentally disabled 24/7.

Its all well and fine to be independently wealthy and say I if I can bear this burden, so can anyone with very limited means.

In short, its a bogus argument.

 

[BoberFett]

I'm not exactly sure what point your trying to make, getting jobs is hard in this economy. Obviously these unemployed morons aren't using online job boards to get those jobs, is that the conclusion?

In any case, welfare/unemployment is bad (unless it's a conservative using it).

And according to nimrods like you, welfare/unemployment is good (unless it's a conservative using it). No wonder you spend so much time thinking about Rush, you're just like him.

 

[Phokus]

And according to nimrods like you, welfare/unemployment is good (unless it's a conservative using it). No wonder you spend so much time thinking about Rush, you're just like him.

Funny, of all the people to quote, JS80 should've used you, the king of idiotic unemployment leaches. Completely forgot about that.

I'm collecting unemployment right now because it's there. I don't need it, but I'm eligible so I damn well am going to take it. I'm against unemployment as it currently exists - Boberfett

So, has your protest led to a revolt yet?

 

[child of wonder]

Man.... when I was laid off in January 2010 I should have just lived it up instead of searching for and starting a new job 5 weeks later.

I'm a sucker!!!!

What's even funnier is that I'm not a conservative nor a Christian so I'm supposed to have no work ethic!