Rush Limbaugh makes a funny about people on Unemployment/welfare

[wuliheron]

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!

Know what's even funnier? The higher your income and education the less religious you are likely to be. Also, Atheists are virtually nonexistent in the penal system even when accounting for their smaller numbers. All of which begs the question of why anyone would want to be particularly religious?

 

[Doc Savage Fan]

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!

Interesting comment...I wasn't aware that this kind of thinking even existed. I learn something new everyday!

 

[BoberFett]

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



So, has your protest led to a revolt yet?

You think I'm trying to lead a revolt? You certainly live in some wacked out imaginary world, Foolkus.

I'm simply doing what's best for me and mine. Always have, always will. Right now my time is more valuable to me than the difference in wages between unemployment and working my ass off. Without the government cheese I'd have found work long ago, but as it is I'm quite content to ride the unemployment train for as long as possible.

But then again, I'm not greedy like you and the rest of the Democrats around here whose whole life revolves around money. It seems to be all you think about, money, money and more money. You always seem to need more. Me, I'm content no matter what financial situation I'm in. Your kind is so disgustingly materialistic.

 

[JSt0rm]

You think I'm trying to lead a revolt? You certainly live in some wacked out imaginary world, Foolkus.

I'm simply doing what's best for me and mine. Always have, always will. Right now my time is more valuable to me than the difference in wages between unemployment and working my ass off. Without the government cheese I'd have found work long ago, but as it is I'm quite content to ride the unemployment train for as long as possible.

But then again, I'm not greedy like you and the rest of the Democrats around here whose whole life revolves around money. It seems to be all you think about, money, money and more money. You always seem to need more. Me, I'm content no matter what financial situation I'm in. Your kind is so disgustingly materialistic.

Just so long as you know you are damaging your future employment by having a huge gap in your employment history.

not to mention by not adding to your work portfolio and experience you are going to be surpassed.

 

[werepossum]

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

This. Unemployment abuse is definitely a problem, but I see no way to fix it without first fixing the economy. If a city has 1,200 available jobs and 12,000 unemployed workers, there's no practical way to determine whom to brand a layabout. 12,000 of the most dedicated workers ever found cannot fit into 1,200 jobs.

Once the economy is fixed, debt really needs to be fixed by tightening credit. People who aren't in over their heads can follow the jobs, even if that means taking a loss on a house or renting it out while you live in a cheap apartment or trailer. But when 90% of the country is in the same boat, even those in good financial shape often can't do this, even without the housing bubble. We can't ALL move to North Dakota.

 

[Phokus]

Just so long as you know you are damaging your future employment by having a huge gap in your employment history.

not to mention by not adding to your work portfolio and experience you are going to be surpassed.

Logic is not Boberfett's strong suit. I've been telling him this over and over again, he thinks he's leaching the government without consequences. His arrogance is incredible.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Was Rush really saying, "unemployment bad, but oh, you're a conservative, so it's alright"? Or was he saying "unemployment is a bad form of welfare", but "disability is another issue altogether"?

I think he was saying the second thing.

Disability is not the same as general welfare or unemployment.

Unemployment means that you don't have a job, but could. Disability means you can't.

 

[Siddhartha]

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

I am not a fan so I do not care about what Mr Limbaugh has to say. But I do think it is significant that the same people who made up welfare queen stories back in 1980 are talking about the unemployed now. I will change my post to reflect this.

 

[JSt0rm]

Logic is not Boberfett's strong suit. I've been telling him this over and over again, he thinks he's leaching the government without consequences. His arrogance is incredible.

Well I honestly dont know his situation nor do I really care. I wont come down on anyone for using unemployment now as these have been a rough couple years. I'm just saying anyone who plans on sitting on it for the full duration will get hurt later on.

Myself? I'm not even eligible for unemployment.

 

[BoberFett]

Just so long as you know you are damaging your future employment by having a huge gap in your employment history.

not to mention by not adding to your work portfolio and experience you are going to be surpassed.

Logic is not Boberfett's strong suit. I've been telling him this over and over again, he thinks he's leaching the government without consequences. His arrogance is incredible.

Technology changes. People don't.

As far as gaps, I've had employment gaps in the past and it's never hampered me from moving up and making more money. Even if it did, as I said, money isn't everything. Apparently to you Democrats it is.

 

[Fern]

Wow, government social support payments (unemployment, SS etc) are a record high 35% of all wages. This has terrible implications for our ecomony.

Yet, you people would ignore that and rather focus on bashing Limbaugh?

This thread misses the point of this thread, IMO. Or this thread should have a point, but can't manage to find it.

Edit: What's even more alarming to me is that the 35% number doesn't include wages for gov workers. Add that in and imagine the number of people living off the government. And because the gov makes no GDP, they are really living off those few who aren't on gov support/salary.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/03/is-the-us-becoming-a-welfare-state/72217/

Fern

 

[werepossum]

Wow, government social support payments (unemployment, SS etc) are a record high 35% of all wages. This has terrible implications for our ecomony.

Yet, you people would ignore that and rather focus on bashing Limbaugh?

This thread misses the point of this thread, IMO. Or this thread should have a point, but can't manage to find it.

Edit: What's even more alarming to me is that the 35% number doesn't include wages for gov workers. Add that in and imagine the number of people living off the government. And because the gov makes no GDP, they are really living off those few who aren't on gov support/salary.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/03/is-the-us-becoming-a-welfare-state/72217/

Fern

Zebo's been making that point for some time. I too didn't realize quite how bad things had become until recently.

 

[Balt]

I don't think unemployment is near 10% because of laziness.

BUT I do think that it shouldn't be the same people collecting unemployment for 2 years unless they have some kind of disability. In that amount of time, they should have been able to find some kind of job (even if it's one they don't like). Unemployment may still be high, but there's also still a lot of people being hired and fired most of the time. Those who are unemployed today shouldn't be the same who were unemployed back during the beginning of the recession. If their job has become obsolete, then it's time to learn to do something else. Eventually they'll have to anyway since unemployment checks won't last forever.

 

[Red Dawn]

Rush better take care, those whom he rails against makes up a good percentage of his audience. Same for Faux News. I'm talking about Rascal Nation.

 

[ProfJohn]

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

Me neighbor was a sales manager who lost his job when his car dealer was closed by Obama and now he refuses to take a job other than as a sales manager for another big dealer. Instead of taking a job as a sales person he would rather sit around and collect his unemployment check.

There are a LOT of people like him right now and it's a problem.

 

[Red Dawn]

Me neighbor was a sales manager who lost his job when his car dealer was closed by Obama and now he refuses to take a job other than as a sales manager for another big dealer. Instead of taking a job as a sales person he would rather sit around and collect his unemployment check.

There are a LOT of people like him right now and it's a problem.

Yeah that is lazy. If he was a good Sales Manager he must have been a good car salesman at one time. Of course if he was a good car salesman he'd probably make a great politician, both are well versed in being a lying motherfucker.

 

[werepossum]

Yeah that is lazy. If he was a good Sales Manager he must have been a good car salesman at one time. Of course if he was a good car salesman he'd probably make a great politician, both are well versed in being a lying motherfucker.

Not necessarily. He might have been an awful car salesman with connections.

 

[Throckmorton]

Me neighbor was a sales manager who lost his job when his car dealer was closed by Obama and now he refuses to take a job other than as a sales manager for another big dealer. Instead of taking a job as a sales person he would rather sit around and collect his unemployment check.

There are a LOT of people like him right now and it's a problem.

Well Obama did take his job, so why shouldn't he take unemployment checks from Obama?

 

[MiniDoom]

Like this guy?
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2149127'

 

[Patranus]

Ya, when you see Escalades with spinners at the Walmart by the Oakland airport and have their owners pay with their food stamps there isn't a difference between those people and the caller mentioned above.

 

[JSt0rm]

Ya, when you see Escalades with spinners at the Walmart by the Oakland airport and have their owners pay with their food stamps there isn't a difference between those people and the caller mentioned above.

Do you actually see this? I've never seen this or seen video or photos of this but I hear it repeated a lot.

 

[CallMeJoe]

Do you actually see this? I've never seen this or seen video or photos of this but I hear it repeated a lot.

It appears to be "conservative" dogma that welfare recipients buy Escalades and flat-screen TVs with their food stamps.

 

[Patranus]

Do you actually see this? I've never seen this or seen video or photos of this but I hear it repeated a lot.

Yes.

Its also great so see them pull out a wad of $100s when they buy something their food stamps doesn't cover.

 

[JSt0rm]

Yes.

Its also great so see them pull out a wad of $100s when they buy something their food stamps doesn't cover.

lol. I actually wanted you to provide evidence to your claim. Not just a yes.

 

[Balt]

lol. I actually wanted you to provide evidence to your claim. Not just a yes.

There is a very small percentage of people who work off the books and/or in an illegal trade who also know how to exploit the welfare system to the fullest extent.

It's certainly not as many people as some would have you believe, though. Most low-income people I've seen are driving around in cars held together by duct tape (if they have a car at all).