Congressman: People Without Jobs Are Like Lazy Kids Who Need To ‘Step Up’
The trick to fixing the toughest job market since the Great Depression is to send jobless Americans to bed without supper, according to Rep. Steve King (R-IA).
Speaking in Charleston, South Carolina on Monday, after arguing that there are over 100 million Americans not even trying to find work, King said, “If you had six kids and a third of your kids would say, ‘I’m not doing the chores, mom… If any of them say I refuse, I’m not gonna participate, I’m not gonna contribute to the American GDP, pretty soon those kids would be on the ‘you get to eat after you do the work,’ not just in hopes that you might one day do the work.” After a brief diversion into immigration reform, King added, “I wanna see more Americans step up.”
full: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2013/08/28/2545461/congressman-people-jobs-like-lazy-kids-need-step/
Bummer, I wish it was the deadbeat dad congressman Joe Walsh saying this. Would've made a funnier story.
Oh yeah Steve, what's up with that lazy behemoth of a kid in the USA known as CONGRESS?
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Obama is not even on that side of the spectrum.
I have been in the work force for about 25 years. Not one employer during this time has treated me fairly. They have all ripped me off with taking away vacation time, withholding yearly raises, or hiring temp to hire and making the "temp" go 3-4 times as long as they told you it would. Or, they hire their brother's sister in law's boyfriend with zero experience as your boss and make you train him for the job.
I am more than willing to work, and work hard. But hell if I am going to work my ass off just to be constantly shit on.
We need strong Unions again!!!!!!!