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Old 09-12-2011, 12:31 PM  
kane
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Originally Posted by Wolfy View Post
You know what cracked me up? A $4000 credit for hiring the most undesirable employees, aka the "long term unemployed".

They haven't found work for a fucking reason... because nobody wants them, or they don't want to work.

Obama knows as much about creating jobs as Trump does about driving a Prius.
That might be an oversimplification of the situation. I don't doubt that there are some people on unemployment who are just lazy/undesirable, but I think some are just holding out for a better job.

If you had a job making $20 per hour and now you were on unemployment and getting the equivalent of $11-$12 per hour you may not take a job paying $9 per hour. Instead you might ride out the unemployment and try to find something that pays more.
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