John Boehner Says Unemployed People 'Just Sit Around,' Don't Think They Have To Work

[Spoken like a man of privilege. - Bozo]

by Igor Volsky
September 19, 2014 at 9:07 am
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) seemed to echo Mitt Romney's infamous claim that 47 percent of Americans are "takers" who suck up government benefits during a speech at a conservative Washington D.C. think tank on Thursday. Addressing the American Enterprise Institute, Boehner suggested that President Barack Obama's economy has lulled many unemployed people into a sense of dependence on government.
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"This idea that has been born, maybe out of the economy over the last couple years, that you know, I really don't have to work. I don't really want to do this. I think I'd rather just sit around. This is a very sick idea for our country," he said.
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"If you wanted something you worked for it," Boehner said, adding, "Trust me, I did it all."
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But the unemployed aren't jobless because they're lazy or receive government benefits. Most face huge obstacles to finding good paying jobs in a slow economic recovery.
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Currently, there are more than two job seekers for every job opening in the country and the severity of the recession has created a long-term unemployment problem that has made many job seekers almost unemployable. Research shows that being unemployed for nine months has the same impact on your odds of getting hired as losing four full years of experience from a résumé. As a result, many people who lost their jobs have gone back to school, retired early, or continue to look for work without success.
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