John Boehner Thinks Certain Unemployed Americans Would ‘Just Rather Sit Around’
Fittingly, it was in response to a question about Paul Ryan’s so-called poverty plan, because it was Ryan who most eloquently summed up the idea Boehner was trying to convey. During a Q&A session at the American Enterprise Institute, Boehner was asked to comment on Ryan’s plans to expand the earned income tax credit, and reform mandatory minimum sentencing laws. He explained that we have a responsibility to bring “these people” (the unemployed?) back into the “mainstream of America, and that “this idea that’s been born over the last, maybe out of the economy, over the last couple of years, that ‘You know, I don’t really have to work, you know, I don’t really want to do this, I think I’d just rather sit around,’ this is a very sick idea for our country.”
He then went on to explain that all Americans should have a business-owning parent who’s willing to exploit child labor:
For those of you without a family-owned business to work in, the theory here is that the promise of an earned income tax credit will counteract the culture of not-work that so many of these people are clearly laying around in, not working. Some liberals are taking Boehner’s remark as…READ MORE
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By: Tommy Christopher
Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.
tracey marie September 19th, 2014 at 19:16
cloak and dagger racism
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:31
among other CLASS WARFARE rouses that’ll keep them from having to get off their lazy do nothing butts to do anything constructive for US.
tracey marie September 19th, 2014 at 20:35
8 days in three months, that is all they will work. disgusting, let the goptp try and harrass the President for his golf.
tracey marie September 19th, 2014 at 19:16
cloak and dagger racism
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:31
among other CLASS WARFARE rouses that’ll keep them from having to get off their lazy do nothing butts to do anything constructive for US.
tracey marie September 19th, 2014 at 20:35
8 days in three months, that is all they will work. disgusting, let the goptp try and harrass the President for his golf.
mea_mark September 19th, 2014 at 19:28
The republicans are telling their base they are entitled and that everyone else isn’t. Simple message for simple minded selfish people. So sad it works.
juicyfruityyy September 19th, 2014 at 20:00
True. They think they are voting for “Mr Smith Goes to Washington”.
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:25
the ‘righteousness’ of unrestrained GREED. Staple of the Republican Party since Reagan’s days.
mea_mark September 19th, 2014 at 19:28
The republicans are telling their base they are entitled and that everyone else isn’t. Simple message for simple minded selfish people. So sad it works.
juicyfruityyy September 19th, 2014 at 20:00
True. They think they are voting for “Mr Smith Goes to Washington”.
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:25
the ‘righteousness’ of unrestrained GREED. Staple of the Republican Party since Reagan’s days.
edmeyer_able September 19th, 2014 at 19:32
Part of the republicans success comes from their ability to make their voters believe it’s the other lazy bums they’re talking about not them.
William September 20th, 2014 at 10:01
What a scam. Rich corporations getting poor people to defend them by convincing them that their real enemy is the government.
edmeyer_able September 19th, 2014 at 19:32
Part of the republicans success comes from their ability to make their voters believe it’s the other lazy bums they’re talking about not them.
William September 20th, 2014 at 10:01
What a scam. Rich corporations getting poor people to defend them by convincing them that their real enemy is the government.
KB723 September 19th, 2014 at 19:35
Your Tax dollars at work…
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:29
I would just leave off the ‘at work’
KB723 September 19th, 2014 at 20:48
Fair Enough….
KB723 September 19th, 2014 at 19:35
Your Tax dollars at work…
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:29
I would just leave off the ‘at work’
KB723 September 19th, 2014 at 20:48
Fair Enough….
tiredoftea September 19th, 2014 at 19:41
Oh, you mean like Congress, Orange John?
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:28
does he sound a bit like an overly spoiled privileged class brat or what?
tiredoftea September 19th, 2014 at 19:41
Oh, you mean like Congress, Orange John?
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:28
does he sound a bit like an overly spoiled privileged class brat or what?
NW10 September 19th, 2014 at 19:45
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juicyfruityyy September 19th, 2014 at 19:56
Congress goes to a meeting and says “No”; and think they have done a day’s work. We work harder than them in one day. Than they do in one year.
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:27
two terms
uh six terms
uh maybe for infinity?
juicyfruityyy September 19th, 2014 at 19:56
Congress goes to a meeting and says “No”; and think they have done a day’s work. We work harder than them in one day. Than they do in one year.
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:27
two terms
uh six terms
uh maybe for infinity?
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:23
not everyone unemployed is running for a Republican House Seat.
granpa.usthai September 19th, 2014 at 20:23
not everyone unemployed is running for a Republican House Seat.
KB723 September 19th, 2014 at 21:52
Hmmm… Unemployment, Taxes, the 1%, the 99%… Enough to make one feel we no longer matter and are simply a commodity???
http://nonlinearresonance.com/currents/index.php?topic=1110.msg6269#msg6269
searambler September 19th, 2014 at 21:52
This, from the guy who just gave Congress a couple months off so they could go home and convince their constituents that they deserve to keep their jobs in November…….
KB723 September 19th, 2014 at 21:52
Hmmm… Unemployment, Taxes, the 1%, the 99%… Enough to make one feel we no longer matter and are simply a commodity???
http://nonlinearresonance.com/currents/index.php?topic=1110.msg6269#msg6269
searambler September 19th, 2014 at 21:52
This, from the guy who just gave Congress a couple months off so they could go home and convince their constituents that they deserve to keep their jobs in November…….