John Boehner Thinks Certain Unemployed Americans Would ‘Just Rather Sit Around’

Posted by | September 19, 2014 19:12 | Filed under: Contributors News Behaving Badly Politics Tommy Christopher Top Stories

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Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) hit upon a popular Republican theme when he told a crowd at a conservative think tank that unemployed Americans just don’t want to work, and would rather “just 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.

54 responses to John Boehner Thinks Certain Unemployed Americans Would ‘Just Rather Sit Around’

  1. eddie1247 September 19th, 2014 at 23:10

    Nothing like leading by example Johnny boy.

  2. eddie1247 September 19th, 2014 at 23:10

    Nothing like leading by example Johnny boy.

  3. AnthonyLook September 20th, 2014 at 04:43

    Spoken like a true culero.

  4. AnthonyLook September 20th, 2014 at 04:43

    Spoken like a true culero.

  5. rg9rts September 20th, 2014 at 06:56

    I think that Boner is confusing the unemployed with the gopee congress

  6. rg9rts September 20th, 2014 at 06:56

    I think that Boner is confusing the unemployed with the gopee congress

  7. Wayout September 20th, 2014 at 09:13

    I know you libs never want to face the truth, but drive around any city in the middle of the day and you will see hundreds of young people just lounging around. Face it, why work when food stamps and welfare are easy to get and Section 8 housing is available. If a person wants to work they can find something. The Labor Ready offices are always looking for young, strong men to do manual labor.

    • William September 20th, 2014 at 09:54

      I know you baggers never want to face the truth

  8. Wayout September 20th, 2014 at 09:13

    I know you libs never want to face the truth, but drive around any city in the middle of the day and you will see hundreds of young people just lounging around. Face it, why work when food stamps and welfare are easy to get and Section 8 housing is available. If a person wants to work they can find something. The Labor Ready offices are always looking for young, strong men to do manual labor. And this “Earned Income Tax Credit” is just another wealth redistribution scan. Whatever happened to the old adage “if you don’t work, you don’t eat”?

    • William September 20th, 2014 at 09:54

      I know you baggers never want to face the truth

  9. William September 20th, 2014 at 09:57

    John Boehner talking about laziness. You just can’t make this stuff up.

  10. William September 20th, 2014 at 09:57

    John Boehner talking about laziness. You just can’t make this stuff up.

  11. William September 20th, 2014 at 10:05

    This guy leads the least productive Congress in modern history and wants to talk about work ethic.

  12. William September 20th, 2014 at 10:05

    This guy leads the least productive Congress in modern history and wants to talk about work ethic.

  13. doorkeeper October 6th, 2014 at 15:33

    Here is a real drunk as all republicans are, it really showed when they shut down the government for a loss of 27 billon dollars,this is a disgraced congress and making 240.000 a year and work 120 days or less.6 years in a row.We the people need to turn them out to pasture for good.

  14. doorkeeper October 6th, 2014 at 15:33

    Here is a real drunk as all republicans are, it really showed when they shut down the government for a loss of 27 billon dollars,this is a disgraced congress and making 240.000 a year and work 120 days or less.6 years in a row.We the people need to turn them out to pasture for good.

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