Newt Gingrich Places Blame On His Favorite Targets
Right wing hypocrite Newt Gingrich had this to say about the state of the economy:
In characteristically grandiose terms, he blames the nation’s ills on his longtime collection of villains. They include, in his words, the leftist news media, the Hollywood literati, tenured academics and overpaid federal workers.
To that list he has added millions of new culprits: ordinary Americans who would rather draw an unemployment check than find a job.
“I’m opposed to giving people money for doing nothing,” he said to loud applause from the Carolina Republicans.
Comparing unemployment benefits to welfare, a system he worked with former President Clinton to overhaul in the mid-1990s, Gingrich asserts that the country spent $134 billion last year on unemployment compensation “and got nothing for it.” Instead of wasting money “paying people to do nothing for 99 weeks,” he would make job training mandatory for anyone getting an unemployment check.
One has to wonder how he feels about the first responders on 9/11.