Posted on 09/30/2011 9:55:29 AM PDT by sickoflibs
How the Government Can Create Jobs (Testimony to congress), | Sep 13, 2011 | Peter Schiff
Thank you
somehow I did not read those threads the first time around..
Even though everything sheiff says is common sense and accurate i have NO doubt obama does not grasp. Well obama and those around him
I still wish there was a way to destigmatize those who have been unemployed and can’t even submit resumes
thanks for the info
There is no time machine, just like there is no way to reverse what the housing bubble caused wrt House prices and over-supply. And most government efforts to do so just prolong the pain as we have seen. One of my first Schiff posts was of this video classic.
This is just another baby step toward the eventual goal of assigning everyone a job. Some committee somewhere will determine where you’ll work and how much you’ll get paid - based on fairness, of course. This is just moving us in that direction.
Your post #4 picture of the ding bat.... MATTHEWS: So, this is a booby trap?
“I believe the unemployed should have the right to apply for employment. I also believe employers should have the right to reject employment on that basis. Sounds fair to me.”
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I agree, no one could possibly justify requiring anything else. At the same time I don’t think it is WISE for someone seeking good help to refuse to consider anyone who is not currently employed. There are some very good people who are unemployed through no fault of their own right now. Of course I realize there are also a lot of people whose unemployment is of their own doing.
I read someplace that Rachel Madow was voted “Ugliest Man on Campus” when she was in college.......
“Lesbians: Real ones aren’t so hot.”
I love demotivational posters.
But you do see where a candidate currently employed would and should (if the employer has any sense) in most cases have the edge over someone on unemployment comp for say 14 months competing for a job? It is an employers market for most jobs and they naturally are cherry picking.
They don’t care if it is enforced or not. It is just another source of income for lawyers.
Although it is unpopular, employers should be able to accept or reject an employee based on any criteria. Yes, even race, gender, etc. As Milton Friedman pointed out, if an employer rejects a qualified candidate based on race, then it is that employer who will ultimately suffer because one his competitors will hire based on merit.
It was the government’s Jim Crow laws that made blacks into second class citizens. If it had been up to the business community and the free market had been allowed to operate, then businesses would have embraced the best employees and catered to the most customers.
Whenever you find a bad situation, you can be sure that government has either caused it or exacerbated it. Government efforts to “help”, always hurt those it intends to help the most. It’s the same with the stupid new rules on banks. Now banks are raising their fees due to the law, but the people are blaming the banks, instead of the politicians who created the mess.
You have think like a leftist and an attorney. Think endless lawsuits, EEOC compliance reviews, investigations, government "unemployed" applicants going from company to company looking to be rejected, settlement agreements, etc. etc.That's what this is all about. It's not just a "keep Obama employed" act -- as Moore stated in a few of the 20 words he was actually able to get in edgewise over miss chrissie's incessant interrupting -- but a full employment act for lawyers and bureaucrats.
WHENEVER a leftist says s/he's doing something "good", the end result is increased misery for the majority.
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