Posted on 01/29/2015 6:37:50 AM PST by SeekAndFind
In a 1994 “Seinfeld” episode, George realizes that “every decision that I have ever made in my entire life has been wrong. My life is the complete opposite of everything I want it to be.” Jerry replies: “If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right.”
So Costanza approaches a gorgeous woman in the coffee shop and announces, “My name is George. I’m unemployed and I live with my parents.” To his surprise, she’s interested. He lands a job with the Yankees after insulting George Steinbrenner.
Maybe President Obama ought to take Jerry’s advice too. That’s our reading of a striking new economic study that examines Congress’s decision to zero out extra unemployment benefits last year.
The authors find that this abrupt policy shift created some 1.8 million jobs, or slightly more than three of five net positions filled in 2014. The cuts also pulled a million workers who dropped out of the labor force back into the workplace. This reality happens to be the opposite of what Mr. Obama and other liberal sachems predicted.
(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...
Maybe a whole lot of “Vandalay Enterprises” going on with the books?
Obama is a narcissist and a liar. He tells lies when telling the truth would serve him better.
RE#: Maybe a whole lot of “Vandalay Enterprises” going on with the books?
Obama: “Not that there’s anything wrong with that....”
When you offer people a stipend not to work, they will take it. Who knew?
And you want to be my latex salesman?
And now the oil-filled ball episode has new irony...
Stop paying people not to work, and they go look for a job. NO ONE COULD HAVE PREDICTED IT!
I wouldn’t hire Obama to be my latex salesman...
Can anybody tell me how Kramer can afford his apartment without a steady job?
The main problem is the current administration has a whole lot of people working on the Penski file.
He fell ass-backwards into money. Do I remember this correctly when Kramer was talking about animal guy Jack Hanna, did he say: “I practically raised his kids”?
RE: He fell ass-backwards into money.
You mean he INHERITED a huge sum?
That’s what Jerry said one time.
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