Asking again and again about jobs made it seem as if Boehner cared about the millions of unemployed Americans. But this week, he showed he doesn’t have much compassion for the unemployed. At a press conference, he was asked about the loss of jobs that could be caused by the GOP’s effort to slash $61 billion from government programs. “So be it,” he replied, noting that over the past two years Obama has added 200,000 workers to the federal government.
Boehner was dead wrong about the 200,000 figure. (Politifact.com judged it a false statement). More important was Boehner’s attitude. One federal budget expert estimates that the Republican cuts could lead to 1 million people losing their jobs (650,000 of them federal workers). Boehner displayed no concern for these folks — and no concern about the economic consequences of adding 1 million to the ranks of the unemployed. It was a callous dismissal. He didn’t even grant these Americans the courtesy of crocodile tears.
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John Boehner’s ‘Naked Lunch’ Moment (via johnboehnerlieswhenhecries)
That he’s saying things like this as crowds head to the Ohio statehouse to protest cutting public sector jobs (catching up with Wisconsin! Let’s go, Midwest!) makes him not only a dick, but massively out of touch.
But let’s face it: this is class war, it’s always been class war. Many of us have known that for a while. The rest of the country is catching on.
(via champagnecandy)
Job killer.