Actually I agree with you that the governor’s comments were foolish bluster but not because of sympathy.
My issue is that guys like him tell others to do something while they themselves are the ones with the power to stand up to the feds and their job killing policies but they don’t.
If governors actually got off their butts and actually blocked federal policies that kill jobs, there might not be so many unemployed in the first place.
Some people are unemployed by choice. Some are unemployed by the economy. Some have worked for years at a desk job and lost that job, and are no longer physically suited for physical labor. They are far from disabled, but taking a job as a ditch digger is just not possible anymore. Attempting to turn “the Unemployed” into a monolithic group with one motive and one problem is foolish.
Yeah, let’s have a nanny state. Forget about self reliance, and rugged individualism. Our “poor” have cars, cell phones, air conditioning, food, in some cases, they get more money from the government than a hard working person. I’m tired of this.
“For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10).
Christians are not saved by works, but they do show their faith by their works (James 2:18, 26).
There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies - Richard Saunders (aka Ben Franklin
That is wrong like how?
Your title is really misleading.
You lump all republicans together for what one Gov said
and even further you lumped all unemployed with the ‘ able bodied” the Gov referenced.
Are there jobs available in your state ? maybe jobs involving manual labor or less desireable jobs?
Why shouldn’t he want able bodied people to work?
When they work they relieve strain on busineses that are paying part of their unemployment
and that could free up those businesses to hire more people
so pay attention to what was really said and to the person who actually said it.
Nothing unChristian about wanting able bodied people to work
“For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do” (Ephesians 2:10).
Christians are not saved by works, but they do show their faith by their works (James 2:18, 26).
There are lazy minds as well as lazy bodies - Richard Saunders (aka Ben Franklin
That is wrong like how?
Well, you certainly have on your judgmental britches today. Putting aside the Governor’s professed faith for a second - because I think God can figure out his sincerity or lack of it without my help - I would like to dig into the psychosis of being a “compassionate conservative.”
By saying that, you are judging all “normal conservatives” as “compassionless conservatives” which frankly is both morally and intellectually insulting. True conservatism IS compassionate by its very nature - including some “tough love” parts to it.
Thus, I cannot get past your “compassionate conservative” label, which is usually another name for “liberal.” Or, put another way, compassionate conservatism = dispassionate capitulism.” Think about it.
As for the "able-bodied unemployed," they are going on disability at a rate of about a million a year, correlating closely with the end of 99 weeks of benefits, which is why the "Unemployment" rate and number of jobs are both going down at the same time--quite an amazing achievement.
Politically indelicate, but I know tons of people who avoided taking a job until their unemployment ran out. Hear it all the time.
What part of the descriptive adjective “able bodied” did you not understand?
This is a pretty liberal tactic, bending the language to confuse a real issue. Lets also look at illegal alien = undocumented immigrant, women’s health = free contraception.
If you don’t want to adhere to honest language usage, post elsewhere.
Welcome, Newbie/blogger. Was it your intention to join FR in March so you could get hits on your blog? In any event, you take a statement and apply it to Republicans in general. Furthermore, it would be more evenhanded to criticize the Democrats as well, as they haven’t lifted a finger (outside of the worthless stimulus) to help the unemployed. They even prefer to raise taxes during a recession, laden businesses and individuals with thousands of new environmental mandates, and work against a strong national energy policy that would make use of our vast oil resources.
Finally, if someone came to me and bemoaned insufficient aid from the government, I’d tell them the same thing. Government isn’t here to support them. It’s our responsibility to support ourselves and our family. Got it?
Now, if you still have a problem with that, come back on me. You’ll find out just how warm a welcome to FR I can dish out.
Love Thy Neighbor As Thyself
“Social Justice” begins as a 1:1 awareness of
Others Needs/Concerns/Aspirations
Using Government to do this however is
counterproductive, inefficient, and siphons resources from individuals
who can better do acts of Charity at a local level
Acts of Caesar (Government)
Compel, Punish, Take, and Kill
This is what Government does.
A Christian Governor might organize the State so that
Individuals can be efficient in Acts of Love
But otherwise get out of the way.
Read my tagline and look the passage up....
I expected more compassion from Gov. LePage, a professed Christian.
As far as being a compassionate conservative i think those are just words, I can call myself what ever i want and while it might be true it could also be just words. the liberals lie all of the time about how they care, but their actions say just the reverse.
That is why Obama got elected , the republicans started going the same way as the liberals.
Also since The Gov. is getting heat for what he said makes me think there may be some truth to it although he may be looking at government figures which lie.
Make your own way in this world or quit taking up space on the planet!
What on earth does sympathy have to do with having the government change rules and regulations and laws... and having government divert funds from other important purposes (many of which might also have similar, or greater “sympathies” attached)? Emotional appeals should have very little power in our political discussions. Sadly, this is not so... and is one very large reason for the upcoming trauma that this country will face.
How’s this for satisfying our desire to help the “temporarily needy”? Let’s get government the f*** OUT of the way, allow business to thrive, allow charities to do their works, allow private individuals to keep more of the products of their own labors so that they can help family and friends more directly, allow invention and energy and economics ad entrepreneurship to steer the course of our nation’s path... rather than the sanctimonious morons who thrive on taking power and money and freedom and time and joy away from us every day.
Both parties are culprits. Actually the governor should post all the job vacancies in his State as should anyone else who claims this.
Republicans decry Government dependency but pass laws enhancing the exporting of jobs which creates government dependency. Job exporting companies have off-loaded American employee costs to the government to enhance profits.
Democrats thrive on government dependency and offer placebos like green jobs which they know is not going to solve the job problem.
We have to wait until things get worse, and they will, until another Ross Perot emerges who hears the job sucking sound from unbalanced trade agreements.